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View Poll Results: What oil is everyone running? | |||
BMW 5W-30 | 29 | 29.29% | |
Mobil 1 0W-40 | 24 | 24.24% | |
Castrol 0W-30 (German) | 11 | 11.11% | |
Liqui Moly 5W-30 | 12 | 12.12% | |
Other (please specify in a comment) | 23 | 23.23% | |
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First thing I had to do. Previous owner left it completely without.
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This should have been a poll! OP restart it.
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German Castro 0-30 in the last 2 cars. UOA's look good at 10-12k.km's(6-7k.miles). Thin for start-up with reportedly somewhat higher than 30 weight when hot. A true synthetic as opposed to the majority of "synthetics" that are really enhanced Group 3 oils as opposed to Group4 & 5 (the Germans are pretty strict about their advertising). That said we (me too) probably over obsess about brands. Recent testing by Blackstone Labs. on a Cooper S motor showed very little difference in wear metals between brands, whether synthetic or not. Their conclusion- the best oil= clean oil.
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07-13-2014, 09:42 PM | #31 |
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Redline 5W30, was $10 a qt delivered (to australia!) from Amazon. feels great.. no UOA done though.
will be moving to penrite 10 tenths 10W40 as i can't get redline for less than twice that price now, it's crazy cheap (cheaper than mobil and edge, and much better), fully E85/OEM/whatever and full synth PAO as well. no brainer. Last edited by flinchy; 07-13-2014 at 11:06 PM.. |
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07-16-2014, 06:39 AM | #34 |
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Pennzoil ultra euro 5w40.
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I think you can use any BMW approved LL-01 oil and you will be good (for the N52/N54/N55 engines). Just need to make sure it is actually an approved oil, not "recommended for" or some other similar phrase (for example, Redline is not an approved LL-01 oil). Other than that, the biggest difference being a 0W versus a 5W, where a 0W should give better start-up protection.
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Recently my car sees more city driving. So I want to switch oils.
Should I run do 0-30 or 0-40?? Why does someone need to run 0-40 oil in Ontario - US Midwest & Eastern states ? Also should we be religious about LL-01? or Should we pay more attention to ACEA A3/B4 or some MB designation that are more common on oils( such as MB 229.5)? I know we should avoid LL-04 because of sulphur.
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andrey gta- I catch the sales at Canadian Tire for the 0/30 (something around $8/ltr. on sale). See no reason to use the 0/40 from Belgium. My understanding is the formulation is very similar but I feel the 30wt. is plenty.
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LL-01 approval is a very rigorous requirement (similar to MB 229.5 and Porsche A40), so just about any LL-01 also has the MB and ACEA A3/B4 approval. In order to meet the LL-01 requirements for shear (HT/HS 3.5 or greater), any LL-01 approved 30 weight is a relatively "thick" 30 oil, but a 30 weight will most likely give you slightly better gas mileage than running a 40. Though I doubt you could really tell the difference between the two, with all things being equal. Last edited by Iron Man; 08-15-2014 at 02:36 PM.. |
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I see no reason to deviate from LL01. BMW has done all the legwork for us, and with the cheapness and availibility of products like Mobil 1, it's a no brainer.
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08-15-2014, 01:38 PM | #42 |
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Side question... how long are you guys running between oil change intervals? I figure every 7k is a good interval but that's just a wild guess. BMW specs a what, 15k OCI which I think is absurd.
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BMW changed the mileage to 10K: The dealer changed the oil in my car at that mileage even though I had changed it at 7.5K.
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I run 7500 just to make it easy to continue to use the OCI indicator on the cluster.
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