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Old 10-03-2021, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by X5chemist View Post
Fresh oil change at 150560 miles. Wow, it sounds different with new oil. For only 5k miles, it was dirty. I bet the previous owners pushed the oil to the limit! It' not easy finding Castrol A4/B3 oil here. It's like $11 a quart. A 5 quart bottle is cheaper on line. A new bottle is on order to keep it topped off over the next 5k miles.

Plus, installed two blind spot mirrors. Looking straight out the side and seeing the mid pillar is not good.

Unless you get an analysis, you can't tell just by looking at its color. The oil gets "dirty" within 500 of an oil change. This appears to be a characteristic of the M54. However, the inside of the engine (at least mine) is very clean without any oil stain the last time I seen it opened up for a valve cover gasket changed!
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