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Originally Posted by Turner73
Hi. Just got my new car. So so happy. So so much poorer 
I have a couple of questions. Would be supergreatful to get some input.
1. Does the car have break in oil in it? The car says service oil in 30 000km first time… feels like i should do one at about 10000km or so…
2. What is the best oil to use (ignore price).
3. Is there any good manual/video on how to do this yourself (oil change) for this car (g60)?
Tnx
Tony |
This all depends on the oil used, the oil filter, and the particulate filter int he oil pan. From what I understand the oil is thin enough (0W-10) that a special break in oil is not necessary. The warranty in the US is 3 years/36,000 mi. And the service/extended warranty packages will take it all the way to 7 years, 125,000 mi. So if they only wanted your car to last for 6 years, would they seriously have this package available. BTW I got a statement with my Military package giving me 4 years, 50,000 mi of initial warranty.
I understand the nervousness about early oil changing. But this is not the 80's when changing your oil anything over 3,000 mi was dancing with the devil. Oil, and filter technology has drastically improved with synthetics. They can maintain viscosity over a lot longer period and filters clean the oil better. I may change the oil sooner initially, but after that it will be following the computer. It has worked for all my vehicles so far. I have never blown an engine, needed major engine repairs, etc. Of course I don't "Launch" my cars either. And I respect break in periods. I do believe BMW stated the engine (B58) would not even be allowed by the computer to reach full power until after the break in was completed.