oil
 

what type of oil does the ti take?

20-50 for mine in the summer and thinner for the winter. Check the owner manual.

I got 5w-30 synthetic. Thats what the guy at the bmw dealer told me. But thats socal weather.

BMW dealer told me 10w-40 for non synthetic and 5w-30 for synthetic like what jetblack said...
I use the 10w-40...
I'm also in Socal so yeah...

-Randy

0w-40

some ppl may object, but whatever it works and im fine with it.
plus its easier since all the other euros in the garage take it.

minus the M --> 15w-50

I use 20w50 year round.

I just got an oil change today at Jiffy Lube (don't know if some of you know it) but i used synthetic I think it was 5w40 but not really sure!! it didn't say on the chart that he gave me so!! o my auti freeze is kinda low i said just put some in will that harm the engine? I didn't flush it cause it was quite $$!!

10w-40 all year round, no problems at all with outside temperatures between 80's and 100's (Panama's weather).
jg

10-40 valvoline max life :)

Personally I would stay away from Jiffy Lube.
They put in antifreeze? Hard to say if it's compatible with BMW engines. Some antifreeze will cause harm.

Yea they did put antifreeze in so far the car is running good!! no problems hopefully!

10w-40

mobil 1 5-30

Chevron Delo 15w40. 15w40's are much more robust oils than 10w40's since they are designed to be compatible with diesel engines so they are very shear stable and have great cleaning detergents. If your using a non-synthetic I would highly recommend a 15w40, Chevron Delo is a good choice and extremely affordable. BMW dealers sell 15w40 also which I would imagine is made by Castrol like their 5w30 (which is a european castrol oil and is truly a blended synthetic, not a full synthetic like BMW states on the bottle and actually near 40 weight). Mobil 1 5w30/10w30 are not BMW approved oil and run on the very thin side of the 30 weight. They are not even LL-01 approved for current BMW's. Mobil 0w40 would be a better choice and is LL-01 approved, which doesn't really even matter for these older engines.

Personally if I was going to run synthetic I would go with a 0w40/5w40. There is no need to run 20w50 as that was recommend back when dino oils were primarily used and BMW wanted to make sure they could rely on one of the thickest oils to withstand the abuse of the Autobahn. Realistically, a 15w40 will still be the better choice as 20w50's have a small market these days so are less developed and not to mention they generally shear down to a 40 weight in time. Spending over 3 years on bobisitheoilguy.com has taken over haha. BTW, in the other BMW's in our family I use Lubro Moly 5w40 (full synthetic) in the `93 325is and Castrol Syntec 0w30 (actually a group IV full synthetic unlike other castrol syntec's and LL-01 approved) for our `02 325iT.

I just changed my oil, castrol 10W30, northwest region.