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Originally Posted by Dackelone

Have you seen this document from BMW-USA... BMW USA should really update this to include the 1M. But as you can see TWS oil does not list the N54B30A.

BMW USA reccoemended engine oil list...

http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Conte...ngineOils.aspx


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Last year I got this LL-4 list from my BMW Zentrum. That was before the 1M was out... but as you can see the N54 engine is listed in this document.

BMW approved motor oils... aka THE LIST!!!
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...4+aka+oil+list

I saw the synthetic oils info on the BMW USA website and understood this:

BMW High Performance SAE 5W-30 Synthetic Oil* (BMW part number 07 51 0 017 866)

* Does not apply to M vehicles - see below

And then:

The following is the only recommended and approved synthetic oil for BMW M (Motorsport) vehicles in the US market with gasoline engines, at the present time.
BMW Long-life rating LL-01 Synthetic Oils for BMW M vehicles equipped with S54, S62, S65 or S85 engines:



Castrol TWS Motorsport SAE 10W-60 Synthetic Engine Oil

Castrol Formula RS SAE 10W-60 Synthetic Engine Oil (BMW part number 07 51 0 009 420)


If Castrol High Performance Synthetic Oil is not available and you need to add oil between oil changes, only use synthetic oils with the following specifications for M vehicles:



Viscosity - preferred SAE 10W-60

Alternative - SAE 10W-40, SAE 5W-50 or SAE 10W-50

So the 1M is an M vehicle but does not have an M engine (S54, S62, S65 or S85)