axefire wrote:Awesome - thanks Gents - yes myother - LV, on top of the mountian - and I just started a job out in Allentown PA so I'm commuting approx. 90 miles a day. I already have 90k on my 06 M35x. This is actually pretty good however not looking forward to the extra miles I'll be packing on her. I just love my 06 with my burbon leather and the overall interior. I've seen ther newer Ms and they aint as nice inside as mine IMHO...
Anyways, PCV system - have not looked into it at all. You might be onto something here!! Too much cracnk case pressure! Honestly about 15k miles ago I had my engine flushed real good -and we noticed a heavy gunk biuld up on the inside of the valve covers which might be explained by too much crank case pressure pushing oil up etc... thus burning oil faster than it should. Who can I have look at this? I'm pretty capable but I think this is out of my league... please don't say the dealer, I'd rather shove a hot needle in my eye than bring my car to the dealer...
Also, are you saying you burn less oil when you DO NOT use synthetic? really? cause hell non synth is less expesinve!
Long Valley is beautiful country. Being on top of a mountain is even better! Long time ago I worked at AMBEST. Had a few friends that lived in Long Valley. It's a shame you have to roll so many miles on your M. Guess you have to do what you have to do. There are a lot of posts on this site about the catch can. One I recall had pictures and instructions as to how to install one. All claim it decreased oil consumption. Personally I have not installed one on my M. I tried synth oil once and my M ate 2 quarts of it in less than 3K. I went back to regular 5w30 and have had no issues, except it still eats some between 3k changes, but not enough to make me add any. Having said that, I am in the minority. Most posters use synth oil and swear by it. My M must be a fluke. If it does start to burn more I am going to go with 10W30 or 10W40. From what you said and other posters have written, the catch can seems to have some merit. You might want to look into it.
