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Engine oil

Post by Komatsu210c » Sun Jan 07, 2018 1:52 pm

Hi iv just purchased a 57 reg 3.0 diesel x5 se model with a few nice upgrades 100k loads of history and seven seat model as I have 4 kids,sold my new shape shogun and prefer this,I’m a heavy plant fitter by trade so looking to service myself iv got all Mann filters and bmw ll04 c3 spec engine oil but I can’t find out how much it takes some say 6.5 litres others7.5litres any help would be great

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Re: Engine oil

Post by dave k » Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:41 pm

7.5 ..

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Re: Engine oil

Post by snrbrtsn » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:05 pm

Depends on engine, m57 was 7.5L ( though normally slightly less as not all oil is drained) n57 I believe is 6.5L
Be thankful for the dipstick and add 6.5L easy to add and a pig to drain.

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Re: Engine oil

Post by Komatsu210c » Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:29 pm

Thanks for the replys think it’s an m57 engine I have, I put 6.5l in and topped up to just over 7litres shows ok on I drive and more or less centre on dipstick

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Re: Engine oil

Post by Bmwobsessed » Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:11 pm

Have you flushed the oil cooler?  I’m a very strong supporter of this!
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Re: Engine oil

Post by H-M3 » Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:35 am

[quote="Bmwobsessed"]
Have you flushed the oil cooler?  I’m a very strong supporter of this!
[/quote]
How does one do that?
Cheers
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