What oil?

[Obioban]

Hmm. Saturday I put TWS in the M3 coupe, but then I put BMW/Shell 10w-60 in the M3 wagon and M5. Hard to know which way my vote falls in the era of FCP

[TexaZ3]

LM 10w60 in my E46, E39, and E63
BMW 5w30 in my E36 and M Coupe.

[Slideways]

I think terra posted this before on M3F, but the MSDS of BMW TwinPower 10W60 and Shell Helix 10W60 is the same. Definitely looks like the same product.

[SliM3]

Not recommended for stock obviously, but Valvoline VR1 Racing 20w50 full synthetic.

[Feffman]

Here's a JPEG conversion of my 10W-60 synthetic oil Excel spreadsheet with manufacturer published test numbers for as many synthetic oils as I could track down. I hope this helps. I'm happy to e-mail the Excel sheet to anyone.

Feff

[Arith2]

Many engines have spun bearings while using Castrol so I'm not sure what your point is.

I stated my point clearly and you quoted it.

It's kinda stupid to design oil around additives but hey, people like adding additives for piece of mind when they can just buy good oil.
I should've said "better" to be less absolute. It's all trash we must sift through. What makes an oil better would be the MOS2 included in the base oil without the additives. Everything else is pretty much the same. I believe it makes it more shear resistant and is just a lubricant that sticks to the metal surfaces. I don't claim to be an expert, I'm just a oil keyboard warrior with an opinion.
Seriously though, I'm done with Liquimoly. It wasn't all the oil's fault I had a piston exploded into at least 100 pieces, but it just left a bad taste in my mouth. I also used Ceratec. Still went boom. I'm sure my car will be fine without it. I didn't notice any smooth coating on anything and it was in there for 5,000 miles. I'm just not a believer. They have really good marketing. They have a potent engine flush.

[Dash1]

Liquimoly is just trash oil. My engine DID spin a bearing while using it. Ceratec probably doesn't work very well either. It's kinda stupid to design oil around additves but hey, people like adding additives for piece of mind when they can just buy good oil.

Many engines have spun bearings while using Castrol so I'm not sure what your point is.

[Speed Monkey]

Amsoil wins? Who da thunk it... Penzoil/Twin Power had a respectable showing. Motul and Liqui Moly, not such a good showing, at least when it comes to 5w-30 weight oil specifically. Though 5w-30 is not 10w-60 oil, I would say this is at the very least, it’s a window, or indicator on how a manufacturer’s oil will perform on a different grade oil. For me, I’ll stick with what the BMW Parts Dept. sells over the counter.

[Andy2424]

Helix Ultra Racing 10W-60

[Zekarus]

Lol Motul 8100 10W-60.

+1

[karter16]

[Titaniu//M]

BMW 10W-60 from FCP Euro with their lifetime warranty

[Arith2]

And Pennzoil = Shell

Well I wouldn't use shell so I'm good there.

I'm under the impression this Ravenol is more of a track oriented oil. That's kind of how it's marketed.

[terra]

BMW oil = Penzoil

And Pennzoil = Shell

[174bpm]

Found this guy on who tests pretty much every oil ever made. Ravenol 10w-60 performed exceptionally well. His spreadsheets listed under the video are pretty interesting.