11-03-2018, 04:24 AM | #67 |
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How so? A 0w oil will better protect your engine on (cold) start up. The rest of the spec is designed to make the car engine as efficient and long lasting (helped by the low temperature viscosity) as possible.
You can change the oil and filter every track day and/or every 6 months and get it checked just to make sure it's doing the job. Yes? |
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11-05-2018, 12:00 AM | #68 |
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when it comes to modifying the m2 im basically doing everything but a ps2 turbo. what oil should i run? i think a 40 weight is probably better then a 30 weight due to the extra heat.
what brands would you go with? im looking at the following three shell helix ultra 5w40 (pennzoil platinum euro 5w40 its the same thing) motul 8100 xcess 5w40 liqui moly molygen 5w40 (or what do you all suggest rather?) (here in south Africa the oem oil is 5w30 for the m2. BMW will not sell me any other alternative . this was just a response to a previous comment stating that they will only use 0w30 as that is the oil the engine was designed for) |
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12-30-2018, 12:25 PM | #73 | |
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I'm pretty sure 0w40 would be fine especially since you're in a pretty hot climates year round, but use it at your own risk. |
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I am due for an oil change and one of the local BMW performance shops recommended using LiquiMoly 10W-60 on my 2018 M2. It sounds so far out of range from the 0W-30 to 5W-40 discussion being held here, but I am still curious if anyone has run that oil in their M2 and what the experience has been.
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08-02-2019, 08:50 AM | #75 |
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I personally would never run 10w60 as it is so far out of range of what is required. I mean, maybe if it was a dedicated race car but even then, it might be too thick.
Is this an "off schedule" oil change by chance? Otherwise, I'd just let BMW put the appropriate oil in when they service it. |
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08-02-2019, 10:17 AM | #77 |
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gotcha - to be honest, unless you're tracking it, you can run any LL01 oil as long as you change it at appropriate intervals and you'll never experience an oil related engine failure.
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08-02-2019, 11:24 AM | #78 |
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I am going to change my oil shortly and will run Motul 8100 Xcess 5W40. I hope it is all good.
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08-02-2019, 01:39 PM | #79 |
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Has anyone noticed any difference between Eastern and Western Diamondback oil? How does it compare to Coral oil? Are any of them as good as Copperhead or Cottonmouth oil?
Edit: The oil clearance of our engines has been designed to a particular viscosity. If you are not increasing the output - and hence operating temperature - of the engine, you need to stick with the manufacturer recommended viscosity. It might be biased for fuel efficiency over peak performance, but unless you're in the fast group on the track day it's unlikely you'll be troubling the performance parameters of the stock oil. If you are upping the output and/or fully exploiting the performance on track days, you might wish to investigate oils that have a higher viscosity when hot. But, that it. HTH Last edited by M Fifty; 08-02-2019 at 02:53 PM.. |
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08-02-2019, 01:40 PM | #80 |
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I just did this over the weekend. My 2nd off cycle oil change with 8100 Xcess 5W40. I think it feels great. Engine is a bit smoother at both idle and pulling through the rev range. MPG did drop, but that's to be expected.
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08-03-2019, 07:39 PM | #84 |
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do not use 10w60. There was someone on the M2 FB group that listened to their shop somewhere in europe who recommended it and their engine blew up. Idiot shop who doesn't update their technical knowledge with the times
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09-23-2019, 12:23 PM | #86 |
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Just had an oil service done on my M2C and according to the bulletin that I was given ,BMW is no longer supplying the 0-40 BMW M Power Turbo LL-01 which has been used in my car since new.The recommendation is now for 0-30 BMW Longlife-01 FE.
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10-20-2019, 10:02 AM | #87 |
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My race shop uses Liqui Moly. Good recommendation for me.
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Funny observation.... ever since BMW started this included maintenance scheme, OCIs have nearly doubled. When you have as much cancer (Administrators and marketing) as most businesses tend to have these days, directives are often not in the best interest of customers, their interests are in cheaping out and shaving off every penny they see to pad their bonus check.
IMO your best bet to find the oil that best suites you is to determine how long you plan to keep the car and then to take an evidence-based approach. Routine UOAs will tell you what your favorite oil is doing for your engine, thats proof. BMWs new guidelines for a thinner oil are favoring emissions and fuel economy over engine longevity. Just came off of the factory fill and went with Motul 8100 excess 5w40. I will do a 3k mile UOA on this and post results when it comes back. I drive the hell out of my M2c so the oil gets a work out! |
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