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BMW Advantec oil is available in three types ... Pro, Ultimate, and Classic. AFAIK, Classic is not sold in USA 5W-40 is Ultimate, 15W-50 is Pro Have not been able to determine the differences between Ultimate and Pro, as there is nothing on the bottle and I’ve found nothing on the internet...

Just to update ... SAF XO is now called Syntrax (yes spelled correctly) Long Life http://www.castrol.com/castrol/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9014115&contentId=7068181 Here's the Land Rover stuff http://www.roverparts.com/Parts/LRN7591G.cfm

Here are BMW's recommendations: http://www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/media/pdf/70583_A1_BMW_POSTER_MCO00066_low_res.pdf

In Europe it is not a measure of your manhood that you change your own motor oil. Nor are there "jiffy lubes" everywhere. Both of the above create pressure for changing oil early and often. In Europe there is indeed more interest in long change intervals. Like fuel in Europe, motor oil is more...

Your Tundra's not exactly a diesel, is it?

Flushing? http://www.thecarconnection.com/Enthusia...281.A10297.html http://www.thecarconnection.com/Enthusia...281.A10621.html

ESP = Emissions Systems Protection Diesel particulate filters cannot tolerate ash from oil, hence the new formulations. Oil is seldom made for yesterday's cars, just today's. Mercedes has sticker under hood warning to not add ANY QUANTITY of non-ESP oil.

Not only that, there's a token in every can your mechanic gets to redeem for prizes.

Sticker under hood of new Mercedes cautions not to add ANY QUANTITY of non 229.51 oil.

The TRX tires on my '83 BMW 533i were just about completely traction free. A VERY dangerous combination.

That's the one for BMW Airheads. However, most experts recommend strongly against it.

Biggest advantage of belts is economics of production. Belt is cheaper and the engine designer does not have to provide oiling as s/he does for the chain.