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900hp on the wheels...that's a lot of power, this car must be gorgeous. For this aplication I think your engine builder has given you the best engine oil recomendation, I wouldn't second guess it.

Originally Posted By: tig1 Originally Posted By: Thebimmerfan Originally Posted By: HKPolice Originally Posted By: SonofJoe Group V base oils (typically esters) generally have worse cold-flow properties than PAOs and the very best Group IIIs. If you do the comparison, you'll find that your ester...

Originally Posted By: HKPolice Originally Posted By: SonofJoe Group V base oils (typically esters) generally have worse cold-flow properties than PAOs and the very best Group IIIs. If you do the comparison, you'll find that your ester based oil will contain more VII and have a higher Noack; both...

Originally Posted By: crazyoildude Those years Hondas ran forever on anything, that is when Honda knew how to build a great engine that lasted forever.. They don't build them that way anymore that's for sure Certainly not just Honda. Cars from that epoch were more reliable and less complex -...

Originally Posted By: bigt61 Leave it. We used to run 20W-50 back in the day year round. Nobody ever exploded an engine because of it. My buddy used only 20W-50 Castrol GTX in his 80s Accord and traded it w 260k miles. The engine was running fine, no smoke - the rest of the car was showing age...

Originally Posted By: edyvw I did not catch that he mentioned E90. It is strange what he is saying, but again, since I had exhaustive experience with LM, I can only rate them as average at best. When I used LM due to flooding of fake M1, Castrol etc. in Central Europe, my cars burned LM like...

Originally Posted By: edyvw This car has good ole oil dipstick. As for LM, their main selling point is that they are Made in Germany. Bunch of other better oils on the market Made in Germany or not. But he said he used the electronic measurement for reference in his E46 330 and his wife's...

That's why I like the good ol' dipstick. Never trust electronic gadgets in exess, sometimes they even can lie to you that your car has burnt 2/3 to 3/4 quart of oil in 128(!) miles. I really think the measurement of the oil level was not correct, an engine really capable of burning this amount...

The ones of you livng in England may use Millers oils - a superb brand. If you insist on 0W-30 their CFS 0W-30NT is a real synthetic triple ester oil, of some highest quality and AFAIK prices in Britain are quite tentative. Also can use Motul.

Originally Posted By: zeng Would quality of fuels (in sulfur content?) promote shear-thinning? I would not think so, though I could be wrong. Do you really think fuels quality have no relation with engine/oil's performance, if yes, (which would be interesting), why did you register on bitog...

Originally Posted By: zeng Would quality of fuels (in sulfur content?) promote shear-thinning? I would not think so, though I could be wrong. The lower the quality of a fuel the biggest the chance of fuel dilution (due to unburnt fuel mostly), fuel dilution is first factor in oil chemistry...

Originally Posted By: Jetronic I found 2 UOA on the russian forum for the yacco. One in a petrol x-trail, one in a diesel bmw. In the x-trail about 10% viscosity loss after +-5000 miles, in the diesel 20%. In a city driven (diesel) car it's more than natural to lose 10-20% of viscozity in...

Originally Posted By: Popsy Do you still think 300V is a great oil? Its formulation has changed over the years, less ester, etc... Am I wrong thinking Yacco is now selling under its name the high end Total products? You man make me a difficult question...I think 300V is still a great oil, but...

Originally Posted By: Popsy In fact, regarding 5W40 or 5W30 oils, bought locally, Shell is cheaper than Total. You have to buy in Germany French-made Total oil and have it delivered to France to get better prices than Shell (how ironic! The joys of French imposition maybe, or abuse of French...

Originally Posted By: Popsy Originally Posted By: Thebimmerfan I strongly doubt this brand has any real synthetic oil, group 3 hydrocracked "synthetic technology" would be the best you can expect from Total. Unfortunately that's what I always thought from Total. Like some of their oils though...