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Old 11-08-2016, 11:42 PM
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Jsoto where do you take your truck for repairs that you can't do yourself? I've been to few places without positive results.
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New formulation of M1 0-40 is not LL rated, FWIW.....
Interesting, thanks for that.

None of my vehicles ever sees an oil change interval greater than 7500 miles, so the LL/long life thing is probably irrelevant.
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"Longlife" is the BMW name for the oil approval, it has nothing to do with a longer oil interval
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Castrol Edge 0w-40 or 5w-40. Both are LL-01.
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I suspect the OP's 2003 engine will not 'notice' what exact brand/exact viz/exact 'rating' of oil he puts in it, esp. adding a qt...
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Nope, not with this rear main seal leak I have which I won't be fixing anytime soon since I can't afford it. My grandfather had it replaced but clearly wasn't done right.

Looking into the lucas stop leak treatment for a temp fix, not sure how effective it can be though.
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"Longlife" is the BMW name for the oil approval, it has nothing to do with a longer oil interval
Sorry, yes I understand that. Some research on the missing LL-01 spec on 0W-40 "FS"...

The consensus on the BITOG site says that BMW changed the LL-01 test spec recently to include the N20 engine and the new formulation didn't pass; no details why. Hence ExxonMobil can no longer claim it meets the (changed) LL-01 spec; even though the new formulation does prior to the spec being changed. They also had to change the name slightly, hence the FS designation.

I don't have an N20, I've been using it forever in my M54s and I will continue to use it.
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Nope, not with this rear main seal leak I have which I won't be fixing anytime soon since I can't afford it. My grandfather had it replaced but clearly wasn't done right.

Looking into the lucas stop leak treatment for a temp fix, not sure how effective it can be though.
Might be worth giving ATP AT-205 a try - this stuff works!

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Awesome, thank you for that. Great reviews on it I see.
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Awesome, thank you for that. Great reviews on it I see.
I get it from Amazon (they even ship it overseas!) and it's sorted a number of minor leaks on a range of vehicles, including minor PS hose sweating and a PS actuator seal leak on my X5.
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