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Originally Posted by kiln
"We also have a member over in Germany that changes them regularly and his friend is one of the M engineers that travels around to the various dealership and see alot of M car, he stated it is a very common problem that can be prevented."
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So how does one prevent this? You can't allow someone to make a statement as above and leave it hanging.
I have a gut feeling this is an issue related with the oil level and the electronic oil level sensor. Letting the oil drop to lower levels for a longer period might impact on the oil pressure thus causing some starvation especially in the away bearing (i.e. 8) and the upper ones. Keeping the oil level and pressure at optimum I think is of utmost importance for these cars. Every time I see my level drop from maximum I add 500 ml and it goes back to maximum. It hasn't overfilled yet. I will keep doing this. But I don't know whether is a band aid solution like the thinner oil etc. My 2c.
