[2020M2Competition]

Virgin Oil Analysis of the "old" BMW (Shell) Twin Power Turbo 0W30 LL-01FE

In North America BMW has switched to Castrol

https://www.castrol.com/en_us/united...-supplier.html

I had a leftover bottle and thought it would be interesting to compare it with the "new" BMW (Castrol) Twin Power Turbo 0W30 LL-01FE that Lbsigman had analyzed

https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1818756

[cheerfulman]

The only difference seems to be decreased Calcium and increased Magnesium content, probably to meet API SN PLUS:
https://www.cenex.com/about/cenex-in...ts/api-sn-plus
https://pqia.org/2021/03/11/above-and-below-average/

[edycol]

Originally Posted by cheerfulman

The only difference seems to be decreased Calcium and increased Magnesium content, probably to meet API SN PLUS:
https://www.cenex.com/about/cenex-information/cenexperts-blog-page/oil-and-lubricants/api-sn-plus
https://pqia.org/2021/03/11/above-and-below-average/

API is irrelevant here

They decreased calcium bcs. B46/48 have LSPI issues occasionally.