35is third oil top up 10500 miles

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Thu May 21, 2015 8:02 pm

Ah, the Sepang method

JustCruzin · Post by **JustCruzin** » Thu May 21, 2015 10:52 pm

Sepang......? You have lost me. Forgive me for my ignorance.

Taking the 35is into the dealers anyway for lumpy DCT downshifts and a worsening DCT lag on fully depressing the accelerator pedal. This is a '63 plate model so I assumed that the DCT software update that is mentioned on earlier threads was standard? Perhaps not?

Still in love though but eyeing up an M4 at he end of my 3 year contract

Need the extra seats!

Cheers

JC

Garvin · Post by **Garvin** » Sat May 23, 2015 9:38 am

Some of these oil consumptions are excessive and not 'normal' despite what BMW might say. IME there are two main reasons 1) the engine has been badly run in - normally too gently rather than too harshly; and 2) the engine is regularly 'ragged' before it is up to temperature.

I suppose there is a third comprising 1) & 2) together!!

LeeZ4MR · Post by **LeeZ4MR** » Thu May 28, 2015 10:19 pm

Dr z4 00 wrote:I wonder if the way the engine is run in has anything to do with oil consumption. I had an E46 320D that drank oil. I did a bit of research and found a few people claiming all new engines needed a bit of hard use to seat the piston rings etc.

Only recently I have been aware of this and I agree, we had our TTS from new and ran it in and it never used hardly any oil at all and it wasn't run in gently so there could be some truth in it I think.

LeeZ4MR · Post by **LeeZ4MR** » Thu May 28, 2015 10:21 pm

pvr wrote:Ah, the Sepang method

Post by **srhutch** » Thu May 28, 2015 10:24 pm

LeeZ4MR wrote:
pvr wrote:Ah, the Sepang method

Very long run in period that one as well

LeeZ4MR · Post by **LeeZ4MR** » Thu May 28, 2015 10:43 pm

srhutch wrote:
LeeZ4MR wrote:
pvr wrote:Ah, the Sepang method

Very long run in period that one as well

Absolutely!

JustCruzin · Post by **JustCruzin** » Fri May 29, 2015 1:30 am

May I enquire as to what the Sepang method is?

As long as it is not offensive?

Cheers

JC

envy · Post by **envy** » Fri May 29, 2015 4:10 pm

funny thing. i was reading this thread the other week and then yesterday my top up oil light came on at 5500 miles...... its off today but i will pop in to the dealers at some point for a top up. my old 20i went all the way up to 18k with no top ups and then the service was due on it

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Fri May 29, 2015 4:37 pm

JustCruzin wrote:May I enquire as to what the Sepang method is?

As long as it is not offensive?

Cheers

JC

Not at all, read this thread, especially the instagram link.

Maniac · Post by **Maniac** » Fri May 29, 2015 4:49 pm

Thankfully I used the Miss Daisy method...

techathy · Post by **techathy** » Fri May 29, 2015 6:24 pm

Maniac wrote:Thankfully I used the Miss Daisy method...

Which can be equally bad. Need to throw in 1.7<2k to 4<4.25k pulls at around 50-60% throttle.

Maniac · Post by **Maniac** » Fri May 29, 2015 6:53 pm

Miss Daisy compared to the Sepang method then.

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