What oil?

[IamFODI]

What do you guys think of the latest (2013) oil bulletin from BMW on our engines?- it says a specific Castrol 5w30 is approved along with TWS

IIRC BMW pulled that soon after posting it and went back to recommending 10W-60 oil (TWS, then TwinPower Turbo). People think it's current because the threads are still floating around with their original titles ("5W-30 now allowed!" etc.) but it hasn't been for years.

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the fact they even recomended a 5W-30 and then changed to 10W-60 which is not a small change shows their visocity recomendations have zero credibility.

[Arith2]

I think Motul works well because it was designed well. LMP1 and LMP2 cars use Motul for a reason. I wish Joe Gibbs made an oil for our engine but from a business standpoint, they'd never make up the cost from development.

Le Mans is next weekend and it's going to be awesome!

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I think Motul works well because it was designed well. LMP1 and LMP2 cars use Motul for a reason. I wish Joe Gibbs made an oil for our engine but from a business standpoint, they'd never make up the cost from development.

Le Mans is next weekend and it's going to be awesome!

btw Driven make a 5W-50 synthetic "street " oil which was meant for 4V variable valve timing engines so cant see why it wouldnt work as good as any other oil all the fan boys go nuts over

[Icecream]

btw Driven make a 5W-50 synthetic "street " oil which was meant for 4V variable valve timing engines so cant see why it wouldnt work as good as any other oil all the fan boys go nuts over

Marketing rubbish??? What the heck would it matter if it was 4v or 3v or 2v without VVT?

[eacmen]

I think Motul works well because it was designed well. LMP1 and LMP2 cars use Motul for a reason. I wish Joe Gibbs made an oil for our engine but from a business standpoint, they'd never make up the cost from development.

Le Mans is next weekend and it's going to be awesome!

Personally I wouldn't choose oil by what racing teams use. That oil is changed frequently, for LMP cars usually between races. A formulation that works well for race cars for one weekend is very different than one that lasts 7500 miles.

Dont get me wrong Motul is a quality oil. But looking at the logos on the side of racing cars is not what you should be concerned with.

Currently have a stockpile of Castrol edge that I'm going through. After that going to try either Ravenol or Motul.

I bring some leftover liquimoly to the track in case I need to top off oil, I never use it for a full fill.


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[zzyzx85]

I'll be trying Motul X-Power this weekend after using up my stock of Castrol TWS. I've been happy with Motul in my STI, though that's 5W40.

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Marketing rubbish??? What the heck would it matter if it was 4v or 3v or 2v without VVT?

vvt often requires higher viscosity to have adequate response time. I simply mentioned 4v it because it seems like a lot of people think the oil knows whether it’s in a bmw or domestic engine

[S14]

Castrol 10w60 was clearly the favorite, but the real question is if you wanted take advantage of FCPEuro's deal and had to chose between BMW 10w60 and LM 10w60, which way do you go?

I use the BMW 10w60 from FCP. my last oil change, including filters and gaskets net cost was $17.

[S14]

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whoa awesome!

[r4dr]

I think Motul works well because it was designed well. LMP1 and LMP2 cars use Motul for a reason.

Are they a sponsor? Because that would be my pick for the reason.

[Arith2]

Personally I wouldn't choose oil by what racing teams use. That oil is changed frequently, for LMP cars usually between races. A formulation that works well for race cars for one weekend is very different than one that lasts 7500 miles.

Dont get me wrong Motul is a quality oil. But looking at the logos on the side of racing cars is not what you should be concerned with.

Currently have a stockpile of Castrol edge that I'm going through. After that going to try either Ravenol or Motul.

I bring some leftover liquimoly to the track in case I need to top off oil, I never use it for a full fill.


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That's not all I go by 😂 Turner uses Liquimoly in their GT4 and I'm not going to ever use it again. I've very impressed with it in BMWs, Mercedes, Ferraris, Audis, and other stuff. They're the Michelin of oils, and also French. Does anyone here have knowledge on what oils they use for those races?

[Yar1]

Liqui Moly 10w-60 Synthoil.. some of the best oils and customer service hands down. Both M cars get it.

[Arith2]

300V is used in the Motul sponsored cars at Le Mans. This is LMP1, LMP2, and GTE AM teams. We can buy the oil they use and put it in our cars. That's pretty nifty. I don't recall any of those teams having engine failures and I recently watched the 2019 Le Mans. A third of the teams at Le Mans run this oil. The IMSA series has quite a bit of teams using this oil. Motul has good shear resistance too. I don't know how many people actually care about these championships but mostly endurance races. Not saying racing sponsorships are the standard but that's pretty awesome.

[tnord]

Marketing rubbish??? What the heck would it matter if it was 4v or 3v or 2v without VVT?

this.