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      03-28-2023, 10:04 AM   #1
sbikofsky
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Oil level always shows full

Hoping someone has heard of this and can help.
I’ve got a 2015 2.8i. X3. Of course there’s no dipstick to check the oil so when I got it I checked using IDrive. From the day I got it (and the oil had been recently changed) until 7000 miles later when I was about to do an oil change, the IDrive measurement showed full. Never budged. I’ve owned a bmw previously and knew this was not possible. It had to use something.
I changed the oil and measured what came out. Going by a fill being 4.8 liters, it was about 1.2 liters short.
So I drove 5000 more miles and kept checking IDrive, still always showed full. Just did an oil change again and this time I installed a new oil level sensor. The oil that came out was .75 liters short this time.
I’ve driven about 1000 miles since the last oil change and IDrive still shows full.
No idiot lights on the dash and I scanned the computer. No codes. I’m begining to think this is a firmware issue.
Has anyone experienced this?
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