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"Unless your mad, good set of ramps. I have seen videos of people doing this kind of work on Jacks and/or Jack Stands. D'ooh. And I have had patients in the Trauma Bay who did this kind of work on Jacks and/or Jack stands. If you have a lift, YOU SUCK, JK" But I removed that as it was insensitive. I'd joke about getting a lift just to make waxing it easier. LMAO. I want a lift dam it. My prior house (custom) had 12 foot hight ceiling in the garage, three bays, extra wide and deep with concrete pad in middle bay thickened for a lift.....but moved....current house does not have the height. Dam it. LOL. Mike
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I would love to have a proper lift, but didn't plan for it when I built the house I'm now in. But the QuickJack BL-6000XLT is a big help when I need to get under the car for an oil change, or whatever. It gets the car 20" off the floor and that's adequate for the sort of maintenance or mods a home owner is likely to do. I've made reference to QJ a few times on this forum, but I'm really not a shill for the company, just like their product. They're at quick jack.com if you want to see it.
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Thanks for the write up, I do all my own maintenance and also plan to handle my own oil changes for the BMW.
Typically change my oil every 4k miles for the daily drivers. I change oil after every track day also on the track cars. (I have a lift, so that makes the job a little easier / enjoyable.) |
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Do you happen to know the part number or model number of the 0-30 W Mobil 1 oil that could be used as OEM? For example, does it have or require dexos to? Again, thanks for the great work! |
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I ordered the oil and filter from ECS tuning. They sent this oil and I used it.
The car calls for a particular type. Longlife 01 FE But I would doubt anyone at the BMW shop actually looks that closely. LOL. The Longlife 01 is not quite the same for fuel efficiency standards, but is fine to use. The grade 5W-30, 0W-30, etc, is your call. My intent is to source the Longlife 01FE in the future and use that. I don't want to quibble over a few bucks. I will be interested to see what oil they actual use at my next 'on them' service in the spring. I want to see the bottle! Mike
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Nice Thread !
We did an oil change at my indy shop. Agree 9.5 litres is the perfect amount. We also took down the aluminum pan around the filter as some spilled in there while removing the filter, unless you put some rags in the al housing area. I use redline 0w30 LL01. motor purrs after. I also do mine every 5,000 KM. I like clean oil. |
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When I checked the vehicle's Owner's manual in terms of type of oil, it specified simply 0 – 30 W synthetic oil. From other vehicles I note that the newer oils have been adding Dexos 2. The manual also says to contact the dealer if you want more information.
Today I contacted the dealer for more information. The dealer checked with the shop foreman who indicated that any full synthetic 0 – 30w oil will be fine. He indicated that the dealership uses shell purchased in bulk. Interesting given the references to BMW long life oil, etc. Accordingly, I will get some mobile one full synthetic 0-30 w which indicates that it is compatible with my vehicle. |
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I just wanted to confirm in your last picture; in the bag with the 2 washers and O-rings I only used the large O-ring for the oil filter housing and the larger washer for drain plug is this correct? I think the smaller O-ring and washer are not used and possibly for a different engine since this kit is used for the F10 platform as well as many others. |
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You are very welcome.
I forgot to post this tool. I was able to use an adjustable ratchet type to remove the filter but those only untighten, one way design. I did it finger tight until I got this tool. You cannot get a regular oil filter tool into this space, way too tight. The next oil change will be much easier. Mike
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so what are people's thoughts on 30w vs 40w?
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BMW is pretty set on using the correct oil. They will test oil if you engine has an issue that may be oil related. I'd stick with what ever BMW says.
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You are very welcome.
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