BMW E39 M5 Oil Level Sensor & Oil Change DIY 

DIY'ers should be aware of dry and wet torque numbers. usually the given torque is for dry threads, if dealing with oily drain plugs that value can be cut 20% or you'll see why mating aluminum pans and steel plugs weren't the best ideas coming out of Bavaria

Superb man! I like your thoroughness and explanation on why you did something. Keep up this valuable content for us M car enthusiasts.

Luv the DIY videos 👌

fuse 15 blows it time to replace oil sensor car goes into limp mode great vid

Awesome Ryan. Would you be interested in featuring my Imola e46 M3?

Hey bud, you have a fantastic car and a fantastic channel. Can I ask where you got your ramps from to raise the car Thanks !

Is "thermal oil level sensor" and "sump oil temperature sensor" the same unit? Both appear faulty on my 530i.

Thank you for video, can you tell (or show, if there is a video) how to change oil temp sensor? My M5 just decided not to show anything :(

Hi how is best option for check oil level? Someone told on cold engine, some on after 5 min when u turn off full worm engine? What Best?

Can you please provide a link to the oil on Amazon?

Do you know how accurate is oil temp on this engine ? Because there is no oil temp sensor in this car .

Just got back from Southern California. The weather there is a BMW enthusiasts dream. How much longer until you get the M5 to San Diego?

Nice job describing the exact tools you used. Please post your results on a video or on the fb page so we can compare!

Okay Ryan thanks for the vid as always. Question, my oil drain plug is stripped and I bought a new pan, but can I drain my oil from the level sensor for now so I can put the new one on? I don't have an oil extractor otherwise I would drain from the dip stick.

Very nice and professional video. I am sure it will be usefull to change the thermal oil sensor on my 530i E39.

Good Stuff! But Your engine was rebuilt? I thought you didn't change the pistons and bearings?

How i love your videos :) This channel is simply superb! Now Ryan wanna say that BMW isn't first and last German brand which sells spare parts much more expensively if they put BMW logo on it. For example i can say the same about Mercedes parts. For example thermostat which is made by German company named Wahler costs twice more if it has benz logo and part number on it, also the same story with fuel filters which are made by Mahle, Engine mounts which are made by Lemforder and e.t.c. So it is only marketing because i can't imagine that any well known German spare parts manufacturer will reduce their quality and the parts which have no auto brand logos on it will worst than against the genuine parts are. So, personally i love Genuine parts, but it is senselessly to pay twice more for them .

Beautiful car. What year is your M5?

Ryan, my 2011 328i has a built-in carbon air filter in the housing compartment, along with the replaceable air filter (e90). I want to cut out this built in carbon filter, but I don't want to adversely effect anything like the sensor or anything else that I might not be aware of. do you happen to know if I can cut that out and be okay? to me it seems like a redundancy, and the more air I can get into the engine, the better (I assume ). keep in mind I still have the replaceable K&N filter in there. Thanks in advance.

would a bmw e39 m5 be more work then a bmw e39 528i

nice vid! i have a 530d 2002 e39 51K miles and im getting the 28 thermal sensor for oillevel defect. was that the same fault code you got?

No driving video.... gotta make one!

Hey +E39Source can you do an update video on the 330xi?

Did replacing the sensor fix the problem?

Is it necessary to replace the nuts?