# 2004 BMW 330 — OK to change oil yearly?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-bmw-330-ok-to-change-oil-yearly/161760>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** 330, bmw\
**Created:** [March 25, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-bmw-330-ok-to-change-oil-yearly/161760 "2020-03-25T16:04:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thirsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Thirsk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Thirsk)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-bmw-330-ok-to-change-oil-yearly/161760/1 "2020-03-25T16:04:47Z")

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I have a 2004 BMW 330CI driven 1K per year and garaged for 5 months/yr. Every year I replace the oil (sythetic) before storing.  
Prudent or waste of money?

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**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-bmw-330-ok-to-change-oil-yearly/161760/2 "2020-03-25T17:04:31Z")

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> [@Thirsk](#):
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> I have a 2004 BMW 330CI driven 1K per year and garaged for 5 months/yr. Every year I replace the oil (sythetic) before storing.  
> Prudent or waste of money?

Prudent. All owners manuals note a Mileage **OR** time notation for oil changes. Putting on such low miles a year I’m guessing you do mostly short commutes around town and the engine doesn’t always get to full temperature, so you should use your owners manual’s SEVERE SERVICE recommendations, which I would guess calls for an oil change at a minimum of once a year. Thank you for being a prudent car owner 🙂