I recently purchased a '94 530i and its time for an oil change. The problem is that I have no idea what oil to use. I've looked through the manual and it seems to recommend 15w-50. Now my car has a little over 140k miles on it so I would like to use what's best. If it matters, I live in Georgia so it gets fairly warm here in the summer.
Thanks for your help and sorry for such a novice question.
wrote
15W-50 is a pretty thick oil - probably just right for hot weather. Almost any oil that meets the specs for that year will work. It's some two-letter combination like "SF", "SG". Every few years it move up; current specs are "SJ" IIRC. Almost every can of oil sold currently is SJ or better.BMW's come from the factory with a Castrol OEM oil. I use Mobil 1; however current cars use only synthetics and you should probably use a regular dino (non-synthetic) oil. If you change oil regularly, along with the filter, the brand shouldn't matter.
FloydR
MotorsForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.