Reasonable oil usage from a 218d

patriotk11 · 07-22-2020, 10:38 AM

Hi

My 2015 218d I've owned for 6 weeks has had 3 litres of oil so far. I do a lot of miles but this seems excessive so today it went to bmw Wollaston in Northampton and they have come back with (in writing) up to 1 litre of oil every 1000 miles is reasonable.

Anyone else had this problem?

I do about 20k miles a year so will have to put 20 litres of oil in between services.... This is madness. They've asked me to bring it back when I've done another 1000 miles and they'll check over it again. The annoyance with that is that although charging for oil they not filled it which means I will have to put another litre in whilst I do my 1000 miles.

I can not find anything in the hand book to suggest this is correct...

Thoughts?

Middy2000 · 07-23-2020, 01:56 AM

Absolute madness.

No way under the conditions you are using the car should it use that much. I take it you've checked for leaks underneath and in the engine bay?

You'll struggle for responses here as the 218d is more European and most on here are across the pond and drive 235/240's.

Even they don't use that much.

I've a 218d which I've had 8 months and haven't added any oil.

07-22-2020, 10:38 AM	#1
patriotk11 Registered 0 Rep 3 Posts Drives: 218d m sport Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Northamptonshire iTrader: (0)	Reasonable oil usage from a 218d Hi My 2015 218d I've owned for 6 weeks has had 3 litres of oil so far. I do a lot of miles but this seems excessive so today it went to bmw Wollaston in Northampton and they have come back with (in writing) up to 1 litre of oil every 1000 miles is reasonable. Anyone else had this problem? I do about 20k miles a year so will have to put 20 litres of oil in between services.... This is madness. They've asked me to bring it back when I've done another 1000 miles and they'll check over it again. The annoyance with that is that although charging for oil they not filled it which means I will have to put another litre in whilst I do my 1000 miles. I can not find anything in the hand book to suggest this is correct... Thoughts?
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07-23-2020, 01:56 AM	#2
Middy2000 Middy2000 50 Rep 150 Posts Drives: 218d Sport Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Lincolnshire, England iTrader: (0)	Absolute madness. No way under the conditions you are using the car should it use that much. I take it you've checked for leaks underneath and in the engine bay? You'll struggle for responses here as the 218d is more European and most on here are across the pond and drive 235/240's. Even they don't use that much. I've a 218d which I've had 8 months and haven't added any oil.
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