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12-16-2013, 05:30 AM | #309 |
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Can someone please tell me what this "oil temp timer" is? Are people just using that to refer to the temp gauge or the rpm limit gauge?
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12-16-2013, 06:53 AM | #310 | |
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However, I have found this to only work when starting the car after a prolonged period like overnight. I have noticed that if I start the car after maybe an hour or so of sitting, the timer will come on quickly while the actual temp gauge is below the quarter marker. |
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Thanks!!!! Cheers, e46e92
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04-25-2014, 03:39 PM | #312 |
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Sorry to resurrect this, but I felt this was worth mentioning for everyone who interpreted BMWNA's site to mean that 5W-30 or even any BMW LL-01 oil was approved for the M3. That page has been taken down entirely. The link in the first post of this thread now goes nowhere, and Google only turns up a few old PDFs that have oil information, but nothing that's linked from the site itself and no actual webpages. Meanwhile, the latest M3 Service and Warranty booklet, available from BMWNA here, says that 10W-60 is the only approved oil.
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Note that this DOES NOT mean the oil has a viscocity of 40 or 30 or 5. It means the oil has the same viscocity at low (W) or high (no letter) test temp, as an oil of the specified viscocity. So at 212F, your 5W-40 oil is the same viscocity as a straight 40 weight oil would have at that temp. Probably around 10. It wouldn't surprise me at all that for mild street driving, the 0-40, at least in a full synthetic, is best. For tracked cars, likely experiencing higher oil temps, and only running when hot out, I'd select the 10W-60. I'm still under warranty, so I'm running only the BMW supplied, recommended oil. |
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True but the whole thing he posted was written in a very general sense and is not a rule of thumb. If taken litterally you would think that every engine should run the heaviest oil available since it protects better.
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