Mobil 1 video featuring a car they make nothing for

[d00df00d]

It's especially funny because this car is notorious for BMW's insistence that their own-branded 10W-60 is the only suitable engine oil. Again, that's one single solitary oil – not a published spec that anyone could formulate to. Not even an exclusive OE-specific spec, as BMW does with its other cars. It's BMW's own 10W-60 or bust.

Better situation for the manual trans but not by much. BMW has had two specific different fluid recommendations (MTF-LT-2 and then MTF-LT-3), both BMW-branded.

I had thought the spec for the diff was just a 75W-140 GL-5 with friction modifier for the limited-slip unit. Evidently Mobil disagrees. Again, BMW calls for one specific fluid (Castrol SAF-XJ and its successors).


#ShrugLife

 

[Quattro Pete]

You should post that screenshot in the comments under their video on YT.

 

[d00df00d]

You should post that screenshot in the comments under their video on YT.

Can't post the pic in the comments, but I commented!

 

[fantastic]

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Looks like they deleted it.

That's something else isn't it?.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Looks like they deleted it.

"Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story."

Amazing.

 

[d00df00d]

That's something else isn't it?.

I realized it might have been because the comment included "mobil.com" and the system thought it was spam and auto-deleted it, so I tried again. Comments keep disappearing right away. Might not be Mobil doing it after all.

Weird either way.

 

[Jetronic]

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It's especially funny because this car is notorious for BMW's insistence that their own-branded 10W-60 is the only suitable engine oil. Again, that's one single solitary oil – not a published spec that anyone could formulate to. Not even an exclusive OE-specific spec, as BMW does with its other cars. It's BMW's own 10W-60 or bust.

Better situation for the manual trans but not by much. BMW has had two specific different fluid recommendations (MTF-LT-2 and then MTF-LT-3), both BMW-branded.

I had thought the spec for the diff was just a 75W-140 GL-5 with friction modifier for the limited-slip unit. Evidently Mobil disagrees. Again, BMW calls for one specific fluid (Castrol SAF-XJ and its successors).


#ShrugLife

Probably chosen on purpose. No brand can complain they promote another brand that way.