Proper Oil for my e36 m3 coupe

Prego · Oct 25, 2011

I wonder if anyone can sugest a good oil and plugs to use in my e36 m3 coupe.Its got 107000km on clock and i wanted to have it serviced with proper stuff

Peejay · Oct 25, 2011

Hey bud. Welcome to the forum.

In my 4door I use BMW plugs and castrol TWS.

Yuvan · Oct 25, 2011

heven said:
Hey bud. Welcome to the forum.

In my 4door I use BMW plugs and castrol TWS.

bmw plugs or u meant to say bosch? Castrol is a good oil as well!!

Fordkoppie · Oct 25, 2011

TWS is too thick for the s50 engine.
Get something like Shell or castrol synthetic 15w40.
I would opt for edge 15w40 or Magnatec (i know that is what Sav recommends)

Prego · Oct 25, 2011

Fordkoppie said:
TWS is too thick for the s50 engine.
Get something like Shell or castrol synthetic 15w40.
I would opt for edge 15w40 or Magnatec (i know that is what Sav recommends)

Thanks guys need to keep her running like a proper ///M

calypso · Oct 25, 2011

I run Castrol edge 5w40.

Peejay · Oct 25, 2011

No not Bosch. BMW use NGK for m3.

///M_Diesel · Oct 25, 2011

10W60 :thumbs:

Technician · Oct 25, 2011

Fordkoppie said:
TWS is too thick for the s50 engine.
Get something like Shell or castrol synthetic 15w40.
I would opt for edge 15w40 or Magnatec (i know that is what Sav recommends)

agreed...
from personal experience, i've tried different oils on my track car and you cant go wrong with Magnatec.

ClassicB · Oct 25, 2011

Mobil 1, best oil you can use!

Plugs, get from dealer.(Dont mess around with wrong plugs on a m3)

McFly · Oct 25, 2011

Prego said:
I wonder if anyone can sugest a good oil and plugs to use in my e36 m3 coupe.Its got 107000km on clock and i wanted to have it serviced with proper stuff

Castrol Magnatec will never let you down. For your plugs try NGK BKR6EIX. You should get better performance from them.

ClassicB · Oct 25, 2011

McFly said:
Prego said:

I wonder if anyone can sugest a good oil and plugs to use in my e36 m3 coupe.Its got 107000km on clock and i wanted to have it serviced with proper stuff

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Castrol Magnatec will never let you down. For your plugs try NGK BKR6EIX. You should get better performance from them.

No offence, but those are the wrong plugs for a E36 M3.

kabal · Oct 25, 2011

the correct plug is NGK BKR6EK

Technician · Oct 25, 2011

Plugs for the 3.0lt-
NGK: PKR7A (alternative- DCPR8EVX)
Bosch: Y 5 DDC

i could be wrong but thats from the catologues.
anyone know if this is right?

Prini said:
Plugs, get from dealer.(Dont mess around with wrong plugs on a m3)

Why do you say this Prin? have you had a bad experience?

kabal said:
the correct plug is NGK BKR6EK

is that not the coupe from overseas (1999-2000) (the 3.2lt)
ours coupe was a 3.0lt (1992-1996)

from catalogue:

Model- M SERIES, Type- M3 COUPE, Capacity- 3200, Year- 1999->2000, Cylinder- 6, Engine- S50 B30C, Gap- 0.9, Standard BKR6EK

Model- M SERIES, Type- M3 E36, Capacity- 3000, Year- 1992->1995, Cylinder- 6, Engine- S50 B30, Gap- 0.8 , Standard- PKR7A, Alternative- DCPR8EVX

kabal · Oct 25, 2011

I think I might have been looking on the US NGK catalogue, different engine.... so yes, the correct plug is actually PKR7A

hoosain · Oct 25, 2011

e36 3.2 PKR7A
E36 3.0 Y5DDC
these are the oem plugs

kabal · Oct 25, 2011

yes, the Y5DDC is a bosch plug

Peejay · Oct 25, 2011

So what is the correct oil for M3s? Hate to start a debate about it but MiniMike did recomend TWS for my car.

calypso · Oct 25, 2011

heven said:
So what is the correct oil for M3s? Hate to start a debate about it but MiniMike did recomend TWS for my car.

The more places you look, the more answers you will get.
The dealer will say 10w60, because that is the M oil, though this only changed after 2000, which the e36 predates by quite abit. Most find that is just abit too thick, unless your really gonna hammer it out and get some really high oil temps.

Also remember the heavier the oil, the harder it is for the engine to push it around, so too thick oil can cost you some HP.

Peejay · Oct 25, 2011

The thing is that I have been looking around. A lot of the Guys in the US use 000W50 or 0W40 some even use 0W30. While we use TWS in our cars here.

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