Re: How much oil?

["Allan Williams" <allanw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe the E36 M3's like about 1 quart extra for track events :-).

The problem it aerated oil getting up to the lifters I think.

Allan :-)
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- ----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Choi <choi.192@domain.elided>
To: <bmw-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 5:39 AM
Subject: How much oil?


> Hi,
>
> A friend of mine recently came back from an autocross with a strange
> story.  After a couple of runs, he found that his E36 M3 was making a
> pretty loud ticking sound.  Not just the sound of a hot engine, but
> something like a playing card getting hit with the fan.
>
> He talked to one of the people there and the guy suggested that he
> didn't have enough oil.  He had it in the striated area . . . and the
> guy said that it had to be just above the dot.  (Sorry for the weird
> descriptions).
>
> We have both heard warnings at some point against overfilling,
> particularly for driving events.
>
> How much oil should we have in the car?  Is it any different from the
> amount you want to have at any other time?
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
> 97 M3
>
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