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Nope, only modifications to the power is full exhaust w/ deleted secondary cats. Nothing crazy.

Please see attached for UOA. The Castrol 0w40 Edge used in this was from 2017-2018 and still had the LL01 certification, commonly known as BC / GC here. One of my favorite oils up until it lost LL-01, but I still use it in other vehicles I own. I don't understand why flash point on this car...

I do oil changes on all my cars so have a pretty good idea of drain color. Not once has the oil come out not full black, and I've done drains anywhere from 500-5500 miles (they all look the same). I don't think the color of the oil is really a good determination of when to change oil or if the...

I have a suspicion that maybe the oil wasn't changed by the dealer on the last free oil change. To me that oil sample could very well be 12,000 miles , 1.5 year interval. Looking at all my previous UOA on other DI-turbo BMWs I have never seen TBN that low in 5k miles. We shall see on subsequent...

5400 miles and little over half a year.

I was never a fan of using LL14FE oils on BMWs that can use LL01, but with my wife's driving pattern, frequent short tripping, I thought the 0w20 would do decent. Anyway the X1 out of the free maintenance period so since it is my choice and I do my own oil changes, it will be LL-01 oils only...

Always appreciate your responses - I'm hoping 5w30 TPT does better. I assume the TBN became that way due to the short drives / excessive idling.

Oh I'm aware just joking around with him. I've replaced VCG on my 550i twice and it's due for a third one probably by 150k :)

UOA on my wife's car. Car was in warranty and got the run of the mill 0w20 from BMW every 6-7k miles, here's the UOA from the last of the free maintenance oil changes and I have since put in 5w30 BMW TPT LL01. Doesn't seem to be wearing as well as my cars that I have dumped LL01 in; double the...

Why the need to remove the valve cover at such early miles? Leaking VC gaskets like every other old BMW? Haha

Off the top of my head, Redline / Motul / Ravenol makes PAO / Ester blends (specific ones in their line up)

Ravenol 0w40 SSL USVO seems to still carry LL-01 Certifications? I ordered it 6 months ago and it was LL01 still. EDIT: just looked it up and it says recommended so you are right. Zero 0w40 in LL01 available. from their US website "RAVENOL Super Synthetik Öl SSL SAE 0W-40 is approved, tried and...

All my cars have run 0w30 0w40 Castrol at some point and they all called for 5w30 weights. 0w40 is a light 40weight oil that has been time and time proved as an excellent oil especially for the price. If I had to choose one oil to do it all , this would be the go to oil. All my used oil analysis...

S55 aren't known for bearing wear like the S65, S85, S54 motors were. Please don't use the same set of criteria for a completely different engine. Not only that, but this motor was based on the N55 and uses LL01 oil. 0w40 is TOTALLY fine for this car, the important thing is that it meets spec...

Originally Posted by BMWTurboDzl Originally Posted by JamesGames I've owned the M4 since 2015 October. I can back @edyvw that this engine originally was designed around LL01, not FE because when I first got the car, the dealership would only change w/ with LL01 0w40 or LL01 5w30. 2 years after...

I've owned the M4 since 2015 October. I can back @edyvw that this engine originally was designed around LL01, not FE because when I first got the car, the dealership would only change w/ with LL01 0w40 or LL01 5w30. 2 years after that they allowed for LL01-FE 0w30, and it started appearing in...

Originally Posted by ARCOgraphite Originally Posted by Jimmy_Russells So you are changing the oil with a good oil every 4k, and talking about how clean the engines are... But that just seems obvious to me. I would hope they would be clean. This does nothing to prove LL is good or bad. I had...

Not sure why the rant, but the certs just make looking for a "decent" oil easier for most of the population that buys BMWs, and easier for cars still in warranty. I've ran LL01 oils on all my BMW since 2000 and I have never left the oil in for more longer than 5k miles. I have used OEM 5w30 in...

Originally Posted by Hounds Hummm . . . . So a VW tech believes that 0W-20 oil is "just fine for everywhere in the U.S." OK, I understand that. And no doubt the way the vast majority of Americans drive, and the circumstances under which they operate their V-Dubs, 0W-20 will be just fine. No...

Originally Posted by edyvw Local dealer here uses 5W30 LL01. It is still supplied to dealerships regularly. All Southern CA dealers fill with 0w30 now =(. I have tried to get 5w30 during my 4 years of free oil changes since 2016 and only in the first year was changed w/ 5w30. 0w40 and 5w30...