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DIY - E90 Oil Change (with Pics! - 56K Beware)
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05-15-2006, 07:30 AM | #111 |
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All the pictures have disappeared from the original post and are showing 'undefined'.
Anyone know what's happened?
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05-15-2006, 12:57 PM | #113 |
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Great DIY! just changed my oil last week..
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05-16-2006, 08:44 AM | #114 | |
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05-18-2006, 09:42 AM | #115 |
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Is this just your local dealer policy of it is something in written that even if your ride haven't reach the mileage needed to do the first or subsequents oil changes they still go ahead and change it for you yearly . Do you or anybody else know? 'cause and in PR and it is pretty hot and humid down her and the way I'm riding my car it would take me over 18 months to do my first oil change. It has 4400k and it was purchased in August 2005.
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05-19-2006, 05:03 PM | #116 |
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I just finished my first oil change at 3950 miles and have a couple of comments. I mostly followed E90wraith's instructions, but found it interesting that he said that the oil fill cap removes easily by turning it clockwise. Mine came off by turning it counterclockwise which is generally the direction to remove most screwed devices. I wonder if that was an error in the directions or if for some reason some caps come off clockwise and some counterclockwise?
Also I put wheel chocks behind my rear tires once my E90 was on the ramps for added safety along with putting the car in park(steptronic) and parking brake engaged. I heard once that most fatalities from working on cars come from the mechanic working under the car and the car slipping off the jack, jack stands or ramps. It just isn't worth it to add to that statistic. Other than that, I put in 6.9 quarts of new synthetic oil, drove around the block a couple of times until I got an oil level reading and when it lit up, it showed max. |
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05-19-2006, 10:39 PM | #117 |
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thanks for the great instructions
I just got my e90 last week and I have no clue how to jack it up. Where are the lift points? are they easy to find? thanks in advance |
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06-05-2006, 12:01 AM | #119 |
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I changed my oil for the first time today, but when I took off the nut, I noticed there wasn't a crush washer attached to the nut. I figured it might've just fell into the oil while it was draining, so I didn't bother checking. I placed the new crush washer onto the bolt and screwed it on after the oil drained completely.
But now that I'm thinking back, I'm kinda worried the crush bolt was stuck to the oil pan itself. From everyone's experiences, does the stock crush washer come off with the nut? or is it stuck onto the oil pan..? And if it is, would I need to redo it if I just placed the new washer on and just screwed it back on (meaning I may possibly have 2 washers now)? I haven't driven the car yet since I'm missing 1qt of oil and all the shops are closed for tonight, but after starting it for a few seconds, I didn't notice any drips yet... Is this something that needs to be fixed? Or do you guys think it will be ok?
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06-13-2006, 10:25 AM | #121 | |
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06-13-2006, 12:25 PM | #122 | |
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I would not trust the jack or jack stands when I'm under the car.
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06-13-2006, 12:30 PM | #123 |
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Jack stands are VERY sturdy
My friends who have done oil changes with the Rhino ramps have all had problems with them One of my friends even had one brake on him I would be worried about slipping because I have a cement garage |
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06-13-2006, 12:58 PM | #124 | |
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06-14-2006, 08:09 AM | #126 | |
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Don't forget that there is a yearly oil change policy too regardless of miles:rocks: . |
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06-15-2006, 12:33 PM | #127 |
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changed my oil today, and I used 7quarts of mobil 1 5w30. I was a little concern at first b/c didn't know how much oil I should put in, so i measure the amount of oil that came out (~7quarts) and put in the same. Everything seem okay.
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06-15-2006, 01:36 PM | #128 | |
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06-17-2006, 07:12 PM | #129 |
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I did a post break in oil change at 1290 today. The oil didn't really *need* changing and the filter looks fine but I like the peace of mind of knowing for sure.
One thing though, I used Rhino ramps, so the car was on an incline when I changed the oil. My drain bolt is parallel to the ground unlike the one in the picture at the top of the thread. I think that the combination of the way the bolt screws into the oil pan and the incline of the car caused oil to run down the back of the oil pan and off onto the top of the plastic shield and from there out and onto the ground about three feet aft of my drain pan. The lion's share of the oil went into the drain pan as expected but I came back from letting the remnants drizzle out to find a big mess. I think that, next time, I'll put a piece of tinfoil or something up there to keep that from happening. It seems strange to me that no one else has complained about this. If the car were on a lift, it probably wouldn't happen but I can't see how it would ever be a non-issue when using ramps. It took me quite a while to get the oil off of the top of the plastic shield. Be careful. Cheers, Jim |
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06-17-2006, 08:33 PM | #130 |
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I used a ramp too.....and all my oil drained into the pan. No mess!
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06-18-2006, 11:11 PM | #131 | |
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06-19-2006, 12:29 AM | #132 | |
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with a curb lip on the pan....no spilled!
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