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Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete No physical dipstick on this engine, right? Nada.

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete 5.3 quarts, according to amsoil's website. I've seen tons of different answers from 5 to 7 quarts. I finally got around to asking the local dealer and they said 5.75... Not sure who to believe so I'm going to use the built in meter to see if I've got it...

Originally Posted By: Coprolite I had enough oil tossed in by the dealer when I bought the car to do an intermediate change. The BMW oil here was quoted to me in the $7 range. If I were in your shoes, I would change only the oil @ 6 months with Mobil 1 0-40 from Walmart. I was going to do an...

Originally Posted By: dparm Originally Posted By: dparm Originally Posted By: simple_gifts OT: I'm confused; I thought BMW model #'s are based on the engine displacement; i.e 328 = 3 series 2.8L, 750 = 7 series 5.0L Did I miss some sort of change? Hasn't been like that for a while with BMW...

Originally Posted By: 209paulc Think with your dip stick....give Castrol 0w40 a try Haha, if this weren't a public forum...

Originally Posted By: Coprolite Do this: Originally Posted By: JHZR2 Don't you still get free service? I'd just do intermediate changes with oe BMW oil. They will do a freebie once a year if not hitting miles. Yes I do but I want to do two oil changes a year instead of just one so I need to...

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts OT: I'm confused; I thought BMW model #'s are based on the engine displacement; i.e 328 = 3 series 2.8L, 750 = 7 series 5.0L Did I miss some sort of change? For 12 and newer the new base model is a turbo 4 cylinder at only 2 liters, they stopped putting the...

On a slightly different note can anyone recommend a good oil filter to use with this car? Preferably something I can buy off of amazon, I'm WAAAAY too lazy to drive anywhere.

Thanks! I've used M1 0w40 in my old merc and it seemed to work well, but I only did 5k OCIs. I'm leaning towards the Pennzoil but that's mostly based on what I've read here on the forums!

Hi folks, I just picked up a slightly used BMW 2012 328i with the 2.0L turbo four. It has had a single oil change (@ 15k, ug) using the BMW oil. I was thinking of using one of these two oils on a 7500 mile OCI. Any thoughts? http://www.amazon.com/Pennzoil-550022576...ds=mobil+1+0w40...

Originally Posted By: dailydriver Is this one a TR6060, or a 6L80E? Are you going to build the bottom end for high boost, or just run the stock bottom with a low PSI huffer (and which one/type for that matter)?? (I see you are in the 'Republik' as they say. Are you going to keep it CARB...

I'm not terribly worried about the warranty, it's getting a blower here as soon as I can afford it . I'm just trying to get a feel if there is a stand out product that I may have overlooked. The only time I've ever noticed a difference with an oil was in the transmission of my last vette. I...

Howdy, I just bought a new Corvette GS with the dry sump LS3 6.2l and would like some input on which oil to use. It has under 2k miles on it and I've already done a few oil changes (don't get started, I know I'm nuts ) so I need to figure out what I'm going to run in it from now on. I've heard...