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The difference in wear on a car that lives on dealership sauce, wonderlube sauce, and boutique can't-find-it-anywhere sauce is entirely negligible provided they have identical lives and intervals. I personally plan to stick with the BMW Shell OE sauce from FCPEuro when my maintenance plan expires. |
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Get the test data for Castrol and compare to the published info for the comparable Amsoil product. Then choose. Without that it's someone's uneducated guess.
There are 4 Amsoil European formulations, each different for the appropriate spec called out by BMW. Refer to the Amsoil on-line application guide for the correct product. They don't make oils for all applications. Just pulling an oil off the shelf is not the right way to go. |
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I've been "buying cheap" for most of the time I've owned the car (bought used with 51k miles). 130k+ miles on the clock now. No issues so far, including good Blackstone results.
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And here some is data so everybody can see the cost analysis: And i wanna add this is based on two scenario's that are common, one which is mine below.
Scenario #1): OIC's approx 2x's a year. Oil used: Amsoil Euro Spec 0W-40: Cost per ea, including preferred customer pricing: $8.85 x 5qts = $44 Oil filter media: Amsoil EK-15-54 - $19 Total cost per OIC: $63 x 2 (OIC) per yr = $126 Scenario #2): OIC's approx 4x's a year. Oil used: Castrol Edge 0W-40: Cost per 5qt bulk carton: $24 Oil filter media: Mann - $11 Total cost per OIC: $36 x 4 (OIC) per yr = $144 Edit: in case some of u do a revised 3x's a year total comes to: $108 ish, so u win, lol..
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I regularly find Mann filters for around $7-8. Knocks about $12-14 off your annual price calculation. Idk about the 4-cyls, but my oil capacity is 7 quarts, not 5. Too lazy to do the math on how that would work out. Finally, just for me, unless my driving distances change dramatically (which admittedly, in the last month they certainly have), I change my oil based on OCI miles, not number of months. So yes, your analysis shows that you may spend less per year, but you're sort of comparing apples to oranges, that or merely stating the obvious that changing your oil less frequently will cost you less money. Regardless, I'm not trying to change your mind or anyone else's. Just speaking from my experience. Also, haven't heard of LSPI issues as much as timing chain stuff for your engines, but I still stand by my notion that frequent changes with good oil is just as good, if not better, than less frequent changes with expensive oil. But again, to each their own! That said, I hope we both get maximum life out of our cars! I'm shooting for 3 more years, which will put me close to the 200k range. Assuming this isn't ACTUALLY the apocalypse.
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How bout this. Find a post on any BMW forum which says their I4 cracked a piston because of LSPI.
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Again, to each their own. If putting expensive oil in your car makes you sleep better at night, by all means.
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This due to A- inherently weak TC design for newer cars and B, there being no official flush fluid/oil interval. And C, inclement weather, the TC works 4-5x as much per gear per second as it switched torque distribution front to rear. So engine oil not that important (assuming one stick to german Fuchs and maybe AMSOIL at 10,000 kms), as the things we do not know. And let us not talk 'lifetime' transmission fluid. |
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If I had N20/26 engine I would go Pennzoil Platinum Euro 5W40. It is LL01 approved (which means N20/26 timing chain test), low on Zinc (good for guides) and it is 5W40 and TC guides like heavier oils. |
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