[Alex.J]

Hi gents,

Now i know its covered and i know what grade etc etc is needed, but what do you guys use? and what do you recommend to use?

I just want to see what the mass' run in their cars oil wise, this is for a 320d engine?

Fire away with your recomendations of brand and quality

Thanks

[Icekube]

im running 5w40 Gulf Competition Ester-Synthetic.

i sacked off the long-life shite as soon as i got the car. (after doing 2 flush cycles ~400miles each with 10w40 semi-synth)

[Alex.J]

Originally Posted by Icekube

im running 5w40 Gulf Competition Ester-Synthetic.

i sacked off the long-life shite as soon as i got the car. (after doing 2 flush cycles ~400miles each with 10w40 semi-synth)

You changing that every 10k?

[Icekube]

every 7k for me

[Dan-danGT]

I do mine every 3-5k but my oil is free so don't matter how much I do it.
Main reason I change early is due to my remap, don't fancy too much fuel in my oil!

[gaza01]

7k for me and only use castrol 0w30. Will however use mobil 1 but i always seem to find the castrol for cheaper

[Alex.J]

So basically any good quality fully synth at the correct grades.

Just increase the frequency of change.

So now what grades? 0w30? or 5w40?

Isnt a 0w30 abit thin?

[Icekube]

thin oil is long life spec (so after 30k miles when normal oil would have congealed into a blob, the thin dishwater is starting to thicken up) i wouldn't be using 0w30

[Alex.J]

Ok brilliant!

So a 5w40 fully synth (esther based ideally)

Thanks you

[alzieboy]

When I purchased some oil for top up at main dealer it was edge 0w-30

they also gave me some free BMW screen wash

[Robin330i]

0w30 Mobil one.

[Bigugly]

Liqui moly should be available. It's LL04 and BMW approved. It's all we use at my shop

[chriz1]

My bmw dealer recommends 5w 30 castrol edge 320d 177lci?

[Jedimindtrix]

0w30 Magnatec, usually stock up when ECP have it on offer.

[gaza01]

LL04 0w30 is what is recommended by bmw. Castrol edge all day long!

[DocD]

Don't forget it's not just the viscosity, if you have a DPF the oil needs to be a low ash or the DPF will die.

[DocD]

Here you go, still sunny and still great visibility:

[Alex.J]

I didn't want a n47 engined e90 so no dpf for me.

I'm going with a 5w40 Esther based oil.

Angel eyes look great on a pre lci.

[Alex.J]

8 Litres of shell helix ultra extra 5w40 ordered for the old girl.

Along with new air filter, fuel filter, crankcase breath, oil filter..

Thanks for the advice guys

[DocD]

Ooops, wrong thread, I wondered where ^^ that ^^ post ended up

[Terryk]

Originally Posted by DocD

Don't forget it's not just the viscosity, if you have a DPF the oil needs to be a low ash or the DPF will die.

regarding the ash, from official tech specs i found that mobil 1 0w-30 & 5w-30 have 0.6 wt% , castrol edge 0w-30 & 5w-30 about 0.64-0.7 while castrol magnatec 5w-30 has 1.1 wt%
not sure what wt% is but you can see a comparison in values (from these, only magnatec seems to present a higher amount of ash)

[DocD]

Originally Posted by Terryk

regarding the ash, from official tech specs i found that mobil 1 0w-30 & 5w-30 have 0.6 wt% , castrol edge 0w-30 & 5w-30 about 0.64-0.7 while castrol magnatec 5w-30 has 1.1 wt%
not sure what wt% is but you can see a comparison in values (from these, only magnatec seems to present a higher amount of ash)

wt% = mass fraction percentage by weight, or the amount that ends up as ash when heated to the test temperature for whatever the test duration may be.

Seems like Mobil 1 out performs C Edge in terms of ash production, or lack thereof.