To my way of thinking BMW specs seem to be based on test spec v.s. date of issue (hence LL-98, LL-01, LL-04) so in a sense they are going retroactively changing a spec from a particular time (thus vehicles produced in that era). The ones you mentioned like A40 or SN or any of the others are just alphanumeric designations with no implication of era. I believe it's implied that say SN motor oil is fine for a car originally spec'ed for SL (correct me if I'm wrong, I'm assuming that to be the case). Whereas in this case LL-01 today doesn't meet the requirements of LL-01 for older cars. Logically confusing.
Castrol Edge 0W-40 lost LL-01?
- Thread starter ad_infinitum
- Start date
To my way of thinking BMW specs seem to be based on test spec v.s. date of issue (hence LL-98, LL-01, LL-04) so in a sense they are going retroactively changing a spec from a particular time (thus vehicles produced in that era). The ones you mentioned like A40 or SN or any of the others are just alphanumeric designations with no implication of era. I believe it's implied that say SN motor oil is fine for a car originally spec'ed for SL (correct me if I'm wrong, I'm assuming that to be the case). Whereas in this case LL-01 today doesn't meet the requirements of LL-01 for older cars. Logically confusing.
Yes
Yes it is in most places. However, here regulations say average amount of sulfur, which mean you cans till stumble on sulfur rich gas, but unlikely.
Maybe it's already been posted. 0W-40 A3/B4 has been updated for SP and regained LL-01.
Still only 0W-40 'PA' on the US site and presumably what's in stock is that old SN version. I will switch back to 0W-40 A3/B4 when the new one becomes available here.
New pds and sds:
Old:
Still only 0W-40 'PA' on the US site and presumably what's in stock is that old SN version. I will switch back to 0W-40 A3/B4 when the new one becomes available here.
New pds and sds:
Old:
Similar threads
