I went to the BMW dealer yesterday and pickup some coolant and oil. The coolant was a reasonable price $25, the oil was 5W-30 $12/L.
At a parts store I found LL-01 oil - Castrol Edge but it was only available in 5W-40, the other grades of Castrol Edge like 5W-30 were not LL-01. Does Castrol Edge come in 5W-30 or do you guys run 5W-40 which will give you extra protection once the engine is warm?
My parts guy informed me that Mann has bought a stake in Purolator, the Purolator oil filter he got me has Made in Germany on the top and looks just like the Mann filter. So if you are ever looking for oil filters and they can only source Purolator, it is worth checking out, he gets them for me for $11/each.
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I don't agree with the Miler schedule on the whole, I think it is too conservative and wastes resources. Platinum plugs have no problem with 160,000km for example, I've removed many at that mileage and the tips were in decent shape.
I will change the transmission fluid this weekend. I passed on the BMW Dexron at $15/L, Petro Canada apparantly makes the AC Delco fluid and you can get that here for $6/L.