Originally Posted By: barkingspider
Oil choice is not the issue. I'll use BMW 5w30 oil from the dealer. More important, do u know if it's 5 or 7 qts? Is there a oil reset? I'll keep searching
Actually oil choice in your case is extremely importnt issue.
ILSAC GF-5 oils have much higher NOACK (evaporation loss) the LL-01 oils, and are on thin side of 5W30. Since your engine is Direct injection, you might develop sooner rather then later carbon deposit issue.
Also, those oils in Euro turbo applications do not do good.
As for sump capacity, it is almost exactly 5ltr, or 5.015ltr. So if you buy BMW OEM 5W30 LL-01 oil, you need 5 bottles.
Also, Any of these oils will do good:
1. Castrol 0W40
2. Castrol 0W30
3. Pennzoil Platinum 5W40
4. Motul X-Cess 5W40
NAPA has very often sales on oils, and again, Wal Mart and Castrol 0W40 is probably best and cheapest option.