Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Originally Posted By: R80RS
Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Or buy the cheaper Castrol made BMW 5W-30, that's is intended for gas engines and does contain moly and boron.
I've seen the BMW Castrol Edge Professional OE 5w-30 sell for between $8.80 (eBay) and around $10.00 (Amazon, and some on line Euro parts retailers) per quart. The import repair shop I use sells it for $10 per quart. For comparison, I paid $8.60 per quart for the Amsoil, so I wouldn't say the Castrol is cheaper.
I don't know why anyone would want to pay more than the $7.58/qt that BMW charges for their 5W-30 unless you can't get to a BMW dealership.
Said the guy who buys Sustina.
Everyone wants a good deal, but I don't select my oils based solely on the absolute lowest cost option I can find. There's a decade of favorable experience of VW ALH diesels running Amsoil HDD backed up by UOA data. I can't imagine why I'd want to run the "cheaper Castrol made BMW 5W-30, that's is intended for gas engines" just to save $1.02 per quart solely because it has Mo and B.
Besides, I haven't set foot in a BMW dealership since the warranty on my R80 expired back in the '80s, with no plans to do so again any time soon.