New to the BMW world, need guidance!

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Kozach75

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Good Evening from Rainy Athens!

After an 8 month search finally purchased my E89 23I.

55k miles on the clock Alpine white with all the goodies, Sat ~Nav, sport seats, auto tranny and all servicing in the mail dealer in Greece. Got it from a 55 year old lady which happened to be a very close friend with my boss!

As I am new to the Z4 world ( coming from Jeeps) have some quick questions which I m sure have already been answered, but anyway, here goes

1. Is the auto tranny reliable? I owned an X5 4.4 2002 built and the tranny blew, 4k repairs. Any preventive maintenance needed?

2. The car says that the next oil change is due in 20k km ( roughly 15k miles). Last change was 6k miles ago, should i change the oil and filter again?

3. First day I got it I parked outside my home nose down which is about 15 deg incline. The next morning I hear a "BOING" and a " add a quart oil" message appeared! When I call the previous owner she said not to worry as this happens when parked nose down on a steep road. Turning off and on the car the reading went back to normal. After a little google research found this to true, can someone reconfirm this?

Any reply is welcomed!!

Konstantinos
 
Hi and welcome :thumbsup:
1 autos as reliable as for as I know not heard of any major problems mine is silky smooth
2 up to you no harm doing it sooner
3 do a check on level ground not uncommon to show low oil on slope
 
Hi and welcome Konstantinos. :thumbsup:

Some good advice above, but on the topic of changing the oil and filter it needs doing every 2 years regardless of mileage so it would be worth checking when it was last done.

It sounds like you have found a nice example - you could always post a photo or two (we like photos)! :)
 
Thanks guys!

Photos will be coming soon as it hasn't stopped raining for 2 days straight! Medicane they call it.. on level ground the oil level is up to the max. but it was scary getting a car and the first day getting a low oil alarm....

last change was in march 18 when the car had the bg sevice including spark plugs etc etc.

hope i get some more feed back from members!
 
Sorry to hear about your weather - it's actually been dry in my part of the UK for several days!

If it had oil and filter done in March I wouldn't think of doing it again until at least next March, although if you stick to the BMW intervals it will be another 20K km or March 2020 - whichever comes first.

I'm sure you'll get more feedback - especially once you have photos! :lol:
 
Hi Konstantinos
I've had a 23i auto for the past 3.5 years and its been fine and yes if I park it with it's nose down the drive its bongs on the next startup (it now lives in the garage on the flat.... no more bongs!). I change the oil/brake fluid once a year (personal choice), the only other expenditure Ive made were new tyres and rear brake pads. Enjoy your new car and I hope it stops raining!
 
September 28 and no photos. Surprised the photo Police haven't made comment yet or receiving a yellow card from the moderator.

Welcome :thumbsup:
 
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