E90 service question

Thavash · 04-18-2006, 03:30 AM

Hi

Just a quick question on servicing the E90 - My car's service indicator is showing 300 km left to the service. However , when I phoned my dealer , I could only get a booking in about 3 weeks time. Is it OK if I do more than 300 km before the car gets serviced ? Will doing such a thing not affect the Motorplan ?

Thavash

- Paul - · 04-18-2006, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Thavash

Hi

Just a quick question on servicing the E90 - My car's service indicator is showing 300 km left to the service. However , when I phoned my dealer , I could only get a booking in about 3 weeks time. Is it OK if I do more than 300 km before the car gets serviced ? Will doing such a thing not affect the Motorplan ?

Thavash

OT but how many miles/km have you done?

BMW0 · 04-18-2006, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by 1stnewcar

OT but how many miles/km have you done?

Yea how many? Just curious.

David328M-Sport · 04-18-2006, 07:10 AM

the service indicator is just that - an indicator and quite conservative at that i'm told by my service advosor. so if you do travel past the indicated distance, no problem. some of his customers have travelled thousands of kms past the indicated distance without any problems at all.

so if you do have to travel past the 300kms in the next 3 weeks, you can safely do so by a very wide margin.

i know that you just like all of us bmw devotes here on e90post.com are very particular about our cars but once again, do remember that bmw take into consideration that not all bmw drivers will follow the sii and build that factor into their cars.

enjoy your e90. all the best.

Thavash · 04-18-2006, 07:32 AM

I've done about 24650 kms so far - so according to the service indicator my car should be serviced at 25000 kms. I'll definitely do more than 300 kms in the next 3 weeks.

Actually I have faith in modern oils , but was scared that if something went wrong with the car then BMW would say - "yeah , but you waited too long to service it and it caused problems"

By the way , I'm going to ask them to have a look at the following when I send it in :

1) Slight rattle from drivers door.
2) Poor throttle response - this irritates me, especially in traffic when you need to get going quickly.

Apart from that it's been fine.

Broken1 · 04-18-2006, 02:26 PM

I have a similar problem.

If you are willing to ignore your other issues, you can have your oil service done in the F1 bay at Lyndhurst Auto!

3 BMW dealers told me that it would be fine upto around 2000km's over the SII. Obviously, your car does need it's service, so avoid driving like a maniac...

Everything should be ok though, and you won't pick up too much flack before 2000 over the indicator.

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David328M-Sport Brigadier General 101 Rep 3,566 Posts Drives: F30 M-Sport 328i Estoril Blue Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Melbourne Australia iTrader: (0)	the service indicator is just that - an indicator and quite conservative at that i'm told by my service advosor. so if you do travel past the indicated distance, no problem. some of his customers have travelled thousands of kms past the indicated distance without any problems at all. so if you do have to travel past the 300kms in the next 3 weeks, you can safely do so by a very wide margin. i know that you just like all of us bmw devotes here on e90post.com are very particular about our cars but once again, do remember that bmw take into consideration that not all bmw drivers will follow the sii and build that factor into their cars. enjoy your e90. all the best. __________________ 328i M-Sport, Estoril Blue, Carbon XP 35 Tint, front heated seats, black Dakota, Sports Suspension, Anthracite Headliner, HUD, Pro Nav, Sunroof, hk 600w, Bi-Xenon, 19" 403M wheels, Reversing Camera, DAB+, Xenon, BT Ext Connect, MST turbo intake pipe, MST Cold Air Intake, JB4 on Map 2 with Catless DP produces awesome performance in Sport.
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Thavash Private First Class 20 Rep 166 Posts Drives: F30 M-Sport 320i Red Join Date: May 2005 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa iTrader: (0) Garage List 2018 BMW 320M [0.00] 2005 320i [0.00]	I've done about 24650 kms so far - so according to the service indicator my car should be serviced at 25000 kms. I'll definitely do more than 300 kms in the next 3 weeks. Actually I have faith in modern oils , but was scared that if something went wrong with the car then BMW would say - "yeah , but you waited too long to service it and it caused problems" By the way , I'm going to ask them to have a look at the following when I send it in : 1) Slight rattle from drivers door. 2) Poor throttle response - this irritates me, especially in traffic when you need to get going quickly. Apart from that it's been fine.
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Broken1 Addict 203 Rep 2,074 Posts Drives: 2024 X5 40i M-Sport Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ontario iTrader: (0)	I have a similar problem. If you are willing to ignore your other issues, you can have your oil service done in the F1 bay at Lyndhurst Auto! 3 BMW dealers told me that it would be fine upto around 2000km's over the SII. Obviously, your car does need it's service, so avoid driving like a maniac... Everything should be ok though, and you won't pick up too much flack before 2000 over the indicator.
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