BMW and M Power Owners

rapid64k · 28 Jan 2016 at 17:01

He was lucky the Lorry never Jack knifed

Sukh · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:12

Car has asked for a litre of engine oil to be added - its a F10 528i that had its service last March (included oil).

What brand/ grade oil should I be adding? Service receipt just says "BULK". Will having two brands of oil cause mayhem?

Dis86 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:20

Sukh said:
Car has asked for a litre of engine oil to be added - its a F10 528i that had its service last March (included oil).

What brand/ grade oil should I be adding? Service receipt just says "BULK". Will having two brands of oil cause mayhem?

Sounds about right. I think 5w30 fully synthetic is your friend. Sure that's what I used.

[TW]Fox · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:26

Castrol Edge.

Dis86 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:28

[TW]Fox;29111123 said:
Castrol Edge.

Check the bottle though. There are two types. One for VAG and one that you can use.

[TW]Fox · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:31

Dis86 said:
Check the bottle though. There are two types. One for VAG and one that you can use.

What?

Edge 0W30 is the correct oil - it's also VAG approved too, so it's not true that 'one is for VAG and one you can use'.

You need BMW LL04 oil, of which Edge 0w30 is one.

Sukh · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:32

Thanks - I put my registration in on a motor factor and they recommend this: Mobil 1 New Life 0W/40 Oil 1L

Sorry - missed the castrol edge talk, will have a look

Django x2 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:33

rapid64k said:
He was lucky the Lorry never Jack knifed

To be fair, he was probably well and truly miffed off that the lorries had been side by side for over 2 miles......

Sukh · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:34

Not sure why the link wont update:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Castrol-EDG...=1454020851&sr=1-3&keywords=castrol+edge+0w30

Django x2 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:35

Dis86 said:
Check the bottle though. There are two types. One for VAG and one that you can use.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahah, clean up on keyboard please. I just spat my tea out. Oh wait, you're serious? :confused:

Dis86 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:35

[TW]Fox;29111145 said:
What?

Edge 0W30 is the correct oil - it's also VAG approved too, so it's not true that 'one is for VAG and one you can use'.

You need BMW LL04 oil, of which Edge 0w30 is one.

I was literally looking at the bottles yesterday. There were two different types. They each list the manufacturers on them that are compatible. One has bmw listed. One doesn't.
Infact check the website. That shows what I'm saying. One is 0w30 and one is 0w30 a5/b5.

Dis86 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:36

Django x2 said:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahah, clean up on keyboard please. I just spat my tea out. Oh wait, you're serious?

http://www.castrol.com/en_gb/united-kingdom/products/cars/engine-oil/castrol-edge/product-range.html

Have a read.

Django x2 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:37

And one is £9.99 and the other £4.99 yet they still have exactly the same fluid in. Am I right?

Dis86 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:38

Django x2 said:
And one is £9.99 and the other £4.99 yet they still have exactly the same fluid in. Am I right?

No. Same price. So you're wrong. Hope you didn't choke on your tea.

Django x2 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:41

oh gutted

I was going to use that as a lead in to ask if you think V-Power Diesel is in anyway better than normal Shell Diesel.....

[TW]Fox · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:42

Dis86 said:
I was literally looking at the bottles yesterday. There were two different types. They each list the manufacturers on them that are compatible. One has bmw listed. One doesn't.
Infact check the website. That shows what I'm saying. One is 0w30 and one is 0w30 a5/b5.

The A5/B5 one isn't BMW LL04 but it isn't VAG approved either. The VAG one is the same as the BMW one.

Check the website yourself...

CASTROL EDGE 0W-30

MEETS OR EXCEEDS INDUSTRY STANDARDS:
SAE 0W-30
ACEA C3
API SN
VW 502 00/ 505 00
BMW Longlife-04

Dis86 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:43

[TW]Fox;29111186 said:
The A5/B5 one isn't BMW LL04 but it isn't VAG approved either. The VAG one is the same as the BMW one.

Yup I was mistaken, was thinking of Jlr. However, I was correct to point out there are two types.

[TW]Fox · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:43

Dis86 said:
Yup I was mistaken, was thinking of Jlr. However, I was correct to point out there are two types.

Well there are more than two types, I think it's fair to say no oil companies do only one type of oil

Dis86 · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:44

[TW]Fox;29111196 said:
Well there are more than two types, I think it's fair to say no oil companies do only one type of oil

Of 0w30 you goon!

Sukh · 28 Jan 2016 at 22:53

This oil does say BMW LL04 but its 5/30, its in prime so I would prefer it:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Castrol-EDG...8&qid=1454021534&sr=1-3&keywords=castrol+0w30