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i have a 2009 BMW 750Li. I drive it agressively on occasion. lots of highway mileage, however whe ni get on a back road, i gotta play

Originally Posted By: CATERHAM Originally Posted By: wjhughes420384 are there other ester based oils besided Red LIne and Motul? Red line throws codes in my BMW and Motul doesn't offer a 5W30? Well since you're not concerned with spec' oils, Motul 300V 5W-30 is an option. What Red Line oil did...

it was a 5w30 red line that threw a code of moisture in the oil,

are there other ester based oils besided Red LIne and Motul? Red line throws codes in my BMW and Motul doesn't offer a 5W30?

FowVay asked where BMW recommends SM go here http://www.bmwusa.com/standard/content/owner/syntheticengineoils.aspx the specific oils they recommend on their website are Castrol Syntec European Formula SAE 0W-30 Mobil 1 SAE 0W-40 Pennzoil Platinum European Formula Ultra SAE 5W-30 Valvoline...

I may have answered my own question. On the Motul website they say the 8100 X-clean 5W30 meets the BMW LL-04 spec, but should only be used in European Union Countries. In the X-cess line they don't have a 5W30. So my guess is that they recommend the 5W40 because they don't have anything else.

Both Red line and Motul are ester based (added?) oils, they claim that the Ester based oils adhere to metal parts better than other synthetics, is there any truth in that?

Okay, I read the motor oil 101, here is my question BMW recommends a 5W30 API SM, Motul on their Website recommends a 5W40. Given everything I read in the Motor oil 101 the 5W30 should be the better oil to use. I would think Motul was smart enough, why would they recommend a 5W 40??

BTW the email to redline oil customer service got kicked back as undeliverable, anyone have a good email address?

I have it on good authority (the elves who make oreos) that grey poupon is equivalent to 5w 30 in an alternate universe, but a VERY NEARBY UNIVERSE!

i have sent redline an email, thanks for the website zzman. i will post their response here when I get it

i used 5- 30 redline. mostly long trips. when it first started the fault would go away after about 30 mins of driving, then it just stayed on all the time. many of my trips are over 80 miles. (thats why i bought this car)

in the meantime i am stuck with several hundred dollars worth of red line oil. i guess my son will get an early birthday. he has a 98 328is

there were times when the sensor would go off for short periods of time. When it first started, it would go off after about 30mins. so I thought the oil was heating up and off gasing any moisture. but then after a while it would stay on no matter what. Right now i am running the bmw castrol oil...

i have a 2009 BMW 750Li. at 7500 miles i switched to red line oil, no problem, at 15000 I replaced the oil, and I got a fault from my oil level sensor, when the dealer put it on the computer it said there was moisture in my oil. dealer assumed it was a bad sensor, replaced it twice. finally he...