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Synthetic's advantages are numerous... S80 2000

posted by  someone claiming to be Bart Bobbitt on  Fri Mar 23 23:24 CST 2001 [RELATED]

...and there's one brand that's exceptional.

I noticed you have a BMW 325i. If you belong to the BMW Car Club of America, you can get BMW 5W-30 Synthetic for about $2.90 a quart. That's 20% below suggested retail and most BMW dealers sell it to BMW CCA members at that price. This synthetic oil meets the tough European ACEA A3 specification. Most other synthetic oils do not, such as Mobil 1, Amsoil or Valvoline 5W-30.

Castrol's plant in Europe makes this oil for BMW but it's not the same as Castrol's 5W-30. I use this stuff and change it every 5000 miles in both our S80 and Z3. I suggest you change oil and filter at 1000, 2500 then 5000 miles and every 5000 miles afterwards.

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New synthetic oil ? [S80][2001]
posted by  someone claiming to be Frank  on Fri Mar 23 15:50 CST 2001 >


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