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nobody asked, but I'm running Ravenol RRS 5W50 without issues.
Strangely, they also produce a 10W50 RSE which appears to match all of the specs of their 5W50 apart from a higher HTHS closest to OEM 10W60, but both though the cold and hot viscosity is lower than 10W60s and even redline 5w50. I will probably try this one next oil change. |
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Meanwhile, I've done three thousand rod bearings jobs. I started a couple years ago and BE has only made one thousand rod bearings since they started, but I've done 3000. Maybe it was 4000, it's so hard to keep count Anyone who has actually had a stroker built knows this is pure bullscrap. Pistons from Mahle Motorsport? That will be 12 weeks please. A balanced stroker crank? Give it another 12. Honing and boring the block? Can only be done after you have the pistons. Etc etc etc Buy the parts ahead of time? LOL. The working capital needs would be epic
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I only run Redline 5w50 on S65 and S85. Its brilliant compared to stock and I cannot understand even in high temp climates where you are not tracking it - why anything but maybe 0w50 would be better?
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I think Redline 5w50 should be fine. Redline tends to be a thicker oil than the rating. The Redline 10w60 is way too thick. I ran it once and it was like a gel at room temperature. I drained it after a few thousand miles and went back to OEM 10w60.
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03-23-2019, 06:11 PM | #28 | |
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Mobil 1 has a 0w50 racing oil but it's got insane ZDDP and will destroy your cats, among other things.
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Any info on using Castrol Edge 5W50? It's on sale locally at almost half price and I'm tempted to try out this summer.
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What do you want to know? It's a niche product (aimed at some Ford Performance vehicles that require 5w50) and isn't what BMW specifies.
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I would not consider those two oils "comparable" except in their viscosity grade.
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Though it could be purely coincidence that I didn't burn any oil again.
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Currently using Castrol 10w60 only because I am a bit concerned about oxidation of ester oils for I don't drive that often nowadays.
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When I had my e90 m3 I also ran Redline 5w50. While I am not a scientist, It warmed up much quicker for me in the winter months and never ran too hot in the summer.
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I quite like Amsoil 5w50. On my second fill now and plan to keep running it. Here is my last UOA on Amsoil. Certainly seems to get up to temp quickly and keeps engine noise at highway speeds minimal. Oh yeah and probably the best part is even over this longer interval I burned less than half quart!
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installed this thermostat on my friends S85. He says hes getting better fuel economy already lol.
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Which thermostat?
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The pictures in the original post clearly demonstrate that dipstick wear is significantly reduced by running RedLine oil. I'm really happy when I can get more than 100K miles out of my dipsticks before changing them out.
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Slight highjacking for an oil recommendation..
I was set on LM 10w-60 until recently. From the Blackstone thread it looks like most are running TWS 10w-60, but now this RL 5w-50 seems legit? I'm not too oil savvy, but shouldn't I be looking for LL-01? I need an adult. Background info, I just bought an '08 M3 with 54k miles. Rod bearings supposedly done. No prior analysis, so I'm going to start a baseline with this. Thanks in advance. |
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