The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 445 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Autocross Videos of Mini Re: Autocross Videos of Mini Re: M42 Cold Start Noise Diagnosis [E39] BMW series 5 disables Dynamic Stability Control and ABS interesting car rentals in france?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:27:03 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I recommend 5-7.5K miles on synthetic. Lots of short trips, 5K, extended driving like you're doing, 7.5K. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Andy > > So what oil change service interval would you use on a '93 325is that sees > around 100 highway miles daily? > > I'd been using around 7k miles and had the oil analyzed twice. Both times > it came up roses. This last time, I decided to follow the service > interval lights. I'm now around 8k miles and still on three green > lights... > > Mark > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.797 / Virus Database: 541 - Release Date: 11/15/2004 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:11:22 -0500 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Quoting KMS - Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I recommend 5-7.5K miles on synthetic. Lots of short trips, 5K, extended > driving like you're doing, 7.5K. That's good to know. My new regiment is oil every 9K or close to what the lights tell me and oil filter every 4500 miles. -- ...steven ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:03:35 -0800 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[uucdigest]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'Jack had his oil changed, //Mobil1 5w30, every 5 k miles since new. this corresponds to the third or fourth green light indicator coming on. When pulling the plug I pull it with the engine running and hot, to get the glugs of heavy glop that otherwise settle right away when the engine is shut off. When draining the oil, I jack up the rear left side of the car to tilt the pan, and let the residual slimier particles drip til it stops dripping, usually about a day. What comes out is clearly used oil, but nothing scary looking. At 60k when I had the head off (downshifted to third at about 100), the engine looked pretty darn clean inside. The sound and feel of fresh oil in the engine was only noticeable if I thought about it. Based on past threads on oil change intervals, I gave him a longer interval, went over 7500miles to see what it would look like. What came out was clearly on the yuck side of things. The new oil sound and feel was easier to discern, too. So back to a 5k limit for oil changes. If we're gonna spend X tens of thousands of dollars on our machines, run them 'til the steering wheel grips wear out, then replace the steering wheel and not the rest of the car, is it worth saving less than the cost of a set of tires over the life of the car just to not have to change the oil as often? A set of tires costs a lot less than the cost to R&R an E36 head. If you don't keep your bimmer as long, then is there a prospective buyer who wouldn't consider it a plus if the seller had changed the oil more frequently? Barry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:33:14 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Dorffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 'Jack had his oil changed, //Mobil1 5w30, every 5 k miles since > new. this corresponds to the third or fourth green light indicator > coming on. Don't you mean when the green lights go "out"? > When pulling the plug I pull it with the engine running and > hot, to get the glugs of heavy glop that otherwise settle right away > when the engine is shut off. When draining the oil, I jack up the rear > left side of the car to tilt the pan, and let the residual slimier > particles drip til it stops dripping, usually about a day. What comes > out is clearly used oil, but nothing scary looking. At 60k when I had > the head off (downshifted to third at about 100), the engine looked > pretty darn clean inside. The sound and feel of fresh oil in the engine > was only noticeable if I thought about it. A bit of overkill above. > Based on past threads on oil change intervals, I gave him a longer > interval, went over 7500miles to see what it would look like. What came > out was clearly on the yuck side of things. The new oil sound and feel > was easier to discern, too. So back to a 5k limit for oil changes. Judging oil by what it visually looks is nearly meaningless. You might as well taste it while you are at it. The only way oil can be judged is by technical analysis. Nearly all synthetics have proven that extended drain intervals are possible (7,500 miles is usually a cake walk, 10,000 not the least bit unusual). (searching through some old bookmarks...). Here is a decent link with some interesting thoughts on oil life: http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/oil-life.html Later, Rich ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:28:02 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mark, With a good full synthetic GroupIV oil such as Mobil1 you can easily go to 7,500 miles or once a year whichever occurs first. Highway or longer drives help to achieve oil temps that drive off water and prevent hydrolysis of the oil. -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:37:08 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Howdy, On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > With a good full synthetic GroupIV oil such as Mobil1 you can easily go > to 7,500 miles or once a year whichever occurs first. Highway or longer > drives help to achieve oil temps that drive off water and prevent > hydrolysis of the oil. :-) 100+ miles per day means I hit 7500 miles about every two months. A longer interval, assuming it isn't causing damage, would be much preferred. I'm running Syntec right now, but will be switching back to Mobil1 (Syntec was a try and curing a very low rpm oil light flicker... Didn't work :-/) Mark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:37:00 -0800 (PST) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tom Kosmalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BMW Oil Change Intervals Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Tom Kosmalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking as perhaps the least knowing B-Car nut on this forum, and > having three vehicles to keep track of which each see around 12-15k > annually, I simply change Mobil 1 and filters at 5k intervals. > > It makes for simple math, and hard numbers to miss/forget/confuse on > the three different odometers! Tom I think I can do better than that. I go by feel. "Hmm haven't changed the oil in the E30 in a while, wonder how long it's been? Feels like maybe 3 months, ok time to change the oil." Carlos. :-) '88 325is feels like it's due for an oil change '93 325is will change the oil prior to storage __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:37:12 -0500 (EST) From: tabe johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Autocross Videos of Mini Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There was a link to an autocross video of a mini and one of a... morgan...? as well, a month or so ago. A conversation about separate front brake circuits followed. I was trying to describe them to a friend and words failed me. Of course, I have lost the links. Can anyone direct me to those two videos? Thanks! --tabe johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:28:33 -0800 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: tabe johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Autocross Videos of Mini Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here they are: http://abum.com/?show_media=2129 http://www.noflatbatteries.com/videos/ChrisEvans.wmv Barry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:23:24 -0500 From: "Bailey Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "bmwuucdigest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: M42 Cold Start Noise Diagnosis Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kevin asked: <Why are you running 15W?> The owners manual states that conventional 15W-50 is approved down to 0F, so I figure that Mobil 1 cover the same temperature range at the very least. In addition, my M42 spends a lot of time morth of 4000 rpm. OTOH, I do run Mobil 1 0W-40 in my wife's E39. I had run Rotella T Synthetic 5W-40 previously but I liked the fact that the M1 was ACEA A3/B3/B4-02, and BMW LL-01 rated. Bailey Taylor 1995 318ti Club Sport 1997 528iA 1999 Wrangler Sahara Light Campaign Assault Vehicle Scooter still to be decided-probably a Speed Four ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:25:48 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [E39] BMW series 5 disables Dynamic Stability Control and ABS Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The following is forwarded from the Risks Digest, which deals with computer-related risks Neil 96 M3 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 23:59:42 +0100 (W. Europe Standard Time) After two accidents involving police cars of Berlin, Germany, at first the drivers were blamed and appointed to a security training. But taking into consideration the driver's nearly identical reports, which claimed that the cars on-board drive dynamic control systems had failed, BMW took on and inspected the case. The result was: Yes, after an emergency brake exceeding a certain preset pressure on the pedal, all stability systems are disabled and can only be re-enabled by switching off the ignition for five seconds... Originating report (German only): http://www.daserste.de/plusminus/beitrag.asp?iid=254 Follow-Ups (German ditto): http://www.autobild.de/aktuell/neuheiten/artikel.php?artikel_id=7348 http://www.autoservicepraxis.de/sixcms4/sixcms/detail.php?id=81192&_topnavi= 32454&_zielcb= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:09:06 -0600 From: "Scott Staewen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: interesting car rentals in france? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello All, I recall in the past some discussion on this list about "alternative" rental agencies in Europe. I've searched the archive to no avail. My family will be making a trip to Brittany this summer and I'd like to rent something interesting, if the cost is not too exorbitant. Something cool that isn't available here, esp. tourings, would be nice. Can anyone help? TIA, Scott Staewen ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(12 messages) **********
