Recent content by doc540

Originally Posted By: rooflessVW Those 740s are the way to go. The N54 is much smoother compared to the V8. Had an '11 740i Individual and it was a flawless car. That's the plan.

Originally Posted By: jeepman3071 Originally Posted By: edwardh1 many Toyotas do not burn oil ...And many Toyotas DO burn oil. My GF's 2010 Prius consumed a quart every 800 or so miles, and it was a HYBRID with 40k miles. A co-worker's Camry consumes oil as well, and I know some owners of...

Originally Posted By: 2004tdigls the timing chain or guides are next to go https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2166947-How-To-Tell-If-Your-Timing-Chain-Guides-Have-Gone!-(M62TU-4-4L-V8) Before or after the trans?

Originally Posted By: rooflessVW Total 10W-60? Makes a little more sense - that's an awesome oil. Great price on Amazon per case as well. yessir, that's where we got it. 8qts per change with two left for topping off

Originally Posted By: toneydoc That auto looks beautiful in that photo If she were mine, she would get a quart of Mobil 1 every thousand miles to keep her full and I would DRIVE it Who really gives a [censored] if it burns a little oil? Not me "4. Significant smoke puff occurs on startup or...

EDIT: TOTAL 10w-60 Yes, I mentioned the "kit" in my first post. No one locally does the job using the "kit". Even so, I didn't want to put another $2k into the car before trying the TOTAL oil fix which worked. No, we don't keep our cars much past 75k miles. Knowing about the oil smoke problem...

Originally Posted By: rooflessVW Originally Posted By: doc540 I posted the third option that fixed it. For now*** It may work for a while, may work forever. Only one way to find out. This is quite true. The factory techs told me the subject of V8 valve guide problems is being discussed...

Originally Posted By: kschachn Awesome, it looks great at that age. Here is mine, do not look too close or you will see the flaws Great driver, flog it till it dies.

Originally Posted By: kschachn Out of everything that goes wrong with my old M60, oil consumption is not one of them. Incessant oil leaks? Sure. Cooling system failures? Regularly. Crummy plastics used for just about everything? Yes, a repair job often costs just as much for plastic bits and...

Originally Posted By: rooflessVW I've seen LM Motor Oil Saver work as well. Glad you found something that works for you. Nice car! Unfortunately there are really only two options - sell the car as is and take a hit or have the car repaired and take a hit. I posted the third option that...

sorry if it's been covered cliff notes: 1. I'm on my 15th BMW and this is my LAST V8 (buying their straight 6's from here on out) 2. Factory engineering and design flaw causes valve guide seals to leak 3. Often (on many V8 engines beginning with the M60 and continuing) by 50k miles oil...

Oh, I'm well aware that oil discussions, specifically "interval" discussions are approached with the same passion as creationism vs the neodarwin synthesis. I just want a link to some pertinent threads. :)

I know it's been frequently discussed here, but could someone post a link to discussions related to synthetic oil performing "better" with change intervals beyond 3,000 miles? thanks

I've been fighting heater core contamination in my '95 LT1 Ratmaster wagon. I'm currently running a Rube Goldberg, inline fuel filter to catch rust and scale particles, but if I can locate a convenient place for the Wix spin on system, I'm going to purchase it even if it is a little pricey.

Daily (sometimes twice) for nearly 20 years: '65 Mustang various BMW's, several black ones