Originally Posted By: The_Hamster
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
What year is your M5?
Late 2001.
The fellow I am looking to buy the oil from has 18 bottles he is looking to get rid of. We agreed on around $11 a bottle (which is half the dealer around here).
I normally buy the GT1 for around $17 a liter I believe. So my plan was to buy the 18 liters, and since the car doesn't get driven much (Around 5-8000km annually) I only change the oil once a year, that would get me about three years. Then I would likely go back to the GT1 as it is quite a bit cheaper and has a good reputation.
Seems it might not be worth the hassle and maybe I should just stick with the GT1?
FWIW, the post 03/00 cars were spec'd back to LL-01, so you don't need TWS in it. I run M1 0w-40 in mine, as do many other guys. The pre 03/00 cars have the non-improved rings and spec TWS, supposedly to just control oil consumption.
This also applies to the cars sold in Germany:
http://www.mobiloil.de/Germany-German-LCW/carengineoils_which-oil.aspx
Quote:
Fabrikat
BMW
Modell
M5 (S62, E39) (M5 Series)
Motor
B
Jahr
1998-2003
Neue Suche
Drucken
Buy Now
Anwendung Empfehlung Kapazität (l)
Motor (B) Herstellervorschriften beachten (siehe Betriebsanleitung) (a, b, c) 7.5
Schaltgetriebe (d, e) 1.8
Automatisches Getriebe (f, h) (g)
Differential Herstellervorschriften beachten (siehe Betriebsanleitung) (h) 1.2
Kühlmittel (50%) Herstellervorschriften beachten (siehe Betriebsanleitung) 12.8
Bremsflüssigkeit Herstellervorschriften beachten (siehe Betriebsanleitung)
Differentials, vorne/hinten (mit Nicht-Selbstsperrdifferential oder viskoser Differentialsperre) Herstellervorschriften beachten (siehe Betriebsanleitung)
Selbstsperrdifferentials - Lamellen/elektro-hydraulisch mit mehreren Platten Herstellervorschriften beachten (siehe Betriebsanleitung)
Radlager 1. Wahl Mobilgrease XHP 222
2. Wahl Mobilgrease MB2
Hinweise verbergen Ölwechselabstände verbergen
Hinweise Schmiermittel/Kapazität
a. Motor, >3/2000, Mobil 1 New Life 0W-40 / Mobil Super 3000 X1 5W-40
Do you track it at all?