Which engine oil for 545i?
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Originally Posted by miguex' post='889613' date='May 25 2009, 08:59 PM
not much.... let's say about 30-50 km less per tank... if you drive the car hard.
And if you drive on highway, at 140-150 kmh with the cruise control on?
50 km per tank are A LOT, about 10%.
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on highways it is different I think about same as 5W30... not sure. I said about 50km if you drive hard (high revs) because I drive 70 city / 30 highways... got about 460 km per tank as normal driving..... with 5W30 I got 500ish km...
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Originally Posted by miguex' post='889617' date='May 25 2009, 01:02 PM
Yup, I use Lubro Moly 10w60 (I see you are in Calgary, Do you know Alpine Autowerks (Mark) and Auto-Trend (Sheni)? They are my specialists shops.
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Originally Posted by tiangco.a' post='889730' date='May 25 2009, 03:39 PM
Yea i know Mark, he was actually telling me to get rid of it!!! hahah first he said that they were a girls car, and then he went on about something...of course he tried to direct me to a porsche...still thinking about it actually.
anyways, did your 545i get 10W60 oil too?
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Originally Posted by miguex' post='889761' date='May 25 2009, 04:11 PM
haha! He did same to me but I have an eternal promise on BMW. so stick with it. Mark is a Porsche fan! that is why haha... but he is a truly master of high performance cars.
anyways, did your 545i get 10W60 oil too?
anyways, did your 545i get 10W60 oil too?
, ive been really thinking about getting it done and also maybe looking into new clutches.
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I would just get a synthetic oil from a reputable name that conforms to BMW LL01 (or LL04 that surpasses LL01). I ended up with this one from Liqui Moly, but that was mostly because that's what my local shop carries.
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Originally Posted by tiangco.a' post='890195' date='May 26 2009, 08:52 AM
On my recent oil changes ive just been using the lubro moly 10w40 i believe. Did mark do your quaife lsd? If so you mind filling me in on information...like price ,
,I have been the first, but now many members have it (mhs525, nicke60gre who seems disappeared, bettermakeway)
It is good, it works well, it is a must.
There are a lot of discussions about it, use search
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Originally Posted by tiangco.a' post='890195' date='May 26 2009, 12:52 AM
On my recent oil changes ive just been using the lubro moly 10w40 i believe. Did mark do your quaife lsd? If so you mind filling me in on information...like price , ive been really thinking about getting it done and also maybe looking into new clutches.
, ive been really thinking about getting it done and also maybe looking into new clutches.Get the LSD... totally worthy!!! by the way it costs $1450 + shipping + labour.
If you are interested and want to put a post, please do it in the thread Alex just posted the link.
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Originally Posted by mikael' post='890228' date='May 26 2009, 02:48 AM
I would just get a synthetic oil from a reputable name that conforms to BMW LL01 (or LL04 that surpasses LL01). I ended up with this one from Liqui Moly, but that was mostly because that's what my local shop carries.
Liqui Moly = Europe
Lubro Moly = NorthAmerica
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