What type of oil do you use?

[sinX5]

Did any of you guys use 5-50 in your X?

[4.8ISInCanada]

Read it carefully, not sure what year yours is but the newer ones require BMW Longlife 1 compatible oil and I cannot at the moment think of a 5W-50 that is easy to find in Canada and meets that spec. I could be wrong but just make sure you grab the right one - in particular if you are on warranty. Once you have the quality rating figured out, your manual will tell you the right weight, I use 0W40 Mobil 1 Euro Formula year round and would not go heavier even if there were an alternative.

[manny]

I'm using Castrol Syntec 5w -30 for top up.

[sinX5]

So far i've been using Castrol Syntec 5w-30, but lately it was burning bit more oil than usual. Then I spoke to a sales rep at Lordco, an he told me that I could use 5w-40, or ven 5w-50 (CastrolSyntec). My manual says 5w-30 or 5w-40, so I'm thinking now about 5w-50, but I wanted to cosult we somebody first. Oh, my X is '02 3.0.

[andy]

Castrol Syntec 5W-30
in
Canadian Tire