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I just bought 50+ quarts of the Magnatec 0W20 for $1.85 each from a few different AAPs, you can't beat that price for a full synthetic.

I can supply the BMW 5W30 Synthetic for $5.40 a quart and the BMW 10W60 TWS Synthetic for $9.45 a quart. You shouldn't be spending much more than that for those two BMW oils in my opinion. Regards, Rich

Good one, but no one will recognize my name, but Gary and Terry are legends around here. Regards, Rich - potential Amsoil shill on other notorious websites...

With the owner being this oblivious, is it possible it was serviced and he didn't know it? For instance, did he ever have the car serviced at all such as a general maintenance interval and at that time they also did the oil/filter perhaps? I would be quite surprised if conventional oil lasted...

That's because you are a shill. Just kidding around with you Pablo. Regards, Rich

Sure you can, save your money unless you are looking for less illumination with blue tinted bulbs. What are you trying to achieve? Regards, Rich

I am not sure who determines that it is supposed to be. All I know is that you can't buy it from your local BMW dealer in the US. You can give them the part number and they still will not be able to fulfill your order. Regards, Rich

It's there, I remember walking down the aisle and they had it on the shelf along with a TV/VCR running a video of their commercial. You are correct though, you can't find it on-line at their store. Regards, Rich

Not in the US, maybe you can in other countries. Regards, Rich

You won't find it at BMW dealers in the US. I can't speak to other countries. Regards, Rich

I too have a 318is (M42) and have been using GC (which I really like although I still need to determine where some oil is leaking). I recently purchased some Pentosin Pentosynth 5W40 just to compare. They are somewhat similar oils although I don't know what the base stock is of the Pentosin...

Triple said > > Your Havoline was around 10-cSt@100 > Your GC is around 12-cSt@100 I don't see how comparing the viscosity at 100 degrees Celsius has much to do with start-up which I believe was the point of the original post. Regards, Rich

Titan wrote > I have two big v-twin motorcycle > engines that get FP60. One is 2053 cc's 2053 cc's? Wow, that is bigger than the motor in my '91 318is (but the 2,053 cc motor still makes less power that my 15 year old stock motor...go figure). I had to look it up to see who was putting 2,053...

Coop0129 wrote > > Well, no matter what the situation may end up > being. GC or AC. I think it is time to start > hoarding the GC Gold as well. I truely believe > the only likeness to GC the AC would have, (if > they actually make it) will be viscosity. The > so called tech at Castrol states...

John Hilmer wrote > > RichD, thanks for your very helpfull post. (I sense a bit of sarcasm) :-) I admit it wasn't terribly helpful. > Obviously you don't have the same troubles that > Larry and I do. No, indeed I don't, I have a variety of dipsticks in various cars and equipment and...

Luck has nothing to do with it, I have a number of vehicles where the oil is a similar color as the dipstick. Point is, you should be able to see wet oil on an otherwise dry dipstick regardless of the color if you have decent lighting. Regards, Rich

You guys can't be serious. Clean the dipstick with a rag, insert fully, remove and see the level. If you can't tell what area is "wet" with oil and what area is dry, step away from the car, you shouldn't be allowed to do any maintenance on it whatsoever. :-) Regards, Rich

What is the correlation? Is is the same for all motors? How much damage is done while all the dirt is making its way to the oil? Curious minds want to know. Regards, Rich

TheLoneRanger > > It goes through the cylinder combustion, and out > the tailpipe. In fact, I think that's where most > dirt particles do go that enter the intake. That's > an easier path than having to get past the piston > rings. Exactly, so not all dirt will end up in the oil to be...

I also think dirt can enter the motor and not end up in the oil nor simply coat the intake tract downstream of the filter. Where does this dirt go? :-) I did miss your earlier post m2200b. Regards, Rich