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      09-08-2012, 09:36 PM   #1
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Drives: 2013 X1 sdrive
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Break in and oil consumption

While BMW says no break in is required and fills with synthetic oil from the get-go for most of their cars they do recommend " break in oil" for the M cars, changing to synthetic at 1,200 miles. I also understand that BMW says that consuming a quart of oil every 750 miles is still " Normal".

Has anyone experienced high oil usage?

I am thinking of draining the synthetic as soon as I get my car (leaving the filter in place) and replacing it with Dino oil for the first 1,500 miles. Then I would change the filter and change back to synthetic oil. The idea would be to help the rings seat better.

What do you think?
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