what kind of oil for your s52?

[Frenchtoast]

Those of you that do your own oil,

what oil brand/type/weight are you using? how many quarts?

Thanks

[justin_l_]

Conventional Valvoline VR1, 6 qts or brad penn

[mpowerful]

Motul 8100 x-cess 5w-40. 6.5qts(i think or thereabouts).

[zcenterb]

Not sure if it matters from S50-S52 but I'm using Mobil 1 synthetic european blend in my S50. 0W-40 i believe. 6.9 qts is what the book says.

[Bimmerman325i]

Rotella 5w-40.

You will get 12 different answers for every 10 people you ask.

[justin_l_]

Your best bet is anything high zinc/phosphate

[318isbmw]

Rotella 10w-30 for me.

[mrcheezle19]

mobil1 15w-40 for me

[Frenchtoast]

Rotella 5w-40.

You will get 12 different answers for every 10 people you ask.

You are so right, thanks for all the replies

[ajhostetter]

BMW (Castrol) 10w-60 if you want to pay a bunch and get meh oil
Amsoil 5w-40 European car formula if you follow the guide on their website
Amsoil 15w-50 Race Oil if you track your car and have played around.

I'm an Amsoil fan, but really, you'll get a million answers. It also depends on how you use the motor (lot's a time b/n 5-7K rpm) and the temps where you live and if you run your car in the cold. The second weight # is really important for high-stress, high temp environments. You need good viscosity there. If you're never going drive your car when it's 40 degrees out, use a straight weight oil. Or better yet, check out Amsoil and RedLine's websites. They both have some good guides.

[sweet3]

I use Castrol 5w 30 or 5w 40. For these engines you don't really want to use conventional yet. I would go with a synthetic blend.
I used conventional valvoline vr1 in my m20 motor because the cams and rockers needed a nice amount of zinc. I also went with conventional because the oil particles are a bit thicker, so the seals didnt leak.
These engines are not as picky.

[MrSlacker]

Rotella T6

[gkurey]

Mobil1 syn 15w50

[Wanganstyle]

BMW standard synthetic oil.

BMW TWS 10-60 is for S54/s62/s65/s85 engines with motorsports double vanos

[TimKninja]

I use ethier Lubro Moly 5W-40 or Mobil 1 15W-50

I used Castrol 0W40 once and it made me feel meh. Didnt burn anything, never burns any oil with over 200k on it, but a bit of lifter tick after an Auto-x(To be expected).

Id stick to a Good Synthetic 5W-40 for these engines.