I've been out of touch with BMW's changing oil specs after I got rid of my 328i seven years ago.
Three weeks ago I bought a 2018 BMW X1 xDrive with only 21800km or 13500 miles for my wife.
As any BITOG member would do, I checked the owners manual for the oil spec. They recommend
0w20 LL-14FE for North America. Anywhere else it's 5w30/5w40. I can also use 0W30 LL-01 FE+ .
Over in the VOA section someone posted a sample of the 0w30 LL 01 FE+. BMW oil.
Well, to me it looks like any other 5w30 SP Dexos 1 GEN2 oil. BMW switched to Castrol again for
North America and this sample had Titanium in it. When warranty runs out, do you all think I can
use any 5w30 Dexos1 GEN2 oil? The viscosity difference is small. ie) 9.92 @ 100C for the BMW 0w30
vs 10 to 10.5 for any Dexos oil.
Three weeks ago I bought a 2018 BMW X1 xDrive with only 21800km or 13500 miles for my wife.
As any BITOG member would do, I checked the owners manual for the oil spec. They recommend
0w20 LL-14FE for North America. Anywhere else it's 5w30/5w40. I can also use 0W30 LL-01 FE+ .
Over in the VOA section someone posted a sample of the 0w30 LL 01 FE+. BMW oil.
Well, to me it looks like any other 5w30 SP Dexos 1 GEN2 oil. BMW switched to Castrol again for
North America and this sample had Titanium in it. When warranty runs out, do you all think I can
use any 5w30 Dexos1 GEN2 oil? The viscosity difference is small. ie) 9.92 @ 100C for the BMW 0w30
vs 10 to 10.5 for any Dexos oil.