Help on Oil Choice.
12-03-2007, 01:58 AM
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Help on Oil Choice.
I've been doing regular oil changes on my Wife's BMW 5.35i (V8) using Mobil 1. The book calls for a 0w-X, where X stands for "the relevant figure, eg 30, 40 or 50"?? Providing the temperature stays above -15C then 10W-X is OK) So I guess a 0-40 is fine, and I'm going to ignore the bit about "long-life" oil as I do oil changes every 6K miles. Thing is, Mobil 1 at Halfords is over
12-03-2007, 03:44 AM
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Don't skimp on the oil. By a good quality branded oil preferabley synthetic of the correct grade.
BTW - if the engine will take a long life oil why are you not using it? It can often extend the time between changes to double that of a conventional oil. So it can work out cheaper.
does your wife's car have a "sevice meter" if it does and it's set up to run on longlife then I'd use it.
BTW - if the engine will take a long life oil why are you not using it? It can often extend the time between changes to double that of a conventional oil. So it can work out cheaper.
does your wife's car have a "sevice meter" if it does and it's set up to run on longlife then I'd use it.
12-03-2007, 04:23 AM
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http://www.millersoils.net/1_Millers...UTO_RETAIL.htm
You can buy it from Motorsport / Motormania etc
You can buy it from Motorsport / Motormania etc
12-03-2007, 06:31 AM
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What year is your BMW?
The Mobil 1 is good stuff but you are paying over the odds for the brand name, especially from Halfords, the 0w-40 is also BMW LL01 approved.
A good BMW approved 5w-40 will be fine and there are plenty to choose from, Shell, Fuchs, Motul, Total, Millers and so on.
Cheers
Guy.
The Mobil 1 is good stuff but you are paying over the odds for the brand name, especially from Halfords, the 0w-40 is also BMW LL01 approved.
A good BMW approved 5w-40 will be fine and there are plenty to choose from, Shell, Fuchs, Motul, Total, Millers and so on.
Cheers
Guy.
12-03-2007, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by oilmansi,Dec 3 2007, 07:31 AM
What year is your BMW?
The Mobil 1 is good stuff but you are paying over the odds for the brand name, especially from Halfords, the 0w-40 is also BMW LL01 approved.
A good BMW approved 5w-40 will be fine and there are plenty to choose from, Shell, Fuchs, Motul, Total, Millers and so on.
Cheers
Guy.
The Mobil 1 is good stuff but you are paying over the odds for the brand name, especially from Halfords, the 0w-40 is also BMW LL01 approved.
A good BMW approved 5w-40 will be fine and there are plenty to choose from, Shell, Fuchs, Motul, Total, Millers and so on.
Cheers
Guy.
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12-03-2007, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by aldfort,Dec 3 2007, 04:44 AM
Don't skimp on the oil. By a good quality branded oil preferabley synthetic of the correct grade.
BTW - if the engine will take a long life oil why are you not using it? It can often extend the time between changes to double that of a conventional oil. So it can work out cheaper.
does your wife's car have a "sevice meter" if it does and it's set up to run on longlife then I'd use it.
BTW - if the engine will take a long life oil why are you not using it? It can often extend the time between changes to double that of a conventional oil. So it can work out cheaper.
does your wife's car have a "sevice meter" if it does and it's set up to run on longlife then I'd use it.
It does have a service indicator, yes.
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