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Originally Posted by Z K
The way I read it is: only LL-01 Synthetic oils for M vehicles.
Of those LL-01 oils, only two are recommended: 10w60 or 5W30.
I'm pretty sure the 5W30 is only recommended for the M engines that use 5w30.
So really there is no change, they still say 10w60 is the oil to use.
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No it says any LL01 is good to use in the s65 and s85, this means the 0-40 mobil, the 0-30 german castrol along with many others.
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Originally Posted by gatorfast
To make it more confusing, the 5w-30 part number that BMW listed for use in M engines is only LL-04 certified and not LL-01...very contradictory...
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LL04 is backwards compatable with LL01.
BMW Longlife-04Special BMW approval for fully synthetic long-life oil. Viscosities are SAE 0W-30, 0W-40, 5W-30 and 5W-40. Usually required for BMWs equipped with a diesel particulate filter (DPF). Can also be used where a BMW Longlife-98 or BMW Longlife-01 oil is recommended.