Oil recommendations for 2007 BMW 328i

[855R]

My friends car is the 2007 328i, specification is BMW 5w30 or 15w40 motor oil. I'm looking into Mobil 1 0w40 syn euro, Rotella 5w40 T6, or AMS 5w40 euro. Any other suggestions would be great. Thanks all

 

[randomhero439]

Mobil 1 0w-40 all year round. Its cheap, its awesome

If that were my car, i would get 5qts of Mobil 1 0w-40 and the rest would be Mobil 1 0w-30. Making it a really thin 0w-40.

 

[E365]

The cheapest LL-01 oil you can find.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: E365
The cheapest LL-01 oil you can find.

+1

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: E365
The cheapest LL-01 oil you can find.

+1

+2
Cheapest is Mobil 1 0W40 in 5-qt jug at Walmart for $22.xx.

 

[JGW]

I love going to Walmart for oil. At autozone it's 37.99....

 

[855R]

Wally seems to get it right for sure. Thanks for the input guys. I've heard that the Mobil 1 5w40 is a great oil

 

[NewC6]

Originally Posted By: 855R
Wally seems to get it right for sure. Thanks for the input guys. I've heard that the Mobil 1 5w40 is a great oil

It's actually the Mobil 1 0W-40 that is so good, not 5W-40.

 

[dparm]

The BMW oil is pretty good, but it's hard to justify spending the extra cash as opposed to getting the off-the-shelf stuff that's on sale.

 

[CATERHAM]

Originally Posted By: NewC6
Originally Posted By: 855R
Wally seems to get it right for sure. Thanks for the input guys. I've heard that the Mobil 1 5w40 is a great oil

It's actually the Mobil 1 0W-40 that is so good, not 5W-40.

+1

And even Mobil 1 SN 0W-40 is heavier than necessary for the 328i, it's just the cheapest available LL-01 oil.

 

[Mark_Walk]

Running GC in mine....got it at AutoZone for $3 qt.

 

[OVERKILL]

As others have said, the cheapest LL-01 oil you can find. The car spec's an LL-01 fluid. So Mobil 1 0w-40, Pennzoil Ultra 5w-40, BMW 5w30, GC 0w30 or BC 0w-40....etc

 

[pscholte]

Mobil 1 0w-40. If price were no object I would go with Liqui Moly 0W-30

 

[855R]

LL-01 is BMW's spec right?

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: 855R
LL-01 is BMW's spec right?


Yes.

 

[NorWest5]

My M5 did not like Mobil 1 0W-40. German Castrol 0w30 is it's drink of choice and it consumes nothing.

 

[edyvw]

Originally Posted By: NorWest5
My M5 did not like Mobil 1 0W-40. German Castrol 0w30 is it's drink of choice and it consumes nothing.

I have CC and Tiguan, and both use GC 0W30.
If I had bimmer, it would be same decision!

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: NorWest5
My M5 did not like Mobil 1 0W-40. German Castrol 0w30 is it's drink of choice and it consumes nothing.


Yet mine did, go figure, LOL!

 

[855R]

I've never seen the GC, good stuff you all say? A 30 weight is probably just fine. I'll pull the spec charts

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: 855R
I've never seen the GC, good stuff you all say? A 30 weight is probably just fine. I'll pull the spec charts

Don't bother looking at Castrol spec sheets. They are fairly useless. GC itself, on the other hand, is a great product.