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      01-14-2010, 12:56 PM   #1
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Oil level too high

I have been reading about this all morning...still confused.
I picked up my X6 2 days ago..drove home..checked the idrive and noticed it says "Oil level too high, check with a BMW service centre".
the issue is talked about a lot but no conclusion on reality of the problem or solutions...I will be taking it back to the dealer tomorrow for a check up and I will post the findings.
Comment on your experience with the issue if you had one...cheers
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      01-14-2010, 12:59 PM   #2
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I have been reading about this all morning...still confused.
I picked up my X6 2 days ago..drove home..checked the idrive and noticed it says "Oil level too high, check with a BMW service centre".
the issue is talked about a lot but no conclusion on reality of the problem or solutions...I will be taking it back to the dealer tomorrow for a check up and I will post the findings.
Comment on your experience with the issue if you had one...cheers
I had the same issue.

Dealer replaced an oil level sensor, did not solve issue.

They replaced another oil sensor, still did not resolve issue.

They reloaded iDrive and issue went away.
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      01-14-2010, 05:48 PM   #3
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I have been reading about this all morning...still confused.
I picked up my X6 2 days ago..drove home..checked the idrive and noticed it says "Oil level too high, check with a BMW service centre".
the issue is talked about a lot but no conclusion on reality of the problem or solutions...I will be taking it back to the dealer tomorrow for a check up and I will post the findings.
Comment on your experience with the issue if you had one...cheers
This happened the day I picked up my car. I was sitting in the parking lot going over all the electronics with a product specialist and we came across the oil too high. He had me drive it back to service and had me go into the coffee lounge ( they paid for the latte) about an hour later service manager came out and said they couldn't find anything wrong. He said they had seen this on the 7 series when it first received the dipstickless "improvement" so from experience they drained all the oil and refilled, problem (and warning) went away and has never returned.

I like the electronics but still wish I had a dipstick as a backup.
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      01-15-2010, 02:26 AM   #4
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I had the same problem at the beginning. Problem dissappeared in 2 days... :-)
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      01-19-2010, 12:36 AM   #5
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Yes I've experianced the same in my old x6 - 5.0 2009. when checked with the dealer they told me it is a programing issue and it is not real and no problem in driving the car
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Had exactly the same problem. After an oil change the car was showing too high level, went back the the garage, they let some oil out and it was still showing full (over max). They refilled the oil back and told me that there's probably some problem with the sensor or the iDrive (they manually checked the oil level and it was sitting right at MAX). After 3 days I went into the menu to check pads (they were also changing them) and the oil level was showing correctly.
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      10-23-2012, 05:51 AM   #7
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Had the same problem. Turned out to be the sensor. This was just after the oil change in BMW dealer.
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I have been reading about this all morning...still confused.
I picked up my X6 2 days ago..drove home..checked the idrive and noticed it says "Oil level too high, check with a BMW service centre".
the issue is talked about a lot but no conclusion on reality of the problem or solutions...I will be taking it back to the dealer tomorrow for a check up and I will post the findings.
Comment on your experience with the issue if you had one...cheers
Had exactly the same issue with my 2009 X6 50i and dealer came to the conclusion that there must have been moisture over the sensor.
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