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Hi all,
New to the forum and am hoping to get some insight from your expertise. I have a 2020 BMW M2 Competition with the 3L 6 cylinder twin turbo engine (called the S55).
I do lots of track days and as such want to use a top quality oil which is performance focussed and change it regularly as the car does get quite a hard time. In the UK due to emissions regulations the car is fitted with an OPF filter and as such the oil needs to be mid/low SAPs oil and be LL04 compliant to ensure it stays within warranty.
BMW recommend the following oils - 0w30, 5w30, 5w40 LL04 - naively on my part I'm assuming given the track days I've been opting for 5w40.
I'm really struggling to find a good quality 5w40 LL04 engine oil that doesn't cost the earth! I'm currently running Redline 5w40 (https://cdn.opieoils.co.uk/pdfs/redline/MotorOilsTD.pdf) I'm lead to believe this is a good oil to use and is LL04 compliant but in the UK this costs me about 170USD for 7 litres and wanting to change every 3 or max 4 trackdays makes this a very expensive option. The alternative option is to use the Motul specific LL04 5w40 which I can get for a much more reasonable costs (https://cdn.opieoils.co.uk/pdfs/motul/Specific-LL-04-5W-40-8327-(GB).pdf).
My questions are....
- Is there actually much technical difference between the Redline and Motul oils (I struggle to read the data)
- Would I be better to run a "better Oil" in Redline for longer intervals (every 5 trackdays) or buy the cheaper motul (or similar) option and change every 3 trackdays
- Is there an alternative option?
Thanks in advance
New to the forum and am hoping to get some insight from your expertise. I have a 2020 BMW M2 Competition with the 3L 6 cylinder twin turbo engine (called the S55).
I do lots of track days and as such want to use a top quality oil which is performance focussed and change it regularly as the car does get quite a hard time. In the UK due to emissions regulations the car is fitted with an OPF filter and as such the oil needs to be mid/low SAPs oil and be LL04 compliant to ensure it stays within warranty.
BMW recommend the following oils - 0w30, 5w30, 5w40 LL04 - naively on my part I'm assuming given the track days I've been opting for 5w40.
I'm really struggling to find a good quality 5w40 LL04 engine oil that doesn't cost the earth! I'm currently running Redline 5w40 (https://cdn.opieoils.co.uk/pdfs/redline/MotorOilsTD.pdf) I'm lead to believe this is a good oil to use and is LL04 compliant but in the UK this costs me about 170USD for 7 litres and wanting to change every 3 or max 4 trackdays makes this a very expensive option. The alternative option is to use the Motul specific LL04 5w40 which I can get for a much more reasonable costs (https://cdn.opieoils.co.uk/pdfs/motul/Specific-LL-04-5W-40-8327-(GB).pdf).
My questions are....
- Is there actually much technical difference between the Redline and Motul oils (I struggle to read the data)
- Would I be better to run a "better Oil" in Redline for longer intervals (every 5 trackdays) or buy the cheaper motul (or similar) option and change every 3 trackdays
- Is there an alternative option?
Thanks in advance