[Tesh]

Hey Guys,
Today I changed the oil and oil filter in my e92 by myself. Everything went smooth, drove the car around for a little while. Few hours later, I went to the grocery store and came home, when I shut off the car, I got a low oil level warning, I checked the level and its at minimum level, and says to add 1 quart. I threw in 6 quarts of oil.... the car seems to drive fine, there is no leakage anywhere. Does the electronic dipstick take a while to adapt? its been several hours now. I'm pretty worried right now, any thoughts???

[canrhea]

i thought it was 7 qt?, I plan on doing my first oil change soon, any tips??
what did you use to take the oil filter cap off?

[Starscream]

You only used 6 quarts for the oil change?

It requires 7

[noro]

It is a very common issue. For one, when you change the oil your oil filter is dry, once the oil circulates through the system the filter absorb a pretty large amount of oil into and reduces the level. I also heard that oil looses a tad bit of its volume after a full heat cycle.

Just top it off and be proud of your work!

[1clean335i]

it's supposed to take 7qts

[Tesh]

Originally Posted by noro

It is a very common issue. For one, when you change the oil your oil filter is dry, once the oil circulates through the system the filter absorb a pretty large amount of oil into and reduces the level. I also heard that oil looses a tad bit of its volume after a full heat cycle.

Just top it off and be proud of your work!

Thanks for the info.. so I'll just add another quart tomorrow and see how it goes.

[Tesh]

Originally Posted by canrhea

i thought it was 7 qt?, I plan on doing my first oil change soon, any tips??
what did you use to take the oil filter cap off?

I ran over to autozone and bought a oil filter wrench, its about 5 bucks. Pretty easy to do, theres a DIY oil change posted, follow it and you'll be fine.