Look at what we found in BMW's new V8! Dipstick!

NH_F36 · 11-30-2018, 09:34 PM

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We found something in the new 4.4L V8 in the M850 that is supposed to be coming for 2020MY. It has a dip stick! a real and honest dip stick!

arciga18 · 11-30-2018, 09:39 PM

Wow.

SCA · 12-01-2018, 12:33 AM

jra0113 · 12-01-2018, 09:44 AM

This is my first bmw why is this significant?

roadkillrob · 12-01-2018, 10:52 AM

It has to be an accident - BMW swore off the mechanic dipstick a decade a go - they can't have been wrong, they are BMW.

There are just some things where electronics and complication don't make something better - glad BMW finally realized that a mechanic measuring device is just way better than anything electronic they can come up with!

NH_F36 · 12-01-2018, 03:47 PM

We were all in total shock and gathered around the car to see it

roadkillrob · 12-01-2018, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by NH_F36

We were all in total shock and gathered around the car to see it

They will probably realize their error and recall it

Wild Blue · 12-01-2018, 04:15 PM

Since I've been clinging to my beloved e46 330i, I didn't even know it went away. Anybody know why? How would you verify your exact oil level after servicing?

NH_F36 · 12-01-2018, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wild Blue

Since I've been clinging to my beloved e46 330i, I didn't even know it went away. Anybody know why? How would you verify your exact oil level after servicing?

There is a way to measure the engine oil via the iDrive system

joshuastein55 · 12-02-2018, 01:02 PM

Finally, hopefully they bring this to the other engines (specifically the inline 6's), I much prefer the old fashion way of checking oil via dipstick than the stupid electronic sensor that just says "ok."

themnmd · 12-04-2018, 03:02 PM

all hail the dipstick!!

adema24 · 12-04-2018, 03:03 PM

Do millennials even know what a dipstick is?

Kief · 12-04-2018, 03:04 PM

OMG...they do exist!!

SDPLV · 12-04-2018, 03:09 PM

So much wasted time without one. And I've had a shop underfill by 3/4ths qt.

F32Fleet · 12-04-2018, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wild Blue

Since I've been clinging to my beloved e46 330i, I didn't even know it went away. Anybody know why? How would you verify your exact oil level after servicing?

IIRC emissions from degraded seals.

Next question is whether a fluid extractor can be used.

paliknight · 12-04-2018, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by adema24

Do millennials even know what a dipstick is?

how old you think millennials are?

I thought the new M5 and new 8 series shared the same engine.

M3 Adjuster · 12-04-2018, 03:13 PM

it would only be poetic if they have fired the DIPSTICK that felt like not having one was a good idea.

Zombie_Head · 12-04-2018, 03:14 PM

Hope it is not some "prototype" they are "testing" for another e-dipstick and actually give us an old fashioned working one.

Hell, sell us a "conversion" kit as well, so we can use an actual physical dipstick instead of electronic one.

bob330i · 12-04-2018, 03:14 PM

lol, you don't think it's a pull starter? Looks like more of a dip-string.

M3 Adjuster · 12-04-2018, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roadkillrob

They will probably realize their error and recall it

ROFL

Blubaron79 · 12-04-2018, 03:15 PM

Don't care. I like it without.

DVaystub · 12-04-2018, 03:16 PM

What about a transmission dipstick??

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