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Originally Posted By: CATERHAM Originally Posted By: dparm About $7/qt. At 100C it's thinner than M1 by about 5%. The only thing I don't like about this oil is the low VI for a 0W-40. Despite being lighter as you mentioned than M1 at operating temps it is actually heavier at 60C and below. At...

Originally Posted By: m37charlie for petrol engines and pre DPF diesels it is a compromise and I'd much rather run Mobil 1 0W40. Charlie Why would you say it's a compromise for petrol engines?

When I opened up all six of 1 liter bottles of Australian Castrol Edge Sport 0w40, they had no silver colored seal under the cap like they usually do in other engine oil bottles. They only had the gasket that breaks off from the cap when opened the first time. But even they look like the caps...

I have six liters of Australian Edge Sport 0w40 and a liter of German Edge Sport 0w40 that says manufactured in Germany. From what I know, in Germany synthetics are all group IV based. But what about Australian Castrol Edge Sport? Is it based on highly refined group III? It doesn't say on the...

Originally Posted By: infecto I have a feeling the "thicker oil at the bottom" is no different then the rest of the oil. When you pour out any type of thicker substance whatever is left in the pan is not going to move as quickly because there is less weight to pull it. Think about about an near...

The plastic draining pan was sitting on a concrete and the ambient temperature was around 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees Celcius, which isn't freezing cold. And it was the basement of a building so the temperature was constant. Given that the drained oil is a synthetic, could the...

For the new oil, I used Castrol Edge Sport 0w40. I plan to do another oil change in less than 6 months. Hopefully it'll clean up the engine nicely by then. I thought about using the Pennzoil Ultra but it's not approved for any BMW, at least not yet.

The last oil change was done in March 2010 and was covered by the BMW Maintenance warranty. So basically I didn't have to pay anything at the time. The second oil change was done yesterday, and I did it myself since the next oil change indicated by the maintenance reminder is either 9300 miles...

Sorry for the lack of information. The vehicle's a '08 X5 3.0si. The odometer reads 5600 miles. Yes I drive extremely little, and when I do, it's a very short trip, so the engine has almost no chance to warm up in many cases. So I understand this is not the ideal condition for the engine to...

I drained the oil from the 3.0Liter inline 6 in the BMW. It's a two and a half year old vehicle. The oil was a extremely dark brown in color and it was awfully thick and dense expecially at the bottom of the oil drain basket I used. The oil at the bottom was almost syrupy in thickness. This is...

That sort of makes sense.

I live in a country where oil has a very low level of sulfur.

You may even sell the car even before using them all!

Originally Posted By: felixthecat Really? Still available? Can you show me where you can buy some ? I reluctantly changed to Castrol Edge Sport 0w-40 as I could not find Castrol Edge 0w-40 for sale any longer Hmm, I guess it depends on a country to country. I just searched the UK castrol site...

Food wrap and then the trash bag. There are bugs that eat through paper. They can be easily found by flipping through an old paper/book. Maybe I should use aluminum foil over the wrap to prevent the bugs.