Anyone Changing Oil Grade for Winter

pbonsalb · 12-31-2017, 09:29 PM

I ran an adhesive heater pad on the oil pan of my E36M3 while it was supercharged with a V2 T T Trim. Vortech recommended it. Sort of a pain to plug your car in if you park it outside and drive it regularly but better than damaging the blower.

GORDON.M3 · 01-09-2018, 12:51 AM

Ordered the pan heater. Hopefully it arrives tomorrow from amazon. I'm going to drive the car my shop to get it installed. Still running 10w60 with the Molyslip additive.

pbonsalb · 01-09-2018, 06:30 AM

How many watts and how long is the cord?

GORDON.M3 · 01-09-2018, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by pbonsalb

How many watts and how long is the cord?

I bought the 250watt one, will post pictures when I get it and install it.

pbonsalb · 01-09-2018, 12:53 PM

I ran a few. Cord was inconveniently short on one so it was a pain to plug in. I like to route it to an easy access place so no need to open hood. 400 watts is about as high as they go and good for the 1 hour warm up before you drive. 140 watts might be what you would leave on all night. And the size has to be right to fit a flat area on the bottom of the pan. Some experimentation required. I am using nothing and have driven in as low as -17F in my 08M3 with 0W40 oil.

Sammy82 · 02-02-2018, 10:24 AM

I don`t make any differnce:
I run Shell 10W60 Helix Ultra all the way long

Car stays all the time in my garage at 9 degrees Celcius in the winter.
I don`t need to make experiments

I drive the car slowly warm, between 3500-4000rpm max, so the oil temperature can reach 90 degrees Celcius and then I start revving the engine to 8400rpm

Ok, here in Germany we don`t have such cold winters like you guys in Canada or the United States

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01-09-2018, 06:30 AM	#47
pbonsalb Lieutenant General 5231 Rep 10,614 Posts Drives: 18 F90 M5, 99 E36 M3 Turbo Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New England iTrader: (4)	How many watts and how long is the cord?
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pbonsalb Lieutenant General 5231 Rep 10,614 Posts Drives: 18 F90 M5, 99 E36 M3 Turbo Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New England iTrader: (4)	I ran a few. Cord was inconveniently short on one so it was a pain to plug in. I like to route it to an easy access place so no need to open hood. 400 watts is about as high as they go and good for the 1 hour warm up before you drive. 140 watts might be what you would leave on all night. And the size has to be right to fit a flat area on the bottom of the pan. Some experimentation required. I am using nothing and have driven in as low as -17F in my 08M3 with 0W40 oil.
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02-02-2018, 10:24 AM	#50
Sammy82 Private First Class 92 Rep 127 Posts Drives: BMW E92 M3 Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Germany iTrader: (0)	I don`t make any differnce: I run Shell 10W60 Helix Ultra all the way long Car stays all the time in my garage at 9 degrees Celcius in the winter. I don`t need to make experiments I drive the car slowly warm, between 3500-4000rpm max, so the oil temperature can reach 90 degrees Celcius and then I start revving the engine to 8400rpm Ok, here in Germany we don`t have such cold winters like you guys in Canada or the United States
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