oil again

MarkDavis · 25 Feb 2012 at 19:26

£15? You sure?

I bought some of this stuff for £22 inc del: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290635866592&clk_rvr_id=318676312583

Meets every spec / approval, whether BMW, Saab, GM etc including LL04.

Django x2 · 25 Feb 2012 at 19:53

Cotswold wanted to put 0w30 in the 530d until they saw it was 60k and changed to 5w30 Castrol Edge Professional

mrcgibb · 25 Feb 2012 at 20:44

Have you tried looking at amsoil ? Amazing stuff by all means

[TW]Fox · 25 Feb 2012 at 20:57

Lucero said:
Cotswold wanted to put 0w30 in the 530d until they saw it was 60k and changed to 5w30 Castrol Edge Professional

BMW put Edge professional 0w30 in mine last week as they have done every time I have had it done at 3 different dealer groups. Perhaps its just that 5w30 was the correct grade for your car anyway. I think its only recently that Castrol have done al LL04 0w30 I think and your 530d has always required LL04 so would presumably have had 5w30 when new.

Django x2 · 28 Feb 2012 at 00:02

Nope, it had 0w30 from new, and throughout it's last two oil changes. It's been changed now to 5w30, not that it really makes a drastic difference at that weight. If anything, I would assume it's more to do with the petrol vs diesel.

[TW]Fox · 28 Feb 2012 at 00:06

Perhaps Simon can advise - I'm pretty sure there wasn't an LL04 Castrol Edge 0w30 when your car was new in 2007 - the previous Edge 0w30 was only LL01.

Simon will know for sure!

Either way I find it very unlikely a BMW main dealer has selected oil grade based on mileage - and anyway, 60k is hardly the sort of mileage at which one considers a change of oil grade surely?! Perhaps 160k but... 60k? They put the same 0w30 in mine as they've always used and it's 3 times the mileage of yours

MikeHiow · 28 Feb 2012 at 00:24

The difference between 0w30 and 5w30 is surely almost completely irrelevant in this country?

Simon · 28 Feb 2012 at 08:36

[TW]Fox;21358720 said:
Perhaps Simon can advise - I'm pretty sure there wasn't an LL04 Castrol Edge 0w30 when your car was new in 2007 - the previous Edge 0w30 was only LL01.

Simon will know for sure!

Either way I find it very unlikely a BMW main dealer has selected oil grade based on mileage - and anyway, 60k is hardly the sort of mileage at which one considers a change of oil grade surely?! Perhaps 160k but... 60k? They put the same 0w30 in mine as they've always used and it's 3 times the mileage of yours

There was an EDGE Turbo Diesel 0W-30 which was LL04. You are right to notice that EDGE 0W-30 has moved from a LL01 to LL04 formulation.

0W is fine, that particular one is no thinner than a 5W just it has better cold performance hence is a 0W.

Dandle · 28 Feb 2012 at 09:51

BMW have always put Mobil 1 0w-30 in my 530d at every service, on the receipt anyway.

Django x2 · 28 Feb 2012 at 10:37

mobil, interesting. Is it a dealer thing then (as in, at least what brand they use)?

[TW]Fox · 28 Feb 2012 at 10:52

Yea, a handful of dealers use Mobil1, though its 0w40 I thought.

Dandle · 28 Feb 2012 at 10:53

Must be, as long as it conforms to the specs. That was with a Synter dealer.

Dr Who · 28 Feb 2012 at 10:55

MikeHiow said:
The difference between 0w30 and 5w30 is surely almost completely irrelevant in this country?

This TBH.

Django x2 · 28 Feb 2012 at 12:25

I can't see anywhere to suggest Mobil 0w30 is either LL01 or LL04. I can get this a lot cheaper than Castrol Pro

[TW]Fox · 28 Feb 2012 at 12:28

Lucero said:
I can't see anywhere to suggest Mobil 0w30 is either LL01 or LL04. I can get this a lot cheaper than Castrol Pro

It's Mobil1 0w40 that's the BMW approved one, IIRC.

Surely if your car has just been serviced you don't need to buy any more oil for.. well.. 15k miles? The M57 doesnt use oil really.

Django x2 · 28 Feb 2012 at 12:35

Dandle says 0w30

It's just for future reference when I can take it in and save some ££

Also, is there *really* any difference between 0w40 and their 0w40 OMGTURBODIESEL range. Both are Fully Synth, what else do they add to the TD oil, if anything.

[TW]Fox · 28 Feb 2012 at 12:35

I assume it was a typo.

Dandle · 28 Feb 2012 at 12:42

It wasn't a typo 0w-30 ESP is ll04 approved.

Dandle · 28 Feb 2012 at 12:46

Actually looking at halfords its 5w-30 ESP. I'll have a look at a service receipt and see which grade they used last service.

[TW]Fox · 28 Feb 2012 at 12:47

Mobil 1 ESP 0W-30 has the following builder approvals:
BMW Longlife 04
MB-Approval 229.31/229.51

So it is!