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      10-24-2017, 01:12 PM   #1
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Boiling oil

So today i made an oil change in my 2006 330i but when the oil came down to the oil catcher i saw the oil so hot that it was boiling, is that normal?
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I don't know what you saw, but it wasn't boiling oil.

Oil boils somewhere around 500F I think. Your engine runs more along the lines of 200ish.
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Are you using cooking oil?
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it was amsoil, siwtched to motul
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      10-29-2017, 07:55 AM   #6
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air bubbles from pouring id say
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