bmw oil change

[snowboard]

its been covered a million times. but can i just take my stock 323 to a mr lube or whatever for a quick oil change before i head out of town again?

[bobby_lu]

sure, take your own oil/filter.

[PINOY-X]

they should have your filter there as well call in before you go though just in case

[snowboard]

damn i have no patients and just went to the parts store a bought stuff lol

thanks though dudessssss

[colt22]

mr.lube wont touch it.. well at least the E36, they dont know how to do it, and they dont have the reset tool

Take it to minit lube, they know what their doing and they reset the computer..

[Graham_A_M]

You might want to check to see if your car has a microfilter for the oil. I know mine does. See if you can buy it at a dealership (I'm sure you can) and see if Mr. Lube knows how to replace if it you do bring it in with you.

[Baron O' Funk]

I know someone who did the oil change at Minit Lube this morning ('03 330xi), and everything was great except they didn't reset the computer.

[C4S]

if you dont mind to wait .. do it at BMW dealer is better .. (or even cost less)


7.5 L Oil .. already ~ $80 .. Oil filter and ring, another $25 ...

So $120 for everything isn't bad!

:D

[Justing]

or go to shenis.
make an appointment and you should be in and out within 30 minutes.

[DC328is]

i wouldnt go to mr lube. those places are shady. +1 for shennis or the stealership if u dont mind paying.... or jus do it urself!

[big_k]

take it to minit lube ( i work there ) and we do everything. and yes we will have the oil and filter for it. i have done oil changes on a ferrari there (now don't tell me why anyone would bring it to me, but they did haha) so yes we can handle your bimmer

(and to baron o' funk tell that person to bring it back and we can reset it, i will be honest, that is the most common thing we forget to do with ALL cars is reset the light, but like it said, bring it back to us and we'll do it!)

kurt

[milk]

My experience an unnamed quick lube place over torqued the oil filter housing and caused a crack, leak, and an expensive shampoo afterwards as well as replacement of the filter housing.

They did not reset the service either on the dash. I'd do it myself or take it to one of the small shops. Let me know if you need your code reset... I think I have the reset tool depending on the year.

I'm in Calgary.

[Graham_A_M]

Originally posted by C4S
if you dont mind to wait .. do it at BMW dealer is better .. (or even cost less)


7.5 L Oil .. already ~ $80 .. Oil filter and ring, another $25 ...

So $120 for everything isn't bad!

:D
Yes but at the dealership, they install new wiper inserts into the wipers, add a fuel addictive, properly reset the computer (few can do this I found), as well give the car a decent check over, as well as top up and check the fluids, for $25 more I think it is, its well worth it.

[Bimmer88]

Why not buy a box of ten filters for like $70 bucks?

and oil.... we should set-up a bulk buy!

[snowboard]

i ended up doing it myself, took half hour.

woooo, new oil for a long drive makes me feel good.

[Baron O' Funk]

Which Minit Lube are you at?


Originally posted by big_k
take it to minit lube ( i work there ) and we do everything. and yes we will have the oil and filter for it. i have done oil changes on a ferrari there (now don't tell me why anyone would bring it to me, but they did haha) so yes we can handle your bimmer

(and to baron o' funk tell that person to bring it back and we can reset it, i will be honest, that is the most common thing we forget to do with ALL cars is reset the light, but like it said, bring it back to us and we'll do it!)

kurt

[ACS-e36]

you can reset oil yourself in e36 and e46

e36 - ground pin 7

e46 - ... cant remember right now. do a search

[AE92_TreunoSC]

Originally posted by ACS-e36
you can reset oil yourself in e36 and e46

e36 - ground pin 7

e46 - ... cant remember right now. do a search

push and hold the odo reset button on key-on


I'd never take my bimmer to a minute lube, hell I just worked on a G35 today that had a leaking differential because minute lube somehow found a way to put in 1.5 litres more then the rear diff takes (I measured what came out of the diff fill plug lol)

[tm88]

So you managed to take it to one mr lube that didnt know how


Originally posted by colt22
mr.lube wont touch it.. well at least the E36, they dont know how to do it, and they dont have the reset tool

Take it to minit lube, they know what their doing and they reset the computer.. :rolleyes:
i worked at that place wayy back in the day and i do not think anyone should take their own car to that place however for reference....most do know how to do E36 BMWs.