Oil—BMW, Mobil 1 or Castrol…does it matter?
08-19-2004, 07:17 AM
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So I?m going to do an oil change on the car tomorrow at my neighbors house (full hydraulic lift, oil containers for dirty oil, air tools etc?in his garage?he has a bad racing habit!)?I?m obviously going to use a synthetic and for me it?ll be 5/30. In terms of type does it matter?I typically use Mobil 1 (or Royal Purple) in my cars, however my oil cap on the E60 says ?use Castrol? and the manual and dealer say use our ?special? BMW oil.
At this moment I?m inclined to go with the Mobil 1?what do you think?
At this moment I?m inclined to go with the Mobil 1?what do you think?
08-19-2004, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by ch7656' date='Aug 19 2004, 09:17 AM
So I’m going to do an oil change on the car tomorrow at my neighbors house (full hydraulic lift, oil containers for dirty oil, air tools etc…in his garage…he has a bad racing habit!)…I’m obviously going to use a synthetic and for me it’ll be 5/30. In terms of type does it matter…I typically use Mobil 1 (or Royal Purple) in my cars, however my oil cap on the E60 says “use Castrol” and the manual and dealer say use our “special” BMW oil.
At this moment I’m inclined to go with the Mobil 1…what do you think?
At this moment I’m inclined to go with the Mobil 1…what do you think?
I'm assuming this oil change is in addition to your regularly scheduled ones from the dealer in which case i'd just make sure that if u're changint the filter to get the OEM ones... u dont want to get one that's gonna break up into your engine...............
08-19-2004, 07:47 AM
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Yes...I'm doing the changes every 5k...and I just hit that mark (for the first time). Picked up the filter (and washers etc..) from the dealer
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well.. i dun forsee any type of problems if you know what you're doing seems to me your engine will be happier for it as you're going to be running cleaner oil through her.....lolz..
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USE THE EXACT OIL TIPE BMW USES!!!!!!
Do not change the oil type in any case! Even if you use Castrol but not the same type (GTX instead of TX for example) will cause a reaction between the two type of oil. And this does no good to the engine!
I once did it in a Mercedes e320 and wasn't funny at all!
Do not change the oil type in any case! Even if you use Castrol but not the same type (GTX instead of TX for example) will cause a reaction between the two type of oil. And this does no good to the engine!
I once did it in a Mercedes e320 and wasn't funny at all!
08-19-2004, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by ch7656' date='Aug 19 2004, 10:17 AM
So I?m going to do an oil change on the car tomorrow at my neighbors house (full hydraulic lift, oil containers for dirty oil, air tools etc?in his garage?he has a bad racing habit!)?I?m obviously going to use a synthetic and for me it?ll be 5/30. In terms of type does it matter?I typically use Mobil 1 (or Royal Purple) in my cars, however my oil cap on the E60 says ?use Castrol? and the manual and dealer say use our ?special? BMW oil.
At this moment I?m inclined to go with the Mobil 1?what do you think?
At this moment I?m inclined to go with the Mobil 1?what do you think?
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Strange thing is my dealer uses shell helix for the car.. He told me it doesn't matter wich oil is in the car..
08-19-2004, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by 530E60NL' date='Aug 19 2004, 10:01 AM
Strange thing is my dealer uses shell helix for the car.. He told me it doesn't matter wich oil is in the car..
Is he for real?????So put some cooking oil in the car.. It's oil.. right?
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Originally Posted by Radu530d' date='Aug 19 2004, 09:52 AM
USE THE EXACT OIL TIPE BMW USES!!!!!!
Do not change the oil type in any case! Even if you use Castrol but not the same type (GTX instead of TX for example) will cause a reaction between the two type of oil. And this does no good to the engine!
I once did it in a Mercedes e320 and wasn't funny at all!
Do not change the oil type in any case! Even if you use Castrol but not the same type (GTX instead of TX for example) will cause a reaction between the two type of oil. And this does no good to the engine!
I once did it in a Mercedes e320 and wasn't funny at all!
08-19-2004, 12:15 PM
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I would use Castrol which you can buy at Walmart for about $4/quart. That way you are using the same oil as the BMW oil according to the fellows in the Lone Star BMWCCA. Do one filter change in between and change oil by the OBC record.