Over filled oil can actually be a serious problem, blowing out oil seals and the like

 

I haven't put any oil in it since new

 

What are you actually asking here? Is it whether your car needs serviced or whether the car is over filled with oil?

 

25k with no service. the oil is prob after turning into water at this stage, Im not getting into this debate over the I Drive been right / wrong again but that is excessive.

 

It's prob 25,000km Not miles which is right for service interval on modern diesels and while overfilling is potentially serious if it's just over the max it's nothing to worry about

 

You should take a look at the oil when it comes out of a diesel engine after that amount of km's. Looks and flows just like tarr. Even after 10k miles it's realy mankey looking but at least it still flows sort of. Ever wondered why the turbos etc go bang on them? But by all means keep to what BMW tells you keeps us in business

@the OP

I would always recomend an intermittend oil change at about 10k miles. It's money well spend. On the e60 I worked on the last tiime the counter didn't count down with the traveled mileage either so I reckon you do even more miles before you change then the 19k indicated at reset.

 

I change my oil every 8000 miles despite service interval being twice that just making the point that it's not unusual to see that much of a gap in service history , almost no one that's not into cars will ever change their oil outside of defined service intervals , no matter what you tell them

 

Thank's All
Brought into stealer and ok now,also booking in after easter for service.much appreciated for all help

 

the new merc engines are letting fuel back into the oil, and the hi ind on the dash shows up believe it or not the dealer says they have to be drivin harder. mostly happen on vans doing short run or hi idle times..