04-25-2024, 10:10 AM | #1 |
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Any oil recommendations?
I like to keep a bit of spare oil in just in case I need to top up. Manual for my G21 suggests one of:
BMW Longlife-12 FE BMW Longlife-17 FE+ BMW Longlife-19 FE in either SAE 0W-20 or SAE 0W-30. Questions:
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04-25-2024, 10:21 AM | #2 |
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Pretty sure it's 0W-30 and Shell as that's BMW's current 'technology partner' since they switched from Castrol several years ago.
It's BMW Longlife but I have no idea which of the three you've listed. I'm aware they use a different rated oil in the M engines but assume it's not an M3 or M4 you're talking about? Maybe ask your BMW dealer to clarify? |
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Edit: tried live chat. They didn't know, they only had the same info from the manual as I quoted above... Last edited by alFR; 04-26-2024 at 07:19 AM.. |
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OK, update on this: went to the local BMW dealer and asked to buy some oil / if they knew what oil was in mine from factory. They took my reg number, found the VIN, then put that into their service system which told them my car needed LL04, 0W-30. I queried that vs the manual recommendations as quoted above, they said "what it says in the manual isn't what's in your car, this I what we would put in if we changed the oil here". So, I bought 1L of that but now I have literally no idea whether I actually have the right stuff or, if I do, why the manual apparently says the wrong thing.
Might put a post in the "what oil to use" thread in the maintenance forum and see what the resident experts there say, will report back if I learn anything... |
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