Engine Drivetrain 2nd Gen S Most liked posts in thread: Witch Oil

I wouldn't use "witch" oil, that's for sure!

As for which oil, a lot depends on how you use your car and how long you want to go between changes.....if you're one of those people who change their oil every 3-5K miles, you don't need long life oil.

If you do a lot of track days, you might go another way. If you're going to go till the computer tells you to change it, you need oil that's made for extended change intervals.

Other than that, just be sure you use a good synthetic of the right weight and you're good to go......

 

Use synthetic....
Change early or go home late... Change interval is of course your choice...

 

Or............you could go to your local Mini dealer and buy 5 qts of Mini oil from them, the stuff the factory and dealers use......while you're there pick up an oil filter. I always use factory filters.

 

What MiniDave said....
Use the factory filter or Mann filter...
And stay away from all of the other ones.... Fram, Purolator, PEP Boys etc...

 

This vintage for the French engine?

Groupe Total - Homepage - Pétrole, Gaz Naturel et Energie Solaire | total.com

 

Nathan, was that link in French going to an oil advertisement? Or ???

Making a point about the engine should be using only French oil? My son works for Total France but lives in Beijing, that is a clue!

 

Bu them on line, here is an example.

MINI Cooper Oil Filter

 

Warning not all 5W-30 oil meets the ACEA A3/B3, A3/B4 and BMW Longlife-01 specs! Mobil1 5W-30 doesn't meet these specs, however Mobil1 0W-40 Mobil1 5W-40 does, the 5W-40 is for turbo diesel trucks. Link

 

BMW LL oil is the oil suggested for those who choose to do long mileage oil changes. Not really needed if you choose to do a more frequent change.

 

What Scott said, people insist on oil with the LL designation then change their oil every 3K!

I use Mobil 1 5W30 and change it every 10K, I had the valve cover off not too long ago and the engine is clean as a pin inside with 60K on it......

Changing the oil ever 3 or 5K on a modern engine is a waste of time, money and precious resources - and completely unnecessary.

 

These are both the OEM filters on the gen1 AND GEN3 CARS...both are very well respected filter makers...
the gen2 uses a "pureflow" branded filter as the OEM...not so well respected...but guess that since Pugeot cars (the gen2 motor is largely a co engineered french/German project) tend to be so short lived, the cost might have more important to Pugeot, or maybe they were just on the Pugeot "list" as an approved OEM when the choice was made..
The choice is yours (the op's).

 

Well....
In my case, I have a short drive to work... In the cold months my engine justa bout reaches the operating temperature.... Sometimes, but not always...

Not a desirable situation as far as driving off the condensation inside the engine and oil... This puts me into the 5,000 mile oil change just for this reason....

Then I stop driving the MINI towards the end of October...

Sooo.... Mileage may vary....

 

There are always exceptions.....