2013 Bmw X5 35i xdrive 5,387mi OCI. No oil usage.
OUT: Pennzoil Euro 0w-40; Mann HU816X filter
IN: Pennzoil Euro 0w-40; Mann HU816X filter
Also installed new rear air springs.
I’d say that’s highly likely, at least the only reason I can think of where the viscosity would make a big difference. There’s plenty of farmers and fleets up here in Minnesota that’ll run the same oil in all their equipment. Or people that didn’t know about the lifter change or TSB and just run...
Personally I'd run 5w-40 in it all year and sleep better at night. That's what we run in our new Ram field service trucks as well. We had a new tech start at our shop last week who came from a Ram dealer. We got into an oil discussion and he stated that all they used at that dealer was Rotella...
Apologize for the late reply! It's been working great! Hesitation from a stop is still gone and shifting performance is definitely improved, which is really nice. I've only had it down to the single temps so far, but zero hesitation and smooth shifts at that temp as well with minimal warmup...
I apologize for the late replies, didn't realize I had been "off the grid" for so long! You may have found out by this point which fluid to use. But long story short it was a lot of Googling, as correct info is a bit hard to nail down. Ended up on the ZF website and found a lot of great info...
2013 Bmw X5 35i xdrive 117,500 miles
Drained out OEM ZF Lifeguard 8 fluid and dropped pan
Installed new ZF pan w/filter
Filled with 5.7 qts HPL Green Cold Climate ATF
Just got back from a 2900 mile road trip. Transmission had a bit of a hesitation from a dead stop before fully engaging. That...
Just saw yesterday the Walmart I usually go to had about 10 jugs of this oil back on the shelves as well. Even though there is no more “spot” for them. Wonder if they’ll throw them back on clearance in a month again? *fingers crossed they do haha
My local Indy Euro shop uses Total Energy 9000 and put it in everything they service. They put in the 5w-40 when they did the oil pan gasket on my X5 last year. Overall it seemed ok, but there were some reasons I didn't like it. It's definitely on the thick end of the scale and my engine just...
Finally got the chance to replace my cracked valve cover on the X5. Not a fun task to say the least. Changed out the plugs while I was there, according to service records they had about 60k on them. Valve train and head looked pretty clean overall, a few varnish spots. According to the service...
Our bulk is Valvoline premium blue one solution 15w-40. Nice not having to have separate oil for CNG’s. Our field service guys do service a bunch of different applications. So we do have pallets of pretty much every other Valvoline diesel oil made. We usually have some cases of Rotella T4...
Just got 3 5qt jugs of Pennzoil 0w-40 for 2 oci's on the BMW, mainly due to the rebate. Also bought 6 Fleetguard LF16224 oil filters from work for the Hyundai. Can't really find any specs on them unfortunately. But for about $3 after employee discount, figure they'd be fine for 5k oci's.
2013 Bmw X5 35i xdrive 4,413mi OCI. Changed early due to upcoming road trip.
Out: QSFS 5w-40; Mann HU816X filter
IN: Valvoline Euro 5w-40; Mann HU816X filter
2013 Hyundai Elantra, 1.8, 4,176mi OCI. Used more than it typically does on Pennzoil, almost 2qts.
Out: PP 5w-30; Supertech ST9688 filter...
I'd vote Mobil 1 EP as well or Valvoline EP is also an excellent choice. Pennzoil is definitely a good oil and I still use it when I get a good deal on it. But my vehicles tend to use oil on that brand only. YMMV obviously, but that's been my experience on the last 4 vehicles I've tried it on.
These pictures are from a school bus that came in in April I think for low oil pressure. They stated several times that the oil level was fine each time they checked it. We went to drain the oil and hardly anything came out. Turns out that the customer’s techs noticed the coolant loss, but had...