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Thank you for your reply. I could not find anywhere to download the ISO 4925 specification, but I found this table: To give credit where credit is due, the table is from New Class 6 and Class 7 brake fluids are here. I was looking at ECS Tuning and Turner Motorsport because I normally get...

My car has 44k kms. I'm the second owner. I bought the car a year ago. I have the service history and the oil was changed at 2055 km, 10517 km, 24045 km, 36633 km, 41218 km (oil only, to replace the pan gasket). I changed the oil and filter at around 43k kms in October when it was called up by...

Thank you for the replies. I will definitely get LV fluid. This car is the most tail-happy vehicle I've ever driven. I drive it in sport plus mode all the time. Even with MDM rather than DSC, stability control gets engaged often.

My car has 44k kms and it's notifying me that the brake fluid needs to be replaced. It was previously replaced in May 2022 at 33.6k kms. I don't drive often, but I live in the Pacific Northwest, so it's often rainy. According to RealOEM.com, BMW has two part numbers for my car: 83132184843...

I usually use Amsoil (where applicable) and their recommendation for both engines is 0W-20 (Signature). Subaru specifies 0W-20, but I've heard that these engines can experience fuel contamination and high oil consumption. The particular vehicle has around 45k kms and is not using oil. Honda...

Thank you for your reply. It rarely gets colder here than -5 to -10C. Aside from the lower pour point, the oils look fairly similar, probably not worth the price difference.

I just picked up a 2014 ML 350 with an M276 (FLEX) engine. I have a box of AMSOIL EFM left over from the 2002 ML 320 that I sold. I was looking on the AMSOIL website for the first time in a while and I noticed they now have FS 0W-40 EFO. EFO has MB 229.1,229.3, 229.5 applications as opposed to...

Originally Posted by ka9mnx What's wrong with timing belts? They require replacement, typically every 100k kms. Timing chains typically last the life of the engine.

There is a service bulletin, 09-010, Engine Rattles at Cold Start-Up, dated March 17, 2016, about this issue. It describes the symptom and includes the procedure to replace the VTC actuator. There is a new part number for the VTC actuator (p/n 14310-R5A-305) which supposedly fixes this problem...

I found an article in newTIS.info which I will take to be the authoritative words of BMW, for what that's worth. Here is a link: Enclosure 3 to SI 11 07 96 (138), issue 09/2009; update 07/2016. It states that the B38 / B46 / B48 (without particulate filter) / B58 and N20 / N26 may use...

Originally Posted By: edyvw Originally Posted By: 1JZ_E46 Originally Posted By: Bullwinkle007 You can run Castrol 0/40. Or order Castrol 0-30 on Amazon Wrong. Oil must be LL-01 FE or LL-14 FE+... Castrol EDGE 0W-40/30 are LL-01 (ACEA A3/B4-based). It does not. This engine is also specd. for...

Originally Posted By: BMWTurboDzl Originally Posted By: bimmerdriver Originally Posted By: BMWTurboDzl OP: Don't obsess over it. 0w30 will be fine to use in a pinch. Enjoy that FWD BMW. Dude, I'm not "obsessing" over it. BITOG is where people discuss oil. This discussion is about oil. And...

Originally Posted By: d00df00d Originally Posted By: bimmerdriver Is there any reason to think the factory fill isn't 0W-20? Should I change it before driving another 1500 kms or when I get back? No idea what the factory fill is. Maybe the dealership or BMW USA can tell you. Drain it sooner...

Originally Posted By: BMWTurboDzl OP: Don't obsess over it. 0w30 will be fine to use in a pinch. Enjoy that FWD BMW. Dude, I'm not "obsessing" over it. BITOG is where people discuss oil. This discussion is about oil. And BTW, the car is AWD.

Here is a screen capture from my owner's manual: