Wow, those images at the top there are pulled from the Afton specification handbook, I can't believe they cropped that out and watermarked those (and they are ancient):
Odd why they would do that.
If you like that then get the whole thing. I believe the link in this post still works:
Indeed, I've already read the afton handbook from top to bottom, which I could find on bitog before, but thanks anyway. It's just that while poking around I came across the link from the German forum above which gave some hints on the new bmw oil specification that was being discussed here.
Interesting that it says ll-01 approved, but can be used in ll-01 fe (we already knew that).
Why would you not use the Euro 0w-40 Castrol
Both will work excellent. Castrol will be theoretically more suited for regular driving as it is bit thinner.
It's never in stock at my walmart, but mobil 1 is
That is irrelevant as MB229.5 is only thing that matters.
I thought it was worth mentioning since this thread is about 0w40 having BMW cert and now it does not. Thanks for the MB info, I will look into that.
That’s odd. There were no BMW certs on the bottle I saw last night. 0w40
Castrols going to jail cause they can't get their story straight.
Are you sure those aren't two different oils?
