L322 best engine oil

Hi all

Im thinking about changing my engine oil soon, according to the owners manual it needs 5W/40 fully synthetic, but im not sure on which brand is the best for this engine. Its the 4.4 V8 BMW engine, price is not really an issue as i want to put the best oil for this engine in.

Thanks
Matt

look at the owners manual for oil spec
But I can tell you oil is the biggest rip off going.
vw long life and bmw long life 4 =£30 + VAT trade at Factors

Yet GM dexo2 5w40 I buy for 12.50+vat a gallon (no I'm not trying to sell anything)

Hi Matt, just replaced mine using Castrol Edge Fully Synthetic Diesel for my TD6.
The diesel oil is 5w40 but the petrol equiv is 0w40, but I guess you could use either.
Got mine here, pretty good value I think £32.99 + vat for 5 litres plus delivery @ 6.95 .
Castrol Edge Sport 0W-40 Engine Oil 4L+1L FREE : Peace of Mind Against Breakdown : Reduced Fuel Consumtion
Got a service kit from Paddock Spares 52.99 + vat for a V8
Filter Kit - V8

Hope this helps

hi matt Castrol Edge Fully Synthetic is a good choice but i would normally use millers oil

I put almost £100 worth of Mobil 1 in mine and the infamous Vanos death-rattle went much worse. I'd stick with the slightly more viscous stuff if I were you.

Bemble said:

I put almost £100 worth of Mobil 1 in mine and the infamous Vanos death-rattle went much worse. I'd stick with the slightly more viscous stuff if I were you.

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what spec was that? 5w/40 0w/30..... ???

My Mobil 1 was 0W/40

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Bemble said:

My Mobil 1 was 0W/40

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has anyone added slick 50 to the engine ?
i have used it about 16 years ago with noticeable results
maybe these m62 engines may benefit from this additive

Don't use additives - Slick50 is liquid teflon in a can.

Castrol are the BMW and the Jag Land Rover supplier now (not that means an awful lot), so go with the Magnatec 5W30 or even a 10W40. The EDGE products are really for vehicles with DPF's. Most of the older engines like the M60/M62 may be better run on a decent 10w40.

Have you tried Engine Oil, Motor Oil, Gear Oil, Car Oil, Motorbike Oil from oilman at Opie Oils
really friendly with good prices and do know a thing or two about oil.
Not an add, I just feel really good about using them.

Mobil 1 is the only oil worth spending extra on, other than that go for whatever spec you need. The Range sells 5 litres of fully synth for £19.99.

AFAIK no Castrol engine oil is actually fully-synth, they are synth/dino blends. Castrol actually used their muscle to get the specs changed so they could call their semi-synths fully synth. Halfords were recently selling Castrol oil remarkably cheaply - I'd buy at those prices other than that you're wasting your money by buying it over generic stuff such as Comma, CarLube etc.

I always buy mine in 25ltr containers from motor factors @around £50-£60 where as a 5ltr is around £25 mmm the more you buy the cheaper it is considering mine take 9.5lts im better off