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While on the subject of oils. My Mini R50 is in Costa Rica so no cold temps(75F-90F) here and seeing as I'm rallying it the engine is going to get very hot. When I ran the Suzuki Swift GTI I used 10-40 but found the oil pressure dropped on a rally so I used 20-50 which cured the problem. Would it be a good idea to use 20-50 in the R50 engine for the rallies?

 

Hey Chuck, where is it? Under "news feed"? The link just takes me to the mobile site.

 

http://cache.bmwusa.com/Pdf_2861cf6b-ce4e-4492-8bd7-6bb12c1eea2c.arox?v=3e36ff08-bc59-45f4-a885-bf45db277fe8

Try this.


John

 

Try this one...
Synthetic Engine Oils - BMW North America

 

Thanks! I use race oil so I'll see what they have.

 

Thanks John!

Chuck, your second link brought me right back to their mobile site.

 

Weird.....
I click on it and it's fine....

Sooo am I the only one that get's to the site?

 

Well I'm using my iPhone, that's why I figured.

 

I use Castrol Edge 0-30w for my JCW

I am the UK

Dealership recommend that you use 0-30w

 

Just note that the document has not been updated in five years. It no longer matches what is available in the market.

 

THE BIG BMW OIL LIST

OK..... Here's the BIG List....


View attachment S63T Engine Oil Recommendations.pdf

 

Yup and they are rated for BMW's (BMW LL-01) for ALL BMW MOTORS INCLUDING M's ////

The only reason Amsoil, along with other high quality oils, are not on the "official" BMW / MINI is they will not pay to be on the "official" list.

It's all about oil sales.

 

Only the synthetic as Mini requires.

 

If you're interested...

Amsoil's Racing Oils can be found here AMSOIL Synthetic Racing Motor Oil

 

I know the oils that I use today for my street cars are much better than the racing oils of years past. That goes for most things these days.

 

+3 Except for the dealer-provided changes, this is all I've ever used in all of my MINIs (R50, R56 turbo, and R59 non-turbo).

Never had a lube-related maintenance issue, nor have I ever experienced detectable oil consumption (recognizing that this may have absolutely nothing to do with oil type/quality).

 

:cornut: Thanks to Metalman, Crashton, ScottinBend, and all the others for the info. Racing Oil is still only for racing and I'll change to 0w40 weight staying with Castrol or Mobile1 synthetic most severe. 0w40 might be 'just the ticket' for Texas 110f Summers.

Jason

 

Mobil 1 0W-40 is on the Recommended list of Porsche, Mercedes, and MINI and I own one of each. So I keep a large stock of this stuff and it has worked quite well in all three cars.

 

The race oils don't have the detergents that regular or commercial grade motor. The new Amsoil blend is a better blend and longer lasting blend of oils same as the Royal purple or Red Line. Like was stated earlier they didn't want to pay to have thier oils added to the list so they was left off.

 

Castrol Edge European Blend 5w40 here. I like it...