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Originally Posted by bimmerMytlas
Reading this thread gave me a scare.. As all my cars so far ware second hand and they all burn oil.
My E60 535D used to burn 1l every 6200 miles, which wasnt that bad.
However my CLS 55 AMG used 1l every 800 miles...
And now I went for M340 I bought it on 6000 miles- so far I have done
1300 miles and oil seems to be at maximum
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I will keep a close eye on this.
When I bought the car on 6200 miles I changed the oil so the car has now one oil change, however they put 0W20 which I suspect is thinner than 5W30 which most of turbocharged engines use. I talk to my dealer to put 5W30, but they told me that this car M340 should be driven only with 0W20.
My drive style is more peaceful than aggressive but still from time to time I'm doing pulls from 0-200 with launch control 
Do you all guys drive with 0W20 and what are your feedback with 5W30? |
0W20 and 0W30 are both authorized. I executed a break-in oil change at 4500 miles and oil analysis looked awesome. Some wear metals but expected due to the break-in. I refilled with Redline 0W20. I intend to execute another oil analysis at 10k.
The car was engineered for 0W20. Use the oil analysis to validate. I have been seeing posts about concerns and using 5W30. You are more likely to reduce the life of the engine.
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Cheers!