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      11-06-2016, 12:21 PM   #1
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what oil is used?

coming from the world of subaru where everyone has their own preferences for what oil to use and what interval to change oil - german castrol (if you can find it), Motul, etc are popular - but not sure this applies to the world of M and specifically the M2. So does the customer choose what oil to bring in when changing oil or is that a tightly regulated choice that BMW makes for us? And if you track and want to change it more frequently can you use whatever you want?
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Check the oil-change subforum, particularly these threads:

http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1254023
http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1261438

Dealer typically uses 0w-30 for the N55s (7 quarts)
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      11-06-2016, 06:35 PM   #3
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ah - I see it now. thanks
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German Castrol is great. 23 bucks for 5 qt at wally world.
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