[eluded]

New to the V8 platform. Curious if it's normal for this motor (S68) to use oil between oil changes. My B58's never use oil but this motor appears to be consuming 1Q every 5K miles.

[UK X5 Owner]

I can’t yet answer your question, as my M60i doesn’t arrive for another 5 weeks, but can I just ask if the car is telling you to add oil, or are you establishing this by manually checking? Thanks.

[Thompson89]

Common on the S68 these V8s drink more oil than the B58. 1qt/5k is actually solid; BMW specs allow quite a bit more on M engines. Keep an eye on the trend and top off as needed.

[Timmer-Bimmer]

I would have it checked. I am at about 14000 miles. I have not had to put any additional oil in beyond the 10000 mile service.

[pizzamoney]

Originally Posted by Timmer-Bimmer

I would have it checked. I am at about 14000 miles. I have not had to put any additional oil in beyond the 10000 mile service.

I am also at that same 14,000 mile mark and have not had the need to add additional oil.

[MystroX5]

No not normal and I own many BMW V8TT. Newer V8TT designs eliminated and openly addressed any oil consumption from the past V8 hot V designs.

I use absolutely NO oil after a long 3K mile road trip where I am doing higher speeds for hours at a time over days. The last two BMW V8TT never used oil and I checked a lot because of the past issues years ago.

I would bet the oil wasn’t filled all the way up on its last oil change.


The dip in the V8 models let you really keep track of any oil change well beyond the accuracy of the electric measurements.

[TurtleBoy]

Not normal, there shouldn't be usage between changes. These are much different engines than previous ones.

[00_Bora]

Originally Posted by MystroX5

No not normal and I own many BMW V8TT. Newer V8TT designs eliminated and openly addressed any oil consumption from the past V8 hot V designs.

I use absolutely NO oil after a long 3K mile road trip where I am doing higher speeds for hours at a time over days. The last two BMW V8TT never used oil and I checked a lot because of the past issues years ago.

I would bet the oil wasn’t filled all the way up on its last oil change.


The dip in the V8 models let you really keep track of any oil change well beyond the accuracy of the electric measurements.

Wait - I thought our engines didnt come with dipsticks??

[TurtleBoy]

Originally Posted by 00_Bora

Wait - I thought our engines didnt come with dipsticks??

They don’t, his is a picture from a previous engine.

[hellcat2m4]

Not normal, get it checked.

[MystroX5]

Originally Posted by TurtleBoy

They don’t, his is a picture from a previous engine.

Yes, this was from my 2019 X5 50i M-sport. This was the transition engine where BMW finally solved the hot V oil consumption issue. That particular engine had the secondary dip stick and I checked that engine all the time to reveal in fact they did solve the issue. I had no noticeable oil consumption between oils changes.
Fast forward to the next M50i which was a completely different upgrade and the new V8TT was born with the hybrid M60i to follow.

[Rfsbranch]

My 2021 X5 M50 never needed oil between changes. Something is wrong with the OP’s vehicle

[LDT]

Never added a drop in 33,000 miles. Get it checked out.