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Bought used E90, -16,000km on oil change?!
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04-08-2010, 03:43 PM | #1 |
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Bought used E90, -16,000km on oil change?!
I bought a used 2006 325i last week and today, I was looking at the service indicators and found that it says -16,000KM on the oil change indicator.
I'm going to take it in for an oil change ASAP but given that this runs on synthetic oil, will there be a lot of damage to the engine? I really wish I knew about this before I purchased the car. Could it be that they might have forgotten to reset the oil indicator on the car? I'm surprised the car can still run fine being -16,000KM overdue for a oil change. |
04-09-2010, 12:22 PM | #2 |
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I've had a loaner once that was at -2000Km but 16000 kms in the hole is terrible. Do you have paperwork from the previous owner(s) showing the maintenance performed on it? I hope for you that it is just that the service indicator was not resetted. I really don't know how long you can run on an engine that is long overdue for an oil change.
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04-10-2010, 07:16 PM | #3 |
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How does the oil look when you open up the filler and scrap a drop onto a white piece of paper? Mine's a caramel color there by the time I change it, if it's black, be worried. If that's the case, run the next change for 500 mls and change again, filters too, to flush that crap out.
As a pre-caution, you might want to have an oil analysis done when you drop this oil. Blackstone Labs here in the States. Go to their website to order a kit. Last edited by AlanAZ; 04-10-2010 at 07:21 PM.. |
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04-11-2010, 08:16 AM | #4 |
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Relax. There is probably no damage to your engine. The oil change interval for a E90 325i is anywhere between 15,000 miles to 17,000 miles (25 - 28 KMs). They probably forgot to reset the oil service indicator. How many miles are on the car?
Last edited by ENINTY; 04-11-2010 at 08:27 AM.. |
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