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Originally Posted by JCL
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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Thanks again, and yes I agree with getting it at the same time with the filter since I do have to get the filter from there anyways. But my main concern was, would it be a problem switching from Bmw Castrol which I been using on this car since day one to their new line of Shell ??