Recent content by shizam

I was thinking about doing exactly this. I have a can of BG EPR in a box somewhere. I might try running it through. A the moment, the HPL products have been doing really well and the bigger plan is to continue running their PCMO. My oil consumption is improving, so the odds of the oil control...

It's a 2012. I think it does have the vvti screens. They are on my to-do list. On a related note, I upgraded seals on an E36 BMW from the factory (old) Buna rubber to Viton. It gave a definite improvement in the low to mid RPM power. I'm going to research this for the RAV at some point, when I...

I bought a used Toyota RAV4 with a 6 cylinder about a year ago. It had 80k miles on it and had full toyota service history....so 10k OCIs with Toyota Oil. It would burn about 1/2 to 3/4 qt thorough a 5k OCI when I bought it. Given the Toyota low tension piston rings being a known issue, I...

I wonder if the ESP would have higher ZDDP and therefore perhaps better wear resistance than the LE. I mapped out all the spec on the Lubrizol comparator and they both come out to a full 10/10. I suppose when you're dealing with to oils of this quality level you are splitting hairs choosing...

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnecropost I am still running the Delvac 5w30 LE in my M57 powered BMW. It's a great oil. I recently bought a second hand VW Mk5 Golf 2.0 TDI. The VW Pumpe Duse (PD) engines have very narrow, highly loaded, cam lobes as the cam also drives the PD fuel injectors. For...

You said it! I'm a Canadian, sitting in Hong Kong, talking to an Aussie, about my car from Germany,which is in NZ, using oil from France, based on an oil report from a guy in the USA.....simple!

m37charlie, I saw a UOA you posted elsewhere on this oil in your BMW and it looked quite good, but the Fe numbers where a bit high...or it seemed that way to me. I'm no Oil analysis expert though. Has that settled down in your M57? Or is it normal? PS keep an eye on your oil breather on that...

I've just recently purchased a 2007 second hand BMW 530d. The BMW dealer changed the oil to whatever their rebranded LL04 Castrol oil is. I checked the oil when I picked up the car and it was already pitch black. After 5000kms I changed the oil to the Delvac 1 le 5w30 from this thread. 500kms...