[RockCrusher]

Originally Posted by Maxp

Did my first oil change at 570 miles. Oil looked brand new as it should. The filter had some small metal shavings. Nothing worrisome. Replaced the oil with Motul LL-12 FE 0w-30. I added 6.5 liters and the oil is measuring just before MAX, do not have the ZTK package. Like others mentioned, the oil plug was barely tightened.

Filter looks exceptionally clean. And not what I would expect.

I'm sure I've posted this before but I'll post it again. Attached is a pic of my 2008 Cayman S oil canister oil and filter at around 750 miles. I didn't cut the filter open but based on the amount of "glitter" visible in the oil in the drain pan I'm sure it had lots of particles of metal/whatever in its folds....

I'll add that the sample of factory fill oil from my 230i and the sample of virgin oil there was no mistaking which was which. The factory fill oil with around 600 miles was considerably darker than the virgin oil.

[Madkows]

From new, I normally do all my cars first at around 1K miles, then every 5K or 6 mos after. 10k interval is not happening. Never seen an oil change warning. Among 3 cars, I usually schedule oil changes in May and November. PITA to get them all in, but peace of mind. Oil is cheap; engines are not.

[BabyM240i]

Did mine right when called for by BMW.

[vntperformance]

What's everyone using as far as oil brand and weight?

I use Valvoline European Formula in 0w-20 aka: https://sharena21.springcm.com/Publi...5-ac162d889bd1

[toastedoats]

Originally Posted by vntperformance

What's everyone using as far as oil brand and weight?

Liqui Moly Top Tec 6600 0w20, I buy the oil change kits from FCP Euro for ~$85

[Fronzdan]

Originally Posted by toastedoats

Liqui Moly Top Tec 6600 0w20, I buy the oil change kits from FCP Euro for ~$85

Same. Haven’t done it yet. Probably will at 5000 mi.

[RightYouAreKen]

Originally Posted by toastedoats

Liqui Moly Top Tec 6600 0w20, I buy the oil change kits from FCP Euro for ~$85

Ditto, used a BMW filter as well. Did my first change at 1k miles, plan to change again at 5k miles and every 5k thereafter. The car will probably get ~5-6k miles per year, so that's only one oil change per year. It's one of the easiest/fastest oil changes I've ever done as well. Is it overkill? Who knows. Is it worth the $85 per year peace of mind? Yes.

[advr6]

One year and ~5K later. Only two metal flakes this time.

Still don't like that the plastic tube in the middle is not glued to the plastic end caps ...

[Bret]

Most of us are probably thinking about newer cars, but another thing to consider is older cars that burn oil. Cars that burn oil tend to burn off the lighter oil molecules. This means that the oil gets thicker which can lubricate less. When you add oil, it thins it up a bit, but not to the point that it would be if you did a full oil change. For example, my wife has a 2018 Toyota Land Cruiser. It started burning oil at about 30k miles. I have no idea why. My father's Toyota Tundra has the same engine and doesn't burn a bit of oil. The Land Cruiser just passed 135k miles. I'm having to add a quart between oil changes (0W-20). If I didn't change the oil every 5k miles, most of the thin portion of the oil would be gone by the time I got to Toyota's recommended 10k mile interval.