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Originally Posted by jsgold
My son's 96 318i called for 15-40W oil (for all seasons), which is, one - hard to find, two- too heavy in my opinion. Last owner used 5-30W pennzoil. I switched to Mobil One Synthetic 0-40 European car formula, and we put it on a 5000M change schedule. I see people using 5-30 Mobil One, 15-50, and several graded of standard "dino" oils. Any thoughts on the 0-40? Would you use this in winter? Seems like it would be OK, but I do not see a lot of folks using this oil.
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It is an excellent oil, but I am sorry not for 1996 318i model.First thing ,if I were you , i would not switch to synthetic oil for car which is around 10 years old-I know there are claims from oils companies , that no matter, but these are are missleading opinion ! you can simply develop multi point oil leaks ,if you do not have any so far , especially with Mobil synthetic , which is a PAO formulation motor oil.Stick better to Penziol 15w/40 "long life", it is a superior dino oil , and drain intervals for that is betwen 5K-7.5K miles or 1 year whichever comes first.
Never use 5w/30 oils (dino or synthetics) on any BMW E36 3 series.