If You Follow BMW Service Recomendation...

[docrayboy]

You are F#@$ and screw....

Saw this in my mech place during my Vanos seal replacement...

It is from a year 2005 E60 525. Owner is a lady and follow strictly to 25k service interval, she said if don't follow warranty void woh....

After 5 years the warranty expired, engine also expired and the owner almost expired when she heard the cost of repairing it...

I think best always buy new cars from now on...premium selection also may not be good enough...scary!!

 

[cklein]

Zhul, if said we drive our 320d quite frequent, 70% on highway, change oil every 15km is ok?

 

[docrayboy]

Zhul, if said we drive our 320d quite frequent, 70% on highway, change oil every 15km is ok?

With diesel cars and Euro2 quality better be more careful cklein. Better ask zhul how he managed to get the free service at10k instead of the usual 15k? How many thousand kms has your 320d done cklein?

 

[infinityKL]

whats so hard? just service ur car every 5K la, be it fully/semi/coconut oil why risk an expensive investment?

 

[HaqimRashid]

F&*%)#G S*%T!

That's some nasty stuff..

Wonder how the mech will feel after he clean up the engine... I feel like cleaning it up myself.. Geram pulak tengok em pics..

I pity and feels sorry for the owner..

 

[Silver320]

Then why BMW is boasting about the so-call high tech sensor in the engine that senses the viscocity of oil and will reflect in the OBC ? The sensor not working?

 

[masCh]

damn that's scary.. feels like I want to service my car right now.

Btw, how do we check if we already have this sludge build-up?

 

[astroboy]

Open your oil filler cap and peep la. Should be able to see if any sludge exist.

 

[viewfinder]

The title of this thread ought to be "If You Follow BMW Service Recommendation... " . It's not dictated by AB or any of BMW's authorized dealers.

 

[kgb]

Moderators, time to kick his sorry a$$ out!!!

 

[mat6689]

I saw a Mini in a workshop that having same problem. but "she" not bought it from any of the BMW dealers and the cost of repair outside is around 20K !

If were to change the engine oil by ourself, does it affect the sxxpxd OBC reading ? i mean if the OBC "recommend" to change it at 15K but I change it 10K, will the 1st service delay till 25K km ?

 

[astroboy]

I saw a Mini in a workshop that having same problem. but "she" not bought it from any of the BMW dealers and the cost of repair outside is around 20K !

If were to change the engine oil by ourself, does it affect the sxxpxd OBC reading ? i mean if the OBC "recommend" to change it at 15K but I change it 10K, will the 1st service delay till 25K km ?

Well, the girl who owns the Mini has just been taught a real expensive lesson about car maintenance.. or at least make sure the "partner" knows a thing or 2 about car maintenance rather than only providing romantic surprises, which I know nuts about..

If u were to change the engine oil yourself, OBC won't be affected. The recommended balance will continue to count down. By the way, its a countdown counter. Once you reset, the count down will start from 25k km or which ever preset value in the OBC. Standard OBC start counting down from 40k km, but the counting down will accelerate according to the usage of the car. Oil change alarm will usually be triggered at around after 25k km of usage, despite counting down from 40k km.

Reseting the E90 oil change counter is easy, press few press of the odo reset knob and OBC buttons.

 

[anxious]

Buying a good used 4-5 year old E60/E90 is going to be quite a challenge as most owners had religiously followed BMW's 25k km service interval. Most engine would be on the verge of suffering a similar fate as the car in the pictures above.

Even aftyer BMW Msia issued its service advise last year ie to service at 10k km at ur own cost, most owners may have ignored this advise due to the expensive long life oil change. So those of u guys who are buying second hand nwer BMWs....beware of engine oil GUNK!

 

[mat6689]

If You Follow BMW Service Recomendation...

Hi all, was checking the engine bay yesterday to make sure changing of engine oil filter is an easy job. Then only found out that the underneath of engine bay is "sealed".

Can anyone recommend a workshop that have done engine oil change without mess up the underneath protection ? Or, what the price paid if ask SC to do the oil change ?

 

[astroboy]

Hi all, was checking the engine bay yesterday to make sure changing of engine oil filter is an easy job. Then only found out that the underneath of engine bay is "sealed"...

Not to worry mat! Follow my guide.. AT YOUR OWN RISK!!

http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18080

 

[-J-]

Holy cow..
then, who should we blame on this matter?
the lady or the dealer?

if u try n put urself in the innocent lady's shoes (maybe a 40+, unmarried executives) u will know that she has no ja*k shy*e idea on this. whether to follow the service inteval or not...
pity her.. i dont blame her for her ignorance, its just that shes not well educate on this car issue.

 

[fandango]

hahaha....i think its a new policy from BMW la. they calculated for the engine to expire after 5 years. so the owner can buy a new engine and worry free driving for next 5 years. You see the old cars, after 400k km's, engine still going strong. how to make money like this.....:rock:

hahaha...when i opened my engine to repl the vanos seals, it looked golden brown like KFC ori flied shicken...hahaha...kilometerage already 260k and counting...:top:

 

[mat6689]

If You Follow BMW Service Recomendation...

Not to worry mat! Follow my guide.. AT YOUR OWN RISK!!

http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18080

Thanks for the re-direction and you're the man :top: :top: :top:
unfortunately, my ride is 320d, and it is defferent..... any good workshop to recommend ?

 

[attenbrough]

That explains why so many continental cars burn up in flames.... These people are only drivers.. meaning they do not take initiative to do some research on proper maintenance....And sometimes heavy peddling does help... sigh... I sincerely feel sorry for the owner.... For ppl who dont already know, not 1 engine lubrication in this world can withstand high temperature torture for such long durations (25k kms)... 5k to 10k is your best bet... do flushing maybe once every six months to a year....these minor efforts helps....

Seriously, if you wanna drive slow to save fuel, buy a lower cc car... high rev engines are meant for high revs.....

P.S. This is just my 2 cents... Didn't mean to offence anyone.. It just irritates me that there are people who dont care about their UDM let alone safety of the people they seemingly care about....

 

[wanalimi]

Friends,
The problem with most so called specialist or pro or what not mechanics, do they know the fact that ultra-modern alloy-made engines needs very specially designated oil for them? I've gone thru one fact that mentioned incorrect oil will chemically reacted to this alloy to form some especially unwanted/damaging substance that will later slowly damage the engine. That's how we'll see those charcoal like substance that chock-up the engine.
So remember yourself, in BMW's userbook, it's mentioned what's BMW oil designation used for the particular engine. Eg BMW longlife (LL) 01, 02, 03, 04 and so on. For eg Shell Helix ultra 5W/50 put LL02, Castrol Edge Sport 0W/40 put LL04.
So make sure your lubricant has these BMW spec stamped on it. If you do, I don't see any reason why BMW service standards is wrong.