View Single Post
      10-09-2013, 09:37 AM   #9
kawasaki00
Lieutenant Colonel
kawasaki00's Avatar
United_States
231
Rep
1,673
Posts

Drives: SG-E92 ESS-650 BPM Tune
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Charlotte NC

iTrader: (11)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Z K View Post
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.
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.
Quote:
Originally Posted by gatorfast View Post
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...
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.
__________________
Electronics Junkie, Engine Builder.
Appreciate 0