My car is burning no oil?

[sumairm]

Hi everyone! My first post here.

I recently got my 2012 Monte Carlo Blue M5 3 months ago and I've noticed that it isn't burning ANY oil. I feel like I'm being paranoid because I assumed some oil burn but in the nearly 3k kms I've driven it the oil level reading hasn't moved from max. Is there something I should be looking for ahahahaha

[Boosted M5]

Are you driving it hard? I noticed that I never burned oil until I tuned the car. Go figure

[sumairm]

Originally Posted by Boosted M5

Are you driving it hard? I noticed that I never burned oil until I tuned the car. Go figure

Originally Posted by Boosted M5

Are you driving it hard? I noticed that I never burned oil until I tuned the car. Go figure

I don't drive it hard 24/7 but I definitely do, still doesn't burn. Interesting what you noticed with your oil burn I didn't expect that

[Phatcat]

My F10 and E70 Ms don't burn oil.

[AirBull]

Other variables such as oil viscosity/manufacturer also can play a role in whether or not an engine burns oil. My F10 M5 with 10k miles doesn't appear to burn any oil, either.

[bbellz]

Originally Posted by AirBull

Other variables such as oil viscosity/manufacturer also can play a role in whether or not an engine burns oil. My F10 M5 with 10k miles doesn't appear to burn any oil, either.

Originally Posted by AirBull

Other variables such as oil viscosity/manufacturer also can play a role in whether or not an engine burns oil. My F10 M5 with 10k miles doesn't appear to burn any oil, either.

Curious what region you guys live in and what oil you use. Thanks!

[technician117]

Originally Posted by sumairm

Hi everyone! My first post here.

I recently got my 2012 Monte Carlo Blue M5 3 months ago and I've noticed that it isn't burning ANY oil. I feel like I'm being paranoid because I assumed some oil burn but in the nearly 3k kms I've driven it the oil level reading hasn't moved from max. Is there something I should be looking for ahahahaha

It's only a cause to be happy and celebrate the fact you don't need to watch the level like a hawk and add oil every couple of weeks.

These engines are less likely to use oil than other M engines, but it is known that many of them CAN use oil. As mentioned, driving style, environmental conditions and specific oil brand/weight will have a small influence on this metric.

My specific M5 uses more when giving it a thrashing, but overall on average it consumes 1 quart/liter between 5k oil change intervals.

[sumairm]

Originally Posted by bbellz

Curious what region you guys live in and what oil you use. Thanks!

Originally Posted by bbellz

Curious what region you guys live in and what oil you use. Thanks!

I live in Vancouver so a relatively moderate climate, and the oil I'm currently using is Liqui Moly 5w 30

[Dwaynos]

My m5 uses very minimal oil. Sometimes I dont get a warning at all between oil changes.

[SapphireM5]

I change my oil once a year as she gets put away for storage, I never have to add oil and the level doesn't move all year. I have BPM Stage 1 tune. I don't put the mileage most do on here since it's a weekend car for me, I have 9k miles.

[AirBull]

Originally Posted by bbellz

Curious what region you guys live in and what oil you use. Thanks!

I dumped a relatively fresh sump of BMW LL-01 FE 0w-30 and went to a BMW LL-01 5w40 in Ravenol VST. I wanted a 5w-40 for protection of the bearings. It's an excellent PAO based oil. Now that US gasoline has the same low levels of sulfur as Europe does, you can actually consider a BMW LL-04 but the Ravenol 5w-40 RUP was not presently available at Blauparts when I recently made my purchase for my annual oil change (<2k miles annual.) Motul has excellent oil as well, 8100 X-cess or X-clean 5w-40 have good specs, as well. Some such as Troy Jeup swears by Red Line 5w-50 which as a really high HTHS of 5.0.

[sumairm]

Originally Posted by SapphireM5

I change my oil once a year as she gets put away for storage, I never have to add oil and the level doesn't move all year. I have BPM Stage 1 tune. I don't put the mileage most do on here since it's a weekend car for me, I have 9k miles.

Originally Posted by SapphireM5

I change my oil once a year as she gets put away for storage, I never have to add oil and the level doesn't move all year. I have BPM Stage 1 tune. I don't put the mileage most do on here since it's a weekend car for me, I have 9k miles.

Wow 9k miles! I'm currently at 80k kms

[SapphireM5]

Originally Posted by sumairm

Wow 9k miles! I'm currently at 80k kms

Yup! Will cross 10k miles this season

[texsn95]

Originally Posted by AirBull

I dumped a relatively fresh sump of BMW LL-01 FE 0w-30 and went to a BMW LL-01 5w40 in Ravenol VST. I wanted a 5w-40 for protection of the bearings. It's an excellent PAO based oil. Now that US gasoline has the same low levels of sulfur as Europe does, you can actually consider a BMW LL-04 but the Ravenol 5w-40 RUP was not presently available at Blauparts when I recently made my purchase for my annual oil change (<2k miles annual.) Motul has excellent oil as well, 8100 X-cess or X-clean 5w-40 have good specs, as well. Some such as Troy Jeup swears by Red Line 5w-50 which as a really high HTHS of 5.0.

I had read about the Ravenol also with great reviews on it. And Troy is the one who mentioned 5-50 to me. So far with the Edge 5-50 my gas mileage is up from 13 to 16 on my normal commute. ~7miles, not too much stop and go. Pretty impressed. Not sure what mine had in it, as the previous owner did an oil change about a year ago but had only driven a few thousand miles on it and didn't have the receipt.

[bquicksilver]

I finally had to add a quart this week after 26mo of ownership and 20k+ miles. My 50i X5 burns a quart every month.

[Dwaynos]

Car asked for 1 litre after just over 4k miles.