Correct Oil

[mattbedford]

Thanks for that. Ive got the Castol Edge sport Going Back and getting Castrol Edge. So glad i checked on here as i nearly used that Sport version !! :supz:

[glendog74]

Here's what BMW supplied me with last week - even came with a gay pouch:





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[Mark CSL]

Here is the OIL I USE the same as i buy from BMW
TWS i have it in cans and 60L Drum:thumbs:

[deleted_user_0_csl]

[QUOTE=glendog74;n507831]Here's what BMW supplied me with last week - even came with a gay pouch:






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[glendog74]

I think they may well be the same... :hahaha: :hahaha:

[shimmy]

i have two part litre bottles from BMW services and they happen to be the gold and the silver 10W-60 as above so they are the same (of course the colour of the bottle is different)

[Paul Eggleton]

I picked up a litre of TWS from Rybrook Warwick yesterday at £16.92. No gay pouch though. I feel left out:hahaha::hahaha:

[mattbedford]

Finally took delivery of my Castrol Edge yesterday. Ive put in 3 litres of it but on the readout it still show 0.1. However when i do the test in the manual where it says hold the sport button down while the engine is idling it shows 1.1 Anyone know why the main readout still shows 0.1? is it broke?

[glendog74]

3 litres top-up! Feck me - you may well have overfilled it...

The main reading does take a decent drive to reflect any change - at least 50 miles or so in my experience after my last service. If the initiated test reading says '1.1' then that could confirm overfilling too as that's the max reading it will go to - even if the 'actual' oil level is above that... (which isn't good) :smt012

[mattbedford]

Shit. I read on here that it took 5 litres so i put in 3 to be safe as i knew it was very low. Drove it about 20 miles last night so ill have another run tonight to see if it changes. What happens if there is too much in now?

[bromers]

You've got 2 litres of of extra oil in there - get it drained off asap IMO I wouldn't be driving it - potential to blow seals etc (been there and done it on a dry sump F355 )

0.1 ltr reading needs 0.9 (1ltr) addint to it.

Rick

[glendog74]

What happens if there is too much in now?

I'm not sure of the full implications - i'm sure someone on here does though... Obviously with a fair bit more oil in there than the norm, it would mean a bit more resistance on the moving parts as it will be a little swamped so to speak. Other than that i am not totally sure :smt017

If i had a reading of '0.1' i would have put around 750mls in and seen what that did to the reading after a drive, then add a little more as required once the reading stabilised.

[mattbedford]

Theres a small BMW dealer near me so i will see if they can drain some tomorrow. Thanks for advice guys..

[Trawler]

Theres a small BMW dealer near me so i will see if they can drain some tomorrow. Thanks for advice guys..

While they are at it get them to manually check the oil level. Remind them you want the oil to be just below the max. Every time I have had an oil change this way the read out has always been either 0.7, or 0.8 after a good drive. It also returns back to this figure after a lot of short trips/track work. On my car as far as I am concerned 0.7/0.8 means full.

[mattbedford]

Ok cheers for the advice:thumbs: