Anyone running this oil with good results in their Euro engine?
I'm just pondering what would be a potentially easily available and inexpensive synthetic oil that meets ACEA A3 for my 530i. I'm at 71K miles now and it seems like it started consuming some oil... took about 1qt in 7K miles, which isn't a tragedy by any stretch of imagination, but I'm thinking maybe this engine is ready for something slightly thicker than GC.
After I'm done with GC, I'll use PUE 5w-40 that I got from Debbie, but after that, if PUE is still not available locally and if it still costs $8/qt, then I'll probably look for something else.
I know I could use M1 0w-40, but from all I've read, the M54 engine doesn't like it all that much. People say it sounds noisy, as superficial as this may seem.
I see my local ChinaMart carries M1 HM 10w-40 for about $23-25 per 5qt jug. It has high HT/HS and high TBN, which would be good if I want to do 10K OCI. The only issue is, although rare, sometimes the temps dip down to 0F around here, so I'm not sure how this 10w-40 would fare. The few UOAs of this oil that I've seen look very good though.
If not, I guess RT6 5w-40 would be a good alternative, although it doesn't carry ACEA A3 certification, but I'm pretty sure it'd do fine.
This is my commuter car nowadays - I put 60 miles on it during each work day in a mix of hwy and city traffic. At home it's garaged, but at work it's not.
I'm just pondering what would be a potentially easily available and inexpensive synthetic oil that meets ACEA A3 for my 530i. I'm at 71K miles now and it seems like it started consuming some oil... took about 1qt in 7K miles, which isn't a tragedy by any stretch of imagination, but I'm thinking maybe this engine is ready for something slightly thicker than GC.
After I'm done with GC, I'll use PUE 5w-40 that I got from Debbie, but after that, if PUE is still not available locally and if it still costs $8/qt, then I'll probably look for something else.
I know I could use M1 0w-40, but from all I've read, the M54 engine doesn't like it all that much. People say it sounds noisy, as superficial as this may seem.
I see my local ChinaMart carries M1 HM 10w-40 for about $23-25 per 5qt jug. It has high HT/HS and high TBN, which would be good if I want to do 10K OCI. The only issue is, although rare, sometimes the temps dip down to 0F around here, so I'm not sure how this 10w-40 would fare. The few UOAs of this oil that I've seen look very good though.
If not, I guess RT6 5w-40 would be a good alternative, although it doesn't carry ACEA A3 certification, but I'm pretty sure it'd do fine.
This is my commuter car nowadays - I put 60 miles on it during each work day in a mix of hwy and city traffic. At home it's garaged, but at work it's not.
