First UOA from my first diesel in the stable. BMW does 11-13K OCIs under free maintenance with Castrol SLX or Professional OE 0/30 LL04. I don't see a VoA of it but from what little i have seen its nothing remarkable. Some folks have written good things about M1 ESP thought thats tough to find on sale. I am tempted to use it once out of warranty but that will be a while as I have 7/100 extended. I likely will do 12K changes on my own until 100K, then perhaps extend to 15K. 90/10 HWY for this car. 33 average mpg with 400+ ft-lbs. Its a hoot.
Next year dealers should be changing over to a SOPUS product, so it will be interesting to see if it changes or they have a lot of old stock of Castrol as the diesels are not plentiful so I gather they don't have bulk but rather stock quarts on the shelves of LL04.
Code:
OIL Castrol SLX
0w30 LL04
MILES IN USE 11.4K
MILES 44.1K
SAMPLE TAKEN 04/19/14
Makeup QT 0
ALUMINUM 9
CHROMIUM 3
IRON 66
COPPER 7
LEAD 1
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 1
NICKEL 1
MANGANESE 2
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 1
POTASSIUM 11
BORON 2
SILICON 2
SODIUM 4
CALCIUM 1651
MAGNESIUM 14
PHOSPHORUS 618
ZINC 692
BARIUM 0
INSOLUBLES 0.4
WATER 0
FLASHPOINT ºF 400
SUS VIS 210ºF 61.9
cSt @ 212ºF 10.75
TBN 1.8
Next year dealers should be changing over to a SOPUS product, so it will be interesting to see if it changes or they have a lot of old stock of Castrol as the diesels are not plentiful so I gather they don't have bulk but rather stock quarts on the shelves of LL04.
Code:
OIL Castrol SLX
0w30 LL04
MILES IN USE 11.4K
MILES 44.1K
SAMPLE TAKEN 04/19/14
Makeup QT 0
ALUMINUM 9
CHROMIUM 3
IRON 66
COPPER 7
LEAD 1
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 1
NICKEL 1
MANGANESE 2
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 1
POTASSIUM 11
BORON 2
SILICON 2
SODIUM 4
CALCIUM 1651
MAGNESIUM 14
PHOSPHORUS 618
ZINC 692
BARIUM 0
INSOLUBLES 0.4
WATER 0
FLASHPOINT ºF 400
SUS VIS 210ºF 61.9
cSt @ 212ºF 10.75
TBN 1.8