Hey Fellas, noticed my 2011 BMW 550i leaking a few drops of oil. Engine looks clean. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Bazi

 

Bazi,

I had the same thing happen to me on my 2011 550M sport. I thought it was a drain plug but it happened to be some kind of oil reservoir that needed replacing.

 

There are literally DOZENS of common places oil could be leaking from; are you able to remove the belly pans and see specifically where? And if not, can you provide us with a general area that the leak is coming from - i.e. front engine center, rear driver side of engine, transmission area, etc?

The most common areas I've seen leak on those engines are the lower oil pan and/or drain plug. A much more common leak on those (assuming it wasn't something caused by a bolt left loose or something to that effect) would be the transmission; how certain are you that it's engine oil?