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None Had a water pump replaced this week under Warranty so just £250 Excess to pay. If I was keeping it for much longer I would probably have some of the plastic pipes replaced. But I don’t have any leaks or coolant or oil. I suspect there are less issues with the B58 in the PHEVs as in...

You never “noticed” a difference, that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a difference

Bimmerpost has a lot of people who don’t realise there is a World outside the USA and Canada. As such their world view is rather constricted. They don’t understand that BMW Specs the B58 for LL04 and 5w40 outside the USA and Canada. It is likely CAFE Regs that meant BMW removed that...

As far as I am aware a huge % of BMWs in the last 6-8 years have an OPF(or GPF) in the UK and EU. Mine does. Specced for anything from 0w20 to 5w40, anything from LL01 to LL04 and LL17FE+ Mine has ran happily on LL04 in 5w30 (Dealer and when I am short of time) and 5w40 when I have the time...

I personally wouldn’t use the thin fuel economy oils. 5w30 LL04 or 5w40 LL04 is what I use in my late 2020 745 Le XDrive Always BMW OE Filters Car is on 185k

The B58 engine in my late 2020 745Le XDrive has just ticked over 185k Has its Service at BMW using 5w30 LL04, no Dealers that I have used supply the LL17FE oil during servicing, variable service interval but usually between 19000 and 20000 miles on iDrive And I do 2 or 3 interim oil changes...

It’s a cheap oil sold by car parts retailers like EuroCarParts and others Produced by Tetrosyl. I would only use it as top up to get home if my oil light came on and that was the only thing I could buy. There are far better oils out there and any saving is negligible

A But BMW Australia spec LL04 and not LL01 Have you advised BMW Australia of their mistake yet? As they should clearly be running the same oil specs a the USA. 0W12 isn’t it for the newer models?

Yeah, I think you will find they don’t copy the USA. They do use Euro emissions standards. Having adopted Euro 6 for diesels at the same time as the UK/EU

Nothing says in the article that it doesn’t But BMW say his vehicles is specced for LL04 which would make me suspect that it has a GPF. Why do you think BMW have not specced it with LL01? I think it’s because it’s got a GPF Looking forward to your opinion

As DJ Khalid would say “Another one” https://www.drive.com.au/news/what-is-a-petrol-particulate-filter-and-which-cars-have-them-in-australia/ This article specifically addresses the subject of GPFs in Australian market cars. And despite people focussed on sulphur content rather than vehicle...

But do they have GPFs? If they do then it’s LL04 not LL01

Fuel quality is irrelevant I was talking about if a GPF is fitted. If it is then LL04 is the correct oil choice, not LL01 And since BMW Australia say use LL04 I would say they have GPFs Online sources suggest Australian market BMWs have had GPFs since around the same time as UK/EU vehicles...

I am assuming Australia has a GPF fitted. As I said previously, their emissions requirements are usually very similar to the UK/EU

You don’t own the Forum or the Internet If you want to have a thread just for yourself and “bmwturbo” then start your own, don’t cause confusion in other peoples threads