Well, in that case I'd better pre order my NEW S54 engine from Murketts, under Warranty then
Joking aside, I've mentioned this to Andy Pressland @ Murketts and he said the oil consumption on these S54 engines was quite normal, mine being less then some others he's seen, so now I'm a little confused on this issue. I've been keeping a keen eye on my CSL's oil consumption and over the last 7000 miles it's been in the region of 0.3 - 0.4 litre for every 1000 miles, depending of ambient temperatures and how hard it's been driven (i.e. commuting or mostly TD work) no prices for guessing my intended usage
I'd be VERY interested to see & read the official BMW bulletin, advising increased Oil change solutions.
Thank you please
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Originally Posted by alexk
Mate, it's not normal to consume oil, unless the engine started to wear out.
BMW gives this ridiculous amounts for 'warranty' reasons.
If the S54 consumes 1lt / 1000km, it is ranked as a 2-stroke engine.
Personally I change the oil every 5000 km.
As said (I forgot to hunt the technical specification, need to ask my brother), there is a bulletin saying that the dealers need to change the oilservice intervals for S54 powered cars from 25.000km to 12.500km.
Guys, I highly recommend you to change the oil very often in the S54 (unless you are Duncan and you change the engine oftenly ).
Matt, I will poke my brother to send me the bulletin today and then we can all go and push the dealers to do their job ! |