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Advise on engine oil
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pambaram said:
Never had a problem with sludge... My car is on 180k km now and the oil comes out as smooth as silk when servicing... But then again it's my daily drive and I do 120km per day so my oil changes are more frequent than usual.
AdiS said:
I never really noticed. I knew the old oil wasn't fully synthetic, but didn't know they changed to full synthetic with the new oil. I'll check when I get home, I always buy an extra bottle in case of emergency or for top ups.
Philip Foglar
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Castrol causing sludge in my opinion is being blown out of proportion, if anything, it's the stupid lengthy service intervals (and assuming none are skipped) that causes the build up of sludge.
As I posted when I did the Vanos seals, here's what our E46 320i with the M54 motor looked like at 181k km. I bought the car with 150k km on the clock so I would think that it only had the typical Castrol SLX 5W-30 oil used since all services were at the agents.
I changed oil just after buying the car and used Castrol SLX 5W-30, and then again at the next service when it needed a dealer service, supplied them the oil and other service parts. From then onwards Castrol rebranded SLX as Castrol Magnatec Professional 5W-30 which I then used and oil changes have been every 10k km. Of course with the leaking valve cover gasket the oil was being topped up (same oil of course) every so often which helps of course.
I know that Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 which was used in early VW golofs/jetaas 1.9tdi and 1.8i turbo had problems with sludge - this oil was (is) not suited for turbo engines, so more a case of VW using the wrong stuff! I also think Toyota mostly used (not sure if they still do) Castrol 20W-50 which is apparently a "sludge" agent. Neither of these are BMW approved whereas Castrol Magnatec Professional 5W-30 is LL01.
Basically, I don't care which brand of oil is used, but more frequent oil changes is the way to go! Two years or 25k km is stupid long for any oil in my opinion! :thumbs:
As I posted when I did the Vanos seals, here's what our E46 320i with the M54 motor looked like at 181k km. I bought the car with 150k km on the clock so I would think that it only had the typical Castrol SLX 5W-30 oil used since all services were at the agents.
I changed oil just after buying the car and used Castrol SLX 5W-30, and then again at the next service when it needed a dealer service, supplied them the oil and other service parts. From then onwards Castrol rebranded SLX as Castrol Magnatec Professional 5W-30 which I then used and oil changes have been every 10k km. Of course with the leaking valve cover gasket the oil was being topped up (same oil of course) every so often which helps of course.
I know that Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 which was used in early VW golofs/jetaas 1.9tdi and 1.8i turbo had problems with sludge - this oil was (is) not suited for turbo engines, so more a case of VW using the wrong stuff! I also think Toyota mostly used (not sure if they still do) Castrol 20W-50 which is apparently a "sludge" agent. Neither of these are BMW approved whereas Castrol Magnatec Professional 5W-30 is LL01.
Basically, I don't care which brand of oil is used, but more frequent oil changes is the way to go! Two years or 25k km is stupid long for any oil in my opinion! :thumbs:
Philip Foglar said:Castrol causing sludge in my opinion is being blown out of proportion, if anything, it's the stupid lengthy service intervals (and assuming none are skipped) that causes the build up of sludge.
As I posted when I did the Vanos seals, here's what our E46 320i with the M54 motor looked like at 181k km. I bought the car with 150k km on the clock so I would think that it only had the typical Castrol SLX 5W-30 oil used since all services were at the agents.
I changed oil just after buying the car and used Castrol SLX 5W-30, and then again at the next service when it needed a dealer service, supplied them the oil and other service parts. From then onwards Castrol rebranded SLX as Castrol Magnatec Professional 5W-30 which I then used and oil changes have been every 10k km. Of course with the leaking valve cover gasket the oil was being topped up (same oil of course) every so often which helps of course.
I know that Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 which was used in early VW golofs/jetaas 1.9tdi and 1.8i turbo had problems with sludge - this oil was (is) not suited for turbo engines, so more a case of VW using the wrong stuff! I also think Toyota mostly used (not sure if they still do) Castrol 20W-50 which is apparently a "sludge" agent. Neither of these are BMW approved whereas Castrol Magnatec Professional 5W-30 is LL01.
Basically, I don't care which brand of oil is used, but more frequent oil changes is the way to go! Two years or 25k km is stupid long for any oil in my opinion! :thumbs:
Morning Guys
This weekend I'll be doing my oil change :=):
Is it a good thing to use liqui moly proline engine flush before draining the old oil?
DieselFan
Honorary ///Member
I use an engine flush when changing oil.
One interesting thing I found about the liquimoly oils is toptec is used for cars with cats and the purple bottle, not even going to try get the name right. Is used for cars without cats and dpfs and is better for your car. But its not good for your cats.
One interesting thing I found about the liquimoly oils is toptec is used for cars with cats and the purple bottle, not even going to try get the name right. Is used for cars without cats and dpfs and is better for your car. But its not good for your cats.
Flash-Gordon
Honorary ///Member
Any oil will sludge if it's not changed regularly
25 - 30 k service intervals? Catch a wakey bmw :flyfun: There's the root cause of your sludge buildup :nonono:
Back to the point, Castrol 5w40 fully synthetic for me please :rollsmile:
25 - 30 k service intervals? Catch a wakey bmw :flyfun: There's the root cause of your sludge buildup :nonono:
Back to the point, Castrol 5w40 fully synthetic for me please :rollsmile:
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Hi Guys
I recently bought 2011 BMW 320 I e90 , so im planning to change engine oil, I called BMW dealer and they told me that they sell R135 per litre.
can you please assist with any other oil recommendation ?
I recently bought 2011 BMW 320 I e90 , so im planning to change engine oil, I called BMW dealer and they told me that they sell R135 per litre.
can you please assist with any other oil recommendation ?
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no.. its the older one (e90 model)
from 2005 - 2011
from 2005 - 2011
Personally i'd use the Shell Helix. bmw switched over from Castrol to shell oils in 2015/2016? this was when they started putting the Shell logos on the DTM cars to promote the new partnership between BMW and Shell...
Chrism135i
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shell helix ultra 5w40 better then the bmw oil? im stage 2 FBO doing oil changes every 5000km
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