BMW N55 Oil Change

Quickly and easily change the oil in your BMW in under 30 mins. The procedure is the same even for non N55 engines, just add in the appropriate amount of oil and filter for your engine.
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[@jpshanuson7192]

Great oil choice. The dye in it making it green is UV reflective. Helps identify leaks

[@Cetin-70]

Thought it was alien oil, thankyou for the explanation

[@MWAclanGaming]

Great for BMW, since it leaks all the time

[@Mygfisawesone]

@@MWAclanGaming I was about to say this lol

[@loden888]

I have leaks in my 24 year old Camry. Why does a new BMW need a leak detector?

[@MWAclanGaming]

@@loden888 Because if it's not leaking then it's not a BMW.

[@Zgronar]

Dude has all the possible dedicated aftermarket accessories for his car

[@DzulArif85]

😂😂😂

[@marniionmee2140]

@@thatv8life186why would he need a lift…? Seems excessive for a personal garage lol. Jack and jack stands work just fine.

[@blecgaming9069]

I'll keep changing between 3-4 and no later then 5. That oil is muddy dark, watch out for sludging issues with higher milage, change it more often and do not go to 10K, regardless of what the manufacturer says or the oil manufacturer

[@kinniki1879]

Agreed. 10k manufacturer recommendations seems to me like another way to get parts to break so the customer needs to pay.

[@alouisschafer7212]

To really be certain have oil analysis done at Blackstone lab's. some engines can push to 10k miles some don't...

[@doylehargraves9243]

stfu I been running 10000 plus miles on all my powerstrokes/cummins diesels I’ve ever owned

[@blecgaming9069]

@Doyle Hargraves that is diesel not gas, in general diesel oil due to a large quantity of it in the engine can last much longer. Where a car has at most 8 quarts , most diesel engines have gallons of oil. However with V8 style diesel engines in pick up trucks that have EGR and all the EPA junk, I still suggest changing at 5K

[@bushkangarutha7849]

10k isn't even that high service interval. I know Subaru wants oil changed ever 12k or so, Mitsubishi canters are like every 20k or more and there's def some auto shit with high capacity sumps and bypass filters that claim 60k plus between oil changes (I know at least Volvo and Scania do this)

[@jg_media9]

The blue oil filter housing cap looks great 👌

[@FritzRamos]

Thanks! You make the red look good in your car

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

Sure does

[@loden888]

Because the factory plastic housing will leak?

[@gucki7215]

@@loden888 idk if its that but i have seen the housing threads literally melt and get stucks, its a pain in the ass

[@nelsonmairenalopez]

@@loden888yes, will leak. Just got that fixed

[@Hk7762Tube]

Change your oil every time before bed time.

[@wolfrig2000]

If you read the manual it specifically says not to pre oil the new filter. It can introduce contamination post filter into the engine.

[@MikeHudson-px2gc]

86 Toyota truck 22RE bought new and been the daily driver for 37 years and 482.000 miles. Change oil every 5000 miles using that 'crappy" dino oil- Castrol GTX 10W-40. Doesn't even burn 1/2 quart between oil changes.

[@Freddie206]

I been oil geek all life From what i ve seen in experience with superbike engines no oil no matter what will last longer to protect you engine 100% more than 4000-5000 miles I been changing oil between 2500-3000 miles And never had any problems I would never push it more than 500 miles over 5000.

[@ralkros681]

I don’t why or how you got in my KZbin. But that is a damn beautiful blue❤

[@youssefaf6758]

You should check out the M2's "long beach blue" color

[@josepho2813]

I change mine every 3,000 tore rotations every 6,000. Cmon Boys. If you drive it hard change it quickly

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

Right

[@thedonvon4507]

Mini cooper 20k mile intervals entered the chat....

[@j4ke2fl0w3]

My one tip is to remove the drain plug bolt before you crack the top filler lid. That way the oil flows a little less when removing the plug bolt, hopefully making less mess.

[@bee8042]

The previous bmw models has such an easily accessible oil filter location

[@jesusvazquez9625]

Thanks 🙏

[@user-yb9pj6kw7k]

I’ve never installed a new crush washer on any of my vehicles. Hell none of them even have one. No problems

[@GeraldPUR]

Do not, EVER leave you oil for more than 5k miles unchanged. Trust me you will regret it especially in BMW's. You've been warned. I do them every 3500 miles regardless of the manufacturer recommendations.

[@Alexander_l322]

Shut up.

[@kiryukazuma7508]

​@I6zone depends. Turbo engines and hot weather will wear them out fast. Oil is cheap anyway....

[@Depl0rable10]

​@kiryukazuma7508 fr? Never changed oil on less than 7.5k intervals and the issues have NEVER been from bad oil. Never seen someone who does the same have an issue either

[@kingchris1233]

@@kiryukazuma7508 Oil is not cheap! Full synthetic is over 10 a quart. The BMW take 7 qts.

[@kiryukazuma7508]

@@Depl0rable10 lots of variables. If you do big miles but on light traffic roads they won't wear fast. But if you do big miles in heavy traffic go with lots of idling stop and go, yes they run bad pretty quick. Hot weather also accelerates oil wear.

[@baims8367]

Look like a nice ass HARBOR FREIGHT commercial 😂

[@cozmic_jinx9845]

I saw a older video of him using 0w-40 castrol oil is there a difference between that oil n this one he’s showing

[@joshuafidone]

How do you have mounted the M2C v-carbon strut on the engine?

[@frvnchize]

I thought the golden wrench oil filter cap doesnt fit the n55 thermostat?

[@grant1430]

Dang decided not to get an aluminum oil cap cuz who cares but that sounded so nice

[@BLACKSTARR2006]

I love your torque wrench oh and u too 😂

[@terrancecollins2696]

Just did my first N55 oil today and used 5W-40 … do you feel the car runs maybe 5°F warmer with the 5w40? Feel like maybe the car has an 0W-30 in it before I changed it today

[@MrDosSantos991]

Does one need to do the priming procedure when doong a service on a N55?

[@butters2160]

Whyd he just bend the flap off on the splash shield instead of rotating the thing that keeps it in place

[@motube2389]

Never let your oil go to 10k I don’t care what the manual says and what type of oil you put. Oil is cheap and engines are expensive period

[@alanholmes2366]

Definitely NOT bullshyt. There are tons of cars with sludge issues ran for 10k oil change intervals. Even with manufacturers recommendation why would they care by the time you get to your 6th or 7th oil change it’s no longer their problem it’s all yours!!

[@Poopiestboy]

@ian trofimov u must be smoking crack if u think a Subaru is still running after a 15k mile oil change

[@alanholmes2366]

@ian trofimov Well buddy you offer up an isolated situation with one vehicle. I have 4 vehicles right now with close to 500k miles on them. Highest mileage one is at 275k miles. Original engine burns no oil. No smoking, used both for city trips and long distance trips. Multiple brands. I've owned American, German and Japanese brands. Smaller displacement turbo charged engines are going to likely experience issues if you are going 10-15k miles between oil changes. I've seen it 1st hand on multiple occasions. Vehicle manufacturers want to advertise a vehicle that's low cost in maintenance. 5-6 oil changes will get you out of most warranty periods, if you have a catastrophic engine failure between your 10th and 13th oil change that's on you (using 10k mile OCIs). For those of us who keep our cars over the long term the benefits of regular 5-6k mile OCIS are worth every penny

[@a1phamalestud]

Liquid moly that’s some good shit right there

[@e92slate]

My car is over 100k miles and I recently put in 5w40 is that a good choice or should I go back to 5w30? it’s an n55 btw

[@Nguyenduc09]

Interesting…never thought about adding oil to the oil filter area.

[@FritzRamos]

I can't say it's from an official source, but it couldn't hurt

[@Cribs00]

​@@FritzRamos I am BMW tech and I have to tell you that it is pointless. If you pour oil to the oil filter housing it just drains to the oil pan. It is for draining remaining oil in oil filter housing during oil filter change, that's why you unscrew oil filter first. Check on the next oil change, pour 5 liters of oil through oil filter housing. It will never be full :) Empty oil filter housing without oil during first start after oil change doesn't hurt engine. It fills up very quickly in less than few seconds. Those few seconds don't damage engine because engine parts have oil film on them which isn't that easy to lose as you could think. Overall good video. Keep up good work!

[@bluethunder3346]

Your pouring unfiltered oil into the bearings and oil galleries

[@eduardovcalado]

​@@bluethunder3346exactly!!!

[@jonathansmith7306]

​@@FritzRamosthe important part is to oil the O-rings, afaik

[@LookitsMendi]

Where can I find that oil cap 👀

[@mejia1911]

Check for coolant leaks ….cuz BMW

[@joshuamolina2986]

Have you experienced any issues running 5w-40? I’m currently running the same oil but the fear of rod bearing issues is making me want to go back to 5w30.

[@kkkvvh]

Never fil up that way in the housing! Contamination control is key

[@FritzRamos]

From brand new oil?

[@saucon751]

​@@FritzRamos Often in n55 / n54 engines in particular there are contaminants in the bottom of the oil filter housing, filling it with oil can make them float up and into another port. Kind of obvious when you think about there being a oil inlet to the filter and a outlet. Plus doing that is just a waste of time

[@FritzRamos]

@@saucon751 All the oil ports are at the bottom of the housing

[@fasteat1]

What are those hockey pucks on the jack stands, looks sus

[@kevinwatkins2762]

Was that oil green??

[@robertg9334]

Yea but with newer motors in today's modern cars it's best to change the oil when it starts to change color tight clearances are getting tighter n synthetic oil will sludge up if you run it beyond 4,500 so I tend to change out my mobile 1 synthetic at 4,000 regardless cause that's when it starts to amber off into the dark black oil, granted old oil is better then no oil I just prefer to see the yellow hue of today's oils

[@That_Guy_Robert]

Is it ool or oyool

[@ItsCleto]

At my shop we do 3,000 on semi synthetic oil and 4,000 on full synthetic. Anything more that that is just a stretch.

[@AlfaSixxx]

What brand is that oil cap? Looks slick!

[@kingly71]

see what you did there..

[@Talktrue.]

3000 miles change it’s the best

[@AhmedMohamed-qw5ml]

That’s a m5 correct? S63 engine

[@MB1Billion]

I change mine every 3k.

[@FordBossMe]

5k oci max don't do this 10k crap with turbos and direct injection

[@abbas674]

Change it every 3k mile no matter how synthetic it is unless you want to replace your motor at 80k miles

[@SlickRick135]

Total BS, My 135i was at 110k when I sold it and it was still pulling hard without any issues. Oil changes were done every 5-7k miles. 3k oil changes are excessive if you’re using a high quality synthetic.

[@abbas674]

@@SlickRick135 if you have a car that’s making more power and it gets abused almost everyday it needs 3k mile oil changes

[@abbas674]

@ian trofimov I’m sure you do 10k mile oil changes due to the fact your 335 burns oil no need to change it just add

[@jonathansmith7306]

You win. This is the dumbest comment in this comment section.

[@abbas674]

@@jonathansmith7306 how e85 brakes oil down if you run e change it every 1500 like me

[@allcarthings7678]

Just gonna give you some advice. N55s notoriously send rod bearings. Done over 75 jobs myself. Do yourself a favor a change your oil every sub 3500miles and get yourself some aftermarket rod bearings before your stocks go and score your crank. If you’re unsure of the condition of your rod bearings have an oil sample send off and tested. Goes a long ways

[@I_kill_hooez]

Where you get that strut brace

[@FritzRamos]

Ebay

[@I_kill_hooez]

@@FritzRamos is it for the M2 and it fits the M235i?

[@andrewmartin2650]

Where did you put the jack😅

[@FritzRamos]

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[@sarkiszoboyan2299]

You'll bend the engine jacking from there

[@LuisManuel30096]

What oil weight do you guys like to use for 100,000+ mile engines?

[@joseherrera5264]

I have 2 BMWs both 20+ years old, 220 & 250k miles. Liqui-Moly Leichtlauf (long life) 5W-40 and 5W-30 in the summer changed at 5000-7500 miles works for me. So far I've been running it for 65,000 miles (since I took ownership) and it runs pretty smooth. I use the additives once a year. Usually after my car sits for a month or whenever I feel I neglected it because I drive my other ones more.

[@bilalsaleem3328]

​@Jose Herrera you use thinner oil in summer ? Why ?

[@lucjalajas6988]

am i the only one that noticed the jack placement

[@FritzRamos]

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[@PureHades]

It’s mind boggling to me people don’t abide by the 3 months or 3000 miles… you drive your car every day, some of us, DRIVE their shit hard, to and from work, maybe to the store at night or to a homies house, you take your car for granted more than probably anything in your life considering what you ask of it and what is required for everything to work flawlessly… 3 months or 3000 miles… will never be able to blame anything on bad oil or low oil unless she’s leaking like a siv… I thank my old man for teaching me about that because man theirs so many “lifetime” oils or every 10-15k like that’s absolutely terrifying to me…

[@Awesomeman1987]

Man 3000 miles was recommend with cars using conventional motor oil. Good synthetics really can go as far as the manufacturer recommends without issue provided the oil isn't overheated (125 isn celcius). You are literally wasting money changing it at 3 k miles.

[@momsmobileoilchange]

Did he jack the cover ?

[@erick222]

There's a jack point towards the middle/front and its behind the plastic splash pan so jacking there pushes the cover up until making solid contact

[@Patty-qy8qh]

This comment section is absolutely ridiculous

[@jonathansmith7306]

You need to change your oil every 10 miles, but it doesn't matter what kind of oil you use. I'm a KZbin commenter, I think I know more than the engineers who wrote the manual

[@tannerm228]

Every 3k-3.5k for high performance cars

[@arnieanime2792]

Nah, you don't wanna go more than 5K miles.

[@AznTony360]

You did it wrong. Earlier in the short you said oil flows better when on a slightly warm engine which is true. Yet at the end you say to start the engine then check the oil level. Wrong, because that oil is not at operating temperature or warm enough it’s flow is impacted. Once you start the engine the oil needs time to drain to the pan for you to check the oil. On a cold cold engine that could take a hour. Because you started the engine, oil has yet to go back to the pan so checking the oil level before topping it off will more likely lead to an overfilled engine/inaccurate dip stick reading. There’s idiots online, don’t leave mistakes like this in a tutorial.

[@FritzRamos]

And the person doing this would get that message from the car when measuring the oil level which it won't measure until it come to the appropriate temperature.

[@SoreTv]

Crack the oil cap open? Nah take it all the way off 😂 you gonna do that to fill it back up anyways so take it off and let all the air in lol

[@AndrewKidd14145]

No no no no no no. Warming up the oil isn’t to make it flow better it’ll flow no matter what because it was created that way. When warm the particles that get removed from in the engine and cleaned float in the oil and can be removed when warm vs in the bottom of the pan when cold.

[@FritzRamos]

"How does temperature affect mass flow rate? The temperature increases the velocity of the molecules flowing hence the kinetic energy of the fluid increases with increase in temperature."

[@AndrewKidd14145]

@@FritzRamos still no what I’m saying is why they say to change it hot not because of flow. Look up what oil does to particles in the engine when hot.

[@loden888]

Cold oil will flow more slowly. Watch Project Farm's oil comparison video.

[@dixienormus5106]

Full syn doesnt need to be warm, it never changes viscosity in temp.

[@ernest2641]

Do not ever go above 5000 miles on an oil change. Great way to shorten the life of your engine and create an oil burner.

[@scoobygms210]

80k car going full ricer nice

[@MWAclanGaming]

10k is horrible 😢 for an oil change, by then it's already black.

[@FuriousHondaBoy]

Lol come to Europe, they change at 20 000 to 30 000 km 😁

[@MWAclanGaming]

@@FuriousHondaBoy yikes

[@MWAclanGaming]

@ian trofimov how?

[@Johnny42877]

Never go above 5000.

[@lewhui4604]

Why is the oil green😂 must be a nightmare to see if coolant mixed with oil

[@jpshanuson7192]

It has a UV dye in it. Helps locate leaks. Just found my timing cover leaking because I use this oil.

[@allcarthings7678]

Bmws use blue coolant

[@bighorn9119]

Don't pre fill

[@sethsantiago304]

Never change your oil at 5k miles. 3k only no matter what

[@Daanswerkeys]

Why?

[@sethsantiago304]

@@Daanswerkeys only designed to go for 5k is only designed for hybrids. That type of oil flows slower than the conventional. Ever 2-3 seconds of no lubrication is 3 years off engine life. Especially when it time to change em the quality perishes se than other oils.

[@domi7007]

@@sethsantiago304 What a bullshit. 8k km is perfect.

[@sethsantiago304]

@@domi7007 no it ain't. Auto tech speaking here.

[@domi7007]

@@sethsantiago304 Dude i am a mechanic for over 20 years, here in germany i see cars that have either never changed oil at all, or every 5k km or every 20k km. Every 8k km is perfect, just look it up. There are various tests made on Synthetic oil Viscosity and their particle Flow at different Temperature. 8K is where the oil should be changed, everything over it is bad, everything under it is just useless...IF you dont drive some race car that is pushed, aka its fine for a Family car.

[@mouaxiong8618]

Imagine owning a BMW

[@repairvehicle]

5k is too long, when you do oil analysis you start realizing how much false information is about oil

[@rickreinhardt4961]

5000-10k miles is for if your car is driven on highway 99% of the time if your at stop and go traffic try not to exceed 3500-4000 miles even with full synthetic😂

[@brandonpittman5243]

5k do not go 10k on any engine and especially a turbo engine.

[@sav7123]

I do 10k

[@wheelspinmanager]

5 to 10?????? 4k miles is mora than it can take

[@dmite1254]

Don’t do 10k miles

[@brxezo]

ill change mine every 1500 or 2500 no thanks on that 5000

[@peterchoi3382]

Bro never go 10k on oil change never 👎

[@originalgibbs1584]

You don’t change your oil enough .

[@ifixthingsalsobreakthem5835]

I’m sorry every 3,000 doesn’t matter what oil your running things wear filters clog things fail way I was taught but hey soon you won’t have to worry about oil changes just coolant and brakes and suspension components and a 5-10 battery replacement that only cost you if I had to guess half of the cars price !!! Eventually since they can almost drive themselves they may just drive off and get the work they need by themselves just charge your credit through your car !

[@jasonharris1422]

Yeah everybody changed your oil 5 to 10000 miles. Give me job security for the rest of my life replacing your engines

[@danielvon1532]

With newer vehicles & synthetic oil. you are out of your mind if you do an oil change at 10k. I've seen burnt oil even at 5k. yeah people do it doesn't mean the owner is doing themselves a favor.

[@sav7123]

If it burns add more oil :)

[@alouisschafer7212]

fr moderm turbocharged direkt injected engines are crazy hard on their oil it's done so much earlier than you would expect

[@danielvon1532]

@@alouisschafer7212 if I had a high end vehicle, I would still do oil changes regularly at 3000 miles.

[@BigDipper79]

Overpriced oil.

[@morechuckyblood]

Running engine is bad idea. Oil pan is at the bottom of the engine … if you run the car the engines sucks oil to the top creating not accurate readings on the dip stick and oil that is stuck in the head

[@FritzRamos]

There's no dipstick

[@TheCinderellaman10]

There's a aftermarket kit made to fit a dipstick

[@ENFEbbnFlow]

WRONG. Don't ever go 10k miles on ANY OIL. 6K maximum on full synth. 4k max on conventional. That will maintain long term protection.

[@jackdough8164]

Wrong. Should change the oil cold. It’s multi grade oil. It’s thinner when cold and gets thicker when it warms up

[@loden888]

Put your oil in your freezer then try pouring it. Cold oil = slow flow. But when the engine is cold, you're sure there's more oil in your drain pan to drain out. Warming up the engine pushes the oil into the engine and then you got a long wait for it to come back down.

[@jackdough8164]

@@loden888 no it still flows better when it’s cold sorry. See how it says 5 or 0W on the bottle before the big number? It’s a lighter grade oil when cold and then a 20 or 30 grade when it’s hot. They put stuff into it to make it thicken as it warms up. You’ll get more old oil out doing it cold. But I’m just a person on the internet so you do you and I’ll keep making my engines outlast the cars they’re in lol

[@skywalkerog3886]

Draining oil isnt like draining coolant. When i change oil i never open the cap and forthe last almost 2 years i havent had a problem. In my country noone does it regularly, but it seem in the us people do it alot

[@kamilthegreat2834]

Anyone changing oil at 10k miles or even 5k miles knows exactly what his wifes boyfriend tastes like and loves it.

[@erikm.905]

Other parts of the world must have shitty oil then, seeing as Europe has plenty of high mileage cars on which the manufacturer's intervals were used. Even my cheap econobox has 380K km on the clock with 15K km service intervals

[@kamilthegreat2834]

@@erikm.905 of course you can do that. Most cars will take it. But why risk.it. when all.of these high mileage oils and cars came out i laughed because its the same filter. And then they came out with high mileage filters and i still laughed after i opened them up and saw it was the same thing. All.im saying is its better to be safe than sorry. I take care of my vehicle and do my own work. For my and friends and families cars i see who changes at 3k miles and i see who changes at 10k miles when i fix things.

[@XsaviXander]

Seems like you have experience with your wife's boyfriend. Nothing wrong with being gay. But it's wrong to cheat.