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Hi guys, I have a few quarts of the latest version of the VW/AUDI 0W-30 oil (with the VW 504/507 approvals), left over from an Audi that I sold recently. I am thinking about using up this oil in my 2007 MINI Cooper S (R56 chassis code with the N14 engine). This car has about 90K miles on it and...

Hi guys, Hope you don't mind another thread on changing the oil by time or mileage. I own a 2015 KTM 1290 Super Duke R that gets ridden only on the weekends when the weather is nice. My last oil and filter change was exactly one year ago. I am using Motul 300V 4T 15W-50 in this bike. I...

Hi guys, My 2015 KTM Super Duke R is due for an oil change soon. The owner's manual recommends the Motorex 10W-50 as long as the ambient temp is above 32F, but this oil has the bad reputation of shearing down too much in KTMs. With the winter coming, I am considering the following 0W40 and...

Hi guys, I own a 2015 KTM 1290 Super Duke R that developed a small oil leak that seems to be coming from the countershaft seal behind the front sprocket. I think it was caused by the KTM dealer over-tightening the chain at my first service. This is my first chained bike and my fundamental...

This is a 2007 MINI Cooper S with a turbocharged engine. The oil sample was taken during an oil change. This oil saw 2 hours of hard driving on a race track. The current UOA is for Mobil 1 0W-40. The samples dated 03/29/09 and 02/01/09 are for gold GC. The sample dated 05/24/08 is for BMW/MINI...

I decided to give Mobil 1 0W-40 a try in my 07 turbocharged MINI Cooper S. This oil has been in my engine for last 2300 miles. I did a track day last month on this oil. The oil saw about 3 hours of total track time at Sebring. I did multiple sessions and each session was 30 minutes long. When I...

This is a 2007 MINI Cooper S with a turbocharged engine. The engine additionally has the John Cooper Works (JCW) engine tuning kit installed on it when the engine was around 8000 miles old. This tuning kit adds another 17-20 horsepower to the standard Cooper S engine. The oil sample was taken...

I own a front-wheel drive 07 MINI Cooper S with high performance tires. This car eats the front tires very fast. I never rotated the first set of original factory tires that came on the car because the owner's manual specifically recommends against it. The original factory front tires lasted...

This is a 2007 MINI Cooper S with a turbocharged engine. The oil sample was taken during an oil change. I ran a bottle of Techron fuel system cleaner 1000 miles before the oil change. My current UOA is for gold GC 0W-30. My previous UOA also shown in the following report was for BMW/MINI 5W-30...

As the title says, I accidently spilled my used oil sample which was taken while the oil was draining. This was two days ago. Now my only choice is to get another sample from the drain pan that caught all of my drained oil. Is it possible that my used oil analysis results might be seriously...

This is a 2007 MINI Cooper S with a turbocharged engine. It is driven in a lot of stop and go type traffic. I like revving up the engine in the high RPM range whenever possible. The oil sample was taken during an oil change. I ran a bottle of Techron fuel system cleaner before the oil change...

I read on some BMW forums that one should change the engine oil immediately after using the Techron fuel treatment. It is claimed that some of the stuff that the fuel treatment is supposed to get rid of ends up in the oil. I was wondering about how true this is. Is it really necessary to change...