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Bimmerpost says no to 0w40 but not here?
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I started using 0 40 after GM disaster I looked into it seems they’ve been using it in Europe for quite some time. The reason not so much here in the US is because of the EPA standards with MPG and the government’s ratings that have to be met. I live in a cold climate so zero would be great. I’ll have to see if there’s a difference in gas mileage cause I really really keep an eye on it only because to see if there’s an issue with my ignition system. I guess we’ll see.
Are you due it wasn’t that the drive gear shears off?
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FCP Euro made a statement to that effect and iirc their statement suggested the information came from BMW
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It is pump. Period.
It is happening with strictly dealership maintained vehicles. I think they changed pump back to previous version around 2022.
There’s no proof other than an assertion from some dude that works at FCPEuro. If it were accurate then the pump would be failing in Canada at 10x the rate in Florida. We have no evidence it’s true or viscosity related.
Approved, not certified.
But why do you need 0W-40 A3/B4 oil when there is 0W/5W-30 A3/B4 oil?
Maybe he wants it? Either way it’s relatively irrelevant given the minimum HT/HS of the approval. Going up to a -50 grade would be more significant.
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Shouldn't be an issue in OP's 2022.
To OP, although the USA manual only shows LL17FE, anything with the LL17FE, LL04, LL01/LL01FE approvals is going to be fine per BMW's official service manual. Don't overthink this stuff, just use whatever's most available.
And if you are worried about 0w20, I wouldn't be. These cars have a very impressive thermal management system that, per my own observation, runs the oil reasonably cool as a baseline and dips the oil temperature very quickly and holds it there if it thinks you're driving it hard. They clearly didn't just throw the 0w-20 sticker on there without putting some engineering into it.
This is as opposed to the N series engines that tend to run the oil hot-ish as a baseline and use a simple thermostatic valve for the oil cooler. 5w40 in those bad boys all day.
There’s no point in a 0w might as well stick with a 5w30 or 5w40. Quaker State Euro / Pennzoil Platinum Euro / Red Line 5w30 white bottle / Amsoil Signature Series /or Molygen all work well. I find it likes the heavier oils. If doing shorter OCI (not 15k or anything) I really like Molygen. Red Line held up great after a long road trip and beating on it excessively hard in Moab at 105F (Grenadier) I just hate the bottles. The Molygen stack perfectly in my slide out drawers and are easy to work with. I do 5k OCI though as I’m driving 6000lbs with much heavier tires and tuned. I don’t have it in me to run a 0w20 at all.
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Why not a 0 winter? 0W-40 is just fine here.
He's in Las Vegas. A 10w30 would run just fine there. The real question is why push a 0w when you can run a 5w?
some 0 are more synthetic,better base oil quality and overall
Maybe so. I haven't seen them all. But the 5w seems to be more resistant to shear, better NOAK, less group VII.
we cant generalise, it is said many times before..some 0 are good ,some 5 are good too..there are good and mediocre oils in every grade.grade is irrelevant.synthesis matter, the overall oil
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