engine oil selection

gnx · 11-09-2023, 05:35 AM

So, I was surprised t get a low engine oil notification the other day, the car is an M2C. Very low mileage car, 13K kilometers but last oil/filter change was 2600 kilometers ago. I hope that it was wrongly filled.

The car has also had an MHD stage 1 software installed, but only for the last 400 kilometers.

I have noticed that owners in the States experiment a lot with different viscosities and that Turner, ECS and other online vendors show alternative viscosities under the M2C products tab.

Of owners that have switched to 5w-40, has anybody perhaps noticed reduced oil consumption, thanks.

bhong · 11-09-2023, 03:04 PM

My 3 oil changes never had any consumption. First oil change was at the BMW dealer, and the 2 others were Motul 5W-40. Whatever level the oil was at the beginning stayed the same till the next oil change which is about 1 year or 4k miles. Car has about 20k miles currently.

doughboy · 11-13-2023, 03:14 PM

Yeah I never lost a drop between changes. 0w30 stock and now 5w40.

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gnx Όλα ρόδες 760 Rep 560 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: May 2008 Location: Athens, Greece iTrader: (0) Garage List 2004 e46 M3 Convert ... [7.50] 2023 M4 CSL [8.17] 2007 E86 M Coupe [0.00] 2008 e93 M3 [0.00] 2019 M2 Competition [9.67] 2017 f48 X1 xdrive 25d [6.00]	engine oil selection So, I was surprised t get a low engine oil notification the other day, the car is an M2C. Very low mileage car, 13K kilometers but last oil/filter change was 2600 kilometers ago. I hope that it was wrongly filled. The car has also had an MHD stage 1 software installed, but only for the last 400 kilometers. I have noticed that owners in the States experiment a lot with different viscosities and that Turner, ECS and other online vendors show alternative viscosities under the M2C products tab. Of owners that have switched to 5w-40, has anybody perhaps noticed reduced oil consumption, thanks.
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bhong New Member 26 Rep 28 Posts Drives: NA Join Date: Jun 2022 Location: Orange County iTrader: (0)	My 3 oil changes never had any consumption. First oil change was at the BMW dealer, and the 2 others were Motul 5W-40. Whatever level the oil was at the beginning stayed the same till the next oil change which is about 1 year or 4k miles. Car has about 20k miles currently.
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doughboy Major General 1545 Rep 8,970 Posts Drives: 2018 M2 Comp 6MT Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK iTrader: (2)	Yeah I never lost a drop between changes. 0w30 stock and now 5w40.
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