The stuff I drained was factory fill at 1500 miles.
Like water to me. The PP I put in was just about as watery.
I assume this is fine, just really different than even 5-30.
I juste changed the oil in my new Civic Coupe.
First time I have worked with this weight oil. Is it just me or is this stuff like water? I was amazed.
Sure hope it works like oil.
Weird stuff, I can see why it helps MPG.
The answer is that it depends on your driving habits.
My last Corvette allowed me to monitor average oil temps vs coolant temps. In any level of spirited street driving, the oil temp would exceed coolant levels pretty quickly and hit 275 pretty quickly.
Since I did not push the car hard, that...
BMW's maint schedule IS a joke and tech writers on the subject attribute their car's tendency to self destruct at about 100K miles to BMW's 15K maint. schedule.
Remember, this is from the company who brought you lifetime fill for their trannies.
Sadly, lifetime is about 110K miles.
Oh, to the...
So, why would we care what you are tired of hearing? Change your oil every three miles for all we care.
The time/miles issue is old news. Nothing new here.
Don't get me started about Mexico and their environmental practices. San Diego and the Feds are looking a billion dollar plant to clean up human waste that Tijuana dumps into a river that flows to our Ocean.
Hey, what is a little Hepatitis A among nations?
Geeeeeeeeeeeez.