engine oil low? wtf

cqckdiezel · 08-30-2010, 06:46 PM

hey anyone get that light on on the x6 ? i got 2k miles on my car and my engine oil is extremely low, please dont tell me i need to service the car

shenard · 08-30-2010, 09:18 PM

Just take it into the dealer and they will top it off. Our cars will sometimes burn oil and sometimes more during break-in period. Mine needed to be topped off around 5500 miles. No big deal. Haven't had to take back to them since they topped off and I now have 22K miles.

REInvestor · 08-30-2010, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by cqckdiezel

hey anyone get that light on on the x6 ? i got 2k miles on my car and my engine oil is extremely low, please dont tell me i need to service the car

I had the same issue at 4k miles. Seems perhaps like whoever did the PDI on these vehicles when they came off the truck, dropped the ball in making sure all levels were topped off. My engine coolant was also very low. I just pulled into BMW service bay and they topped everything off and I was gone in 10 minutes tops. No biggie.

flipside99 · 08-30-2010, 11:53 PM

Very normal BMW behavior.

imposss · 08-31-2010, 12:13 AM

get use to it with bmw

dmlgc · 08-31-2010, 12:26 PM

normal , more oil is used during break in. After that doesn't use that much, quart every 12k at least with mine so far. I drive hard with frequent trips from California to Arizona and Nevada (summer temps 100+ F). The one thing I really don't like about X6 is the idrive dipstick. I want regular one so if it is down half quart I can put that in. idrive will show otal full then all of a sudden it wants a quart.

Mr C · 09-01-2010, 04:29 PM

Yes, get use to it!

Even on the smaller cars you have to add oil.

I had to add a quart after just 1800 miles on my new 135i.

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shenard Captain 41 Rep 796 Posts Drives: '09 X6 50i AW Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 BMW X6 50i [0.00]	Just take it into the dealer and they will top it off. Our cars will sometimes burn oil and sometimes more during break-in period. Mine needed to be topped off around 5500 miles. No big deal. Haven't had to take back to them since they topped off and I now have 22K miles.
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flipside99 Second Lieutenant 74 Rep 225 Posts Drives: iX M60 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New York Metro iTrader: (0)	Very normal BMW behavior.
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imposss Lieutenant 61 Rep 446 Posts Drives: M4 Comprtetion Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Montreal iTrader: (0)	get use to it with bmw
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dmlgc Lieutenant Colonel 89 Rep 1,882 Posts Drives: 2022 BMW X6MC - 335D Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Carlsbad, CA iTrader: (0)	normal , more oil is used during break in. After that doesn't use that much, quart every 12k at least with mine so far. I drive hard with frequent trips from California to Arizona and Nevada (summer temps 100+ F). The one thing I really don't like about X6 is the idrive dipstick. I want regular one so if it is down half quart I can put that in. idrive will show otal full then all of a sudden it wants a quart.
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Mr C Captain 41 Rep 754 Posts Drives: E92 Dakar and E90 AW Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	Yes, get use to it! Even on the smaller cars you have to add oil. I had to add a quart after just 1800 miles on my new 135i. __________________ 2011 E90 M3 Alpine White M-DCT 2011 E92 M3 Individual Dakar 6MT
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