How long can I drive on the Yellow service Oil Light?
Jason Hallick
how long I can drive with the yellow oil service light on. Should I cut
back on driving? Or just drive as usual until me appointment comes up.
Jason
'98 318ia
Henrik Dahl
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lights to remind you to take it in to get a "check-up". Unless you are
out of oil, you don't have to worry about the car suddenly dying from
overdriving.
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Darren M
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when you drive short trips or heavy load/high rpms versus steady cruise.
You could go 10K on an oil change if you did it in long trips, like a nice
country
commute of 50 miles each way. You could go only 2500 miles if you only
drive
5 miles to work.
Henrik is correct - the car will not do anything differently if you don't
reset the
lights. They are reminders, and for that matter you're not talking about
driving
6 months with them on - only a few days.
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Jordbill
>I cut
>> > back on driving? Or just drive as usual until me appointment comes
>up.
I've had my then-new 328ic for about a year and a half, and I just can't force
myself to go more than 4,000 miles or so between oil changes. Maybe it's my
generation, but no matter what the manufacturer or dealer says, it goes against
everything I was taught to believe to wait 7,500-10,000 miles for an oil
change. (Actually, 4,000 miles is a stretch for me.) Unfortunately, this also
means I miss out on the free scheduled maintenance, since I always bring it in
before it's scheduled. Do you folks really wait for the lights to tell you
it's time for an oil change?
Gary Derian
advantage for engine life. BMW knows what it is doing with the service
lights. If you are concerned, use Mobil 1 or other high quality synthetic
oil and change when the car tells you to.
Back in the bad old days, oil was poor and engines spewed a lot of acids and
fuel into the oil so it had to be changed often. Today things are very
different. I use Mobil 1 in my Volvo and change every 10,000 miles, the
factory recommended interval. With 65,000 miles, the engine is perfectly
clean. The inside is cleaner than the outside. I am new to BMWs but I plan
to also use Mobil 1 and change when the service lights indicate.
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Taisto Niiranen
do not know in what condition the oil is. It is just an approximation based
on a formula having fuel consumption etc. as parameters.
I usually drive 1000-2000 kilometers after the red light has appeared
because the yellow comes in after 9000-11000 km and that is too often for me
using synthetic oils. In my car the coefficients for the formula were set
1991 or earlier and I think that the oils have improved in a decade a
little. At least it seems so when you look and touch the oil after driving
13000 km.
-TN
x
>
>I have been told that the new E46 for example, measures the oil in
>some way. Probably the resistance of the oil. Fuel consumption and
>other things as cold starts are also used, as you mentioned.
>
Actually BMW has a chemist go out and break into your garage and runs a full
analysis on your oil and then disassembles your engine and measures it with
lazers every other night in order to determine when you need an oil change.
All part of keeping you happy with your Ultimate Driving Machine.
(They just won't tell you if you need any warrantable repairs.)
SSMUSSER
back on driving? Or just drive as usual until me appointment comes up.
>>
Carry On.