Alpina Oil usage
I am due an oil change next month and have now run out of SLX. I know you can still get SLX if you try hard enough, but if Edge 0W-30 is good (or better!) then I'll move over to that. (I think they also do an oil called Edge Sport 0W-40.... does anybody know, is that suitable for the 3.3?)
Regards
Simon
Regards
Simon
LL0W 40 which is the dealer version on Castrol Edge is what the dealers would be using in your 3.3 if you took it to them - it;s used on ALL bmw's with exception of the M cars which get 10W 60 TWS Motorsport Castrol.
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LL04 (BMW longlife-04) replacement is CASTROL EDGE SPORT 0W-40, so you shouldn't be using 0W-30.
Castrol say SPORT should be used in BMW's, so i'm guessing should be better for Alpina engines too.
check this out:
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/productd ... Id=7009083
and the BMW question on:
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiong ... Id=7014782
Castrol say SPORT should be used in BMW's, so i'm guessing should be better for Alpina engines too.
check this out:
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/productd ... Id=7009083
and the BMW question on:
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiong ... Id=7014782
Yes Edge replaced LL04 on the retail market - but the dealers are all still using LL04alpina71 wrote:LL04 (BMW longlife-04) replacement is CASTROL EDGE SPORT 0W-40, so you shouldn't be using 0W-30.
Castrol say SPORT should be used in BMW's, so i'm guessing should be better for Alpina engines too.
check this out:
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/productd ... Id=7009083
and the BMW question on:
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiong ... Id=7014782
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What I was trying to point out was that you quoted LL0W 40 - which lead us to believe that LL04 has a grade of 0W-40. This is not true.D4 wrote:LL0W 40 which is the dealer version on Castrol Edge is what the dealers would be using in your 3.3 if you took it to them - it;s used on ALL bmw's with exception of the M cars which get 10W 60 TWS Motorsport Castrol.
SLX LL04 has a grade of 0W-30.
Castrol produce a new 0W-30 oil named EDGE 0W-30, but interestingly don’t recommend this for BMW. They recommend CASTROL EDGE SPORT 0W-40.
Just checked out Castrol Oils at Halfords. The Edge 0w/30 says on the pack for modern BMW, Mercedes etc and is LL01 spec. at £42.99. The Edge Sport 0w/40 is for high performance engines and is LL04 spec. at £36.99? So the Edge Sport is the best buy?
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Hello all, thanks for the recent flurry of help, but I'm still a bit confused. The original oil specified for the car is Castrol SLX 0W-30 and I have been using this till now, but have run out. The last lot of Castol SLX I bought was privately from a member here: great, but not convenient. I'm happy that I should stick with Castrol, but should it be the 0W-30 (Edge) or the 0W-40 (Edge Sport?)
Is there a significant difference?
Regards
Simon
Is there a significant difference?
Regards
Simon
This might help calrify:
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/performance_lubricants/
Hope this helps
This is from "oilman" who works at Opie Oils. Good advice, great prices and worth talking to. He posts occasionally to keep us up to date with latest offers and information.oilman wrote:The SLX has been replaced with Edge 0w-30.
The TWS has also been replaced with Edge 10w-60
The BMW LL04 Approved oil is now Edge Sport 0w-40
Cheers
Simon
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/performance_lubricants/
Hope this helps
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