the bars on your idrive show the top 1L of engine oil in your engine. so if it drops to the last bar, you've lost abt 1L of engine oil.highbury;626158 said:Iken, Can the car still be driven when the engine malfunction indicator comes on? Ok. just keep your fingers crossed that there are no more issues.
I've had this gasket leaking issue for quite a while also. Both PML and one of the sponsor workshop say that it is slight and not too serious. That was six months ago so I have not done anything about it. I think that for your gasket problem for E90, it should be around $1.2k. I think for my E60 it should be about $1.6k. I'll probably have to get it done eventually.
On the engine oil issue. My engine oil evaporates quite fast too - approx after every 3000km. Wondering if this is the normal rate for everybody? Another question I have is on the idrive indicator - if the indicator drops a few bars, it should be ok to wait before topping up right? Someone told me that there will be a warning to top up the oil ( probably when the indicator bars drop all the way to the bottom).
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highbury;626555 said:Whocares, thanks for your explanation.
Actually, in Dec my indicator was low so I topped up 1l of oil at the petrol station. The indicator didn't move so I added another 1l. It still didnt change but I left it. After driving for a while then the indicator showed full. So I had actually overtopped up by another 1l. I guess extra oil is not really an issue since nothing has happen in the last few months. Now my oil level starting to drop again. Sian!
Iken, 1l every 500km sound very serious. It's kinda like topping up oil every time you pump petrol. Hopefully the workshop can solve it without costing too much. Keep your fingers crossed.
jeffrey;626144 said:0W is normally for new car.It will be really good if you use 0w from the first servicing but once you use 5w , you cannot reverse back to 0w . You will notice the engine oil will finish very fast .
If budget allows, 5w50 will be the best for Singapore .5W40 will be good enough.
Try to buy Euro Brand oil for Conti Car.
highbury;626575 said:Shucks!
The indicator bars didn't move up so I continued to add another 1l. The indicator bars only moved up after driving around for a while. When topping up at the petrol stationit looked ok and didn't overflow. Hopefully this wasn't too much. After about 4 months, now my oil level has started to drop again.
Would those problems you mentioned, surface immediately. So far I have not experienced any problems (knock wood). I hope my car is ok
Now I know. Just wait for the indicator bar to drop all the way (and also the warning), then just top up 1l.
Thanks.
Wh0cArEs;626791 said:Topping up engine oil is kinda different than topping up petrol. For petrol u can top up till the petrol oozes out of the filling hole but for engine oil, it's not the case. if u overfill engine oil till you can see it overflowing, now dat's a big problem.
The issues i mentioned above probably won't surface right away, the damage will only be apparent over time.
As for your indicator, every bar represents abt 250ml, so if u wanna top up b4 the warning comes on, just see how many bars have dropped and fill accordingly.
Happy motoring!
XXX;626684 said:How come once use 5W cannot go back to 0W? I mean why will the engine oil finish very fast?
jeffrey;630008 said:ya it will dries up fast. I kena for my previous ride. i was wondering YYYY my engine oil dries up so damm fast.. i thought casket leak ...