10W60 still the best oil for a S54 engine?
10W60 still the best oil for a S54 engine?
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scz4

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2,788 posts

267 months

Thursday 19th December 2013
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Any recommendations for what oil is best for the S54 (Z4M and E46 M3) engine?

I was planning on using the standard Catrol Edge 10W60 stuff, but interested in any other suggestions. The car may see 1 or 2 track sessions next year, but it will only do 3000 miles between changes.

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Shaoxter

4,564 posts

150 months

Thursday 19th December 2013
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It's the only oil BMW endorse for their M cars afaik so I'd just stick with that.

E30M3SE

8,491 posts

222 months

Thursday 19th December 2013
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As above.

Evo man

8 posts

160 months

Thursday 19th December 2013
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Hi Do NOT use anything other than Castrol 10/60, My E46 M3 SMG has done 141,000 miles on it and it runs like new still, I do change Oil and filter every 15,000 miles its worth the cost.

MattOz

4,019 posts

290 months

Thursday 19th December 2013
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Definitely just use Edge 10W60 for M engines. I usually change the oil every 7-7.5k miles as leaving it in for 2 years or 15k miles doesn't seem appropriate.

161BMW

1,823 posts

191 months

Thursday 19th December 2013
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OP how many miles on your M3 ?

scz4

Original Poster:

2,788 posts

267 months

Thursday 19th December 2013
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161BMW said:
OP how many miles on your M3 ?
It's a z4m. 56k miles, last oil change was almost year ago and 6k miles ago, so want to change it.