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Originally Posted by doni01
Thanks Ard and JCL, yes the car is a 2009 3.0 which also has ran out of the warranty. When I say walmart, I also mean any auto store such as Autozone, Pepboys, Napa etc....The question was more, if the Castrol Synthetic that is sold to general public in any of the stores would be a good replacement for the one that sold by BMW ??
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The BMW OE oil in North America (at least the one I bought from my dealer) wasn't German Castrol, and it wasn't the same exact oil that you could buy in a Castrol bottle.
Any of the name brands, in a 5w-30, with an API SM or SN certification, will be fine. Look for a synthetic, not a synthetic blend. Mobil, Castrol, or any one of many others works well. I always liked Castrol, and it used to be Syntec, but I don't know what they call the latest recipe, as they have multiple formulations.
Or use the BMW OE oil, who ever is blending it for them. The advantage of buying it from BMW is you can get an OE filter at the same time.
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