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      07-27-2013, 01:10 PM   #93
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Originally Posted by tojo_m View Post
I'm right now at 8000 miles and the display shows "8000 more miles to oil change".
  1. So, if I ask BMW to change my oil now on my own dime, would they do it?
  2. Will they honor my request to not reset the oil change indicator "remaining miles"?
  3. After my oil change, will the on-board computer/diagnostics detect that the oil quality is new and automatically prolong the remaining more miles to oil change to something close to 15000 "more" miles? If so, that would suck since I would like to get the free oil change after the next 7000 miles (when odo reads 15,000 miles).
1. Sure, they will be glad to.

2. Yes. They will not reset the CBS.

3. No. The CBS uses the number of start/stop cycles and fuel consumption to determine change intervals. That sensor is a second line of defense and will trigger if the oil is really crappy (<< technical term). But that sensor does not say... "Hey, new oil, let's move out the service interval."
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