Recommended oil for my M4 ??

Tony007 · 03-11-2015, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jewels

I can see no reason why your symptoms would have anything to do with the difference between 0W-40 and 5W-30 oil.
Maybe I or someone else is missing something...Sorry it's your car but something is wrong with your above analogy

The subjective difference between the two viscosities was quite startling. It doesn't really matter because I learned a valuable lesson. For absolute best performance stick with the viscosity that BMW specs for the engine.

jewels · 03-11-2015, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony007

The subjective difference between the two viscosities was quite startling. It doesn't really matter because I learned a valuable lesson. For absolute best performance stick with the viscosity that BMW specs for the engine.

Unfortunately BMW now specs 0W-40 for the M3-4 as well...
I personally am going with Mobil 0W-40 at my interim oil change

xpunisherx · 10-02-2015, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by jewels

Unfortunately BMW now specs 0W-40 for the M3-4 as well...
I personally am going with Mobil 0W-40 at my interim oil change

Can you give some feedback on your experience with Mobile 1 0w40? That's what I plan on running and am curious about your experience with it. Thanks.

montru · 02-06-2016, 09:51 AM

hello guys,

what do you think about a MOTUL 300V 0W40 for our M3/m4?

MPOOR · 02-23-2017, 02:10 AM

in my manual it also says SAW0W -40 or 0W-30

MPOOR · 02-23-2017, 02:20 AM

I might try this oil ~ but bit pricy....

But the oil it self is good so I might give it a try or

go back to REDLINE or MOTUL300V

123Britt · 02-24-2017, 05:32 PM

Recommendation: FROM PENNZOIL OIL SELECTOR

Engine (G) (S55)
Pennzoil Platinum Euro SAE 5W-40 Full Synthetic Motor Oil (a)
.
.
Unless you see temps below 20F -- Why choose anything else?
* Especially if you are changing oil between free service.
.
LL-01
NOACK 6.8%
.
.
What other oil

has a LL-01 Cert with a Lower NOACK?

The 0W-40 oils are higher NOACK

I am a fan of RL 0W-40 but short of 50K miles why void the warranty?? And it has a NOACK of 9%

MPOOR · 02-27-2017, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 123Britt

Recommendation: FROM PENNZOIL OIL SELECTOR

Engine (G) (S55)
Pennzoil Platinum Euro SAE 5W-40 Full Synthetic Motor Oil (a)
.
.
Unless you see temps below 20F -- Why choose anything else?
* Especially if you are changing oil between free service.
.
LL-01
NOACK 6.8%
.
.
What other oil

has a LL-01 Cert with a Lower NOACK?

The 0W-40 oils are higher NOACK

I am a fan of RL 0W-40 but short of 50K miles why void the warranty?? And it has a NOACK of 9%

Does this really matter if you are going to change your oil more frequently

than a recommended service interval? On this forum it seems like every one

likes to change their engine oil early.

MPOOR · 02-27-2017, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by montru

hello guys,

what do you think about a MOTUL 300V 0W40 for our M3/m4?

I guess you can never go wrong with MOTUL 300V

hellokitty · 06-04-2017, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Arcoril

Has anyone in the US had any issues with bringing their own oil to the dealer? I've had nothing but great luck with Mobil 1 0w-40 in my cars and I'd like to use the same here. It's got the LL-01 approval so there wouldn't be any warranty problems.

Any thoughts here? Thinking about doing the same.

gatorfast · 06-05-2017, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by hellokitty

Any thoughts here? Thinking about doing the same.

M1 0w40 no longer has LL-01 approval so that probably wouldnt be a good idea to bring it to the dealership.

hellokitty · 06-05-2017, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by gatorfast

M1 0w40 no longer has LL-01 approval so that probably wouldnt be a good idea to bring it to the dealership.

Was thinking about Motul 8100 X-Cess or X-max

gatorfast · 06-05-2017, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by hellokitty

Was thinking about Motul 8100 X-Cess or X-max

Got ya. Well either way I wouldnt bring my car to the dealership to have them put in an oil you purchased separately. Either do it yourself or take it to a local indy shop.

Why do you want to move away from the BMW/Shell oem oil?

Schow · 06-05-2017, 01:30 PM

I use Redline 0W40

hellokitty · 06-05-2017, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gatorfast

Got ya. Well either way I wouldnt bring my car to the dealership to have them put in an oil you purchased separately. Either do it yourself or take it to a local indy shop.

Why do you want to move away from the BMW/Shell oem oil?

Keeping the car so I'm looking at using something more robust. Just concerned about keeping the warranty.

gatorfast · 06-05-2017, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hellokitty

Keeping the car so I'm looking at using something more robust. Just concerned about keeping the warranty.

The BMW/Shell 5w30 is by all accounts a great oil. Why do you think it is not robust?

As for warranty, any LL-01 approved oil should be fine for that. If the Motul has the certification then you are good to go.

Race_Doc11 · 10-23-2017, 01:09 PM

I had the 1200 miles service done today. The dealer used 0W 30.

hellokitty · 11-05-2017, 07:05 PM

I corresponded with Blackstone regarding their oil samples on the S55 engine. Here is what they said:

"Most of the samples we've seen from the S55 engine are using BMW's own oil, which makes sense, because probably the majority are getting their oil changes done at the dealership. We have seen some using Red Line 5W/30 and a few other oil types, but none that seem to be any better or worse in general than any of the others. In most cases, we find that the specific brand doesn't matter, as long as the oil is of the proper viscosity and meets all of the correct certifications for that type of engine, so as far as we're concerned, it's fine to use any oil that meets those criteria. We've not seen any one type of oil significantly outperform another, regardless of the specific engine or application, in terms of the results that we can measure from the used oil."

Hope this helps!

Mandi90TT · 11-05-2017, 07:48 PM

WHAT?!??!?!??!111!!!!oneoneone!!!

You mean all the money I've been spending on crazy expensive oil has been for naught?

NONONO!!!!!???!?!?!!!!!oneoneone111!!!

PS: Yeah, many people have already realized this. Buying expensive oil is not quite as bad as wasting your money on some of the snake oil additives, but it's not much better.

SOLIDM4 · 12-10-2018, 10:14 AM

so 10w60 is no bueno ?

///M Houbi · 12-10-2018, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SOLIDM4

so 10w60 is no bueno ?

This was good for the last gen m motors, but definitely not good for S55

SOLIDM4 · 12-10-2018, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ///M Houbi

This was good for the last gen m motors, but definitely not good for S55

Thanks,

I'll stick with 5w30 OEM.

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123Britt Captain 289 Rep 864 Posts Drives: 15 M235i AT Join Date: May 2008 Location: Madison, Alabama iTrader: (0)	Bmw / Shell / Pennzoil Recommendation: FROM PENNZOIL OIL SELECTOR Engine (G) (S55) Pennzoil Platinum Euro SAE 5W-40 Full Synthetic Motor Oil (a) . . Unless you see temps below 20F -- Why choose anything else? * Especially if you are changing oil between free service. . LL-01 NOACK 6.8% . . What other oil has a LL-01 Cert with a Lower NOACK? The 0W-40 oils are higher NOACK I am a fan of RL 0W-40 but short of 50K miles why void the warranty?? And it has a NOACK of 9% Last edited by 123Britt; 02-25-2017 at 07:35 AM..
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