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Getting around to changing the oil on my daily beater 318ti. 1995 car, 175k miles. Bought it, seller and reciept indicated a oil change 500 miles ago...so I left it.
When I got under the car I noticed that the front main seal was seaping, oil pan was covered with crud, along with the rack, suspension, etc.
I drained 7+ quarts out of the car! I'm not 100% sure, but I'd bet that the main seal was weeping because there were 3 something extra quarts of oil, and I'm sure it's not really designed to hold oil back, just keep it from splashing out.
I'm hoping I might get a few more MPG out of the car now as well, it's been pretty consistent at 24.. (autotradgic), but I'd think it should do a bit better than that.
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6-cyl. 3-series take a little over 7 quarts I believe, I'd chalk it up to an incompetent mechanic and a universal repair manual  | | | | | 01-06-2010, 03:27 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,895 |
Are you sure the leak is not the filter housing?
It is a common leak on the front of these cars. __________________ ...
ʎɐqǝ uo pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐן ǝɥʇ sı sıɥʇ | | | | | 01-06-2010, 05:57 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 |
When I bough my Jeep in 1994 , I took it in to the dealer for its first oil change, (Free when I bought the rig)
Well, I picked it up and by the time I got out of their lot oil was running all over, I coasted backwards back into their lot and right into a bay. The manager came running over yelling at me to wait in line until he recognized me... I made them put it up on the hoist with me watching, then had them draiin the engine into a bucket. 20 quarts of oil.
The oil change monkey was new and thought the numbers were quarts....
They had to pull the engine and replace all the seals, even the valve cover...
Dave __________________
Dave - PDX
1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan.
2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black | | | | | 01-06-2010, 03:04 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,895 |
WHAAAAA????
You mean the 2.0 number on the engine? __________________ ...
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the shop manual probably had it listed in a different unit, any competent mechanic would have had a red flag go up with a number that high | | | | | 01-07-2010, 08:18 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 |
They had one of those oil pump gadgets and it has a dial on it with a knob, somehow he looked at the wrong numbers and put a 5 gal pail of oil in it.
So free aint necessarily a good deal.
Dave __________________
Dave - PDX
1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan.
2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black | | | | | 01-07-2010, 03:55 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 2,525 |
Maybe he thought it was an aircooled porsche motor.. 11.5L total oil volume in some of those motors..
I find with my car doing an oil and filter change I should put about .5L less than a full big container of 15/50 mobil1. | | | | |
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