Oil Question

matt20043.0 · #1 03-10-2006, 05:48 PM

For those who have changed thier own oil. What brand have you used for your X3? I am not going to wait for another 10,000 miles.

judybe83 · #2 03-10-2006, 09:46 PM

Castrol SYNTEC 5W30 every 7500 miles

By the way ab says
“ It takes a 36MM socket to get the filter off ”

matt20043.0 · #3 03-10-2006, 09:57 PM

Cool........off I go to Kragen............thank you much

rickp · #4 03-10-2006, 10:22 PM

Does anyone know how much the $ealer charges for unscheduled oil changes? I'm thinking about having one done now that 1,300 miles have past (post break-in). Thanks.

matt20043.0 · #5 03-10-2006, 10:38 PM

The $tealer where I am at charges 85.00

rickp · #6 03-10-2006, 10:56 PM

Good gawd. That is effeing insane

I guess that's why people do it themselves :-)

moymch · #7 03-11-2006, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickp

Does anyone know how much the $ealer charges for unscheduled oil changes? I'm thinking about having one done now that 1,300 miles have past (post break-in). Thanks.

I paid 75 Euros and bought my own oil. The dealer charges 19.95 Euros a litter for synthetic oil. That's about $100 just for oil.

dkl · #8 03-11-2006, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by judybe83

Castrol SYNTEC 5W30 every 7500 miles

By the way ab says
“ It takes a 36MM socket to get the filter off ”

Yep...those suckers are hard to find! Most auto part stores don't keep them together with the rest of the sockets. You have to go to the tranny or differential sections of the stores to find these!