Decent 0w30 car oil - Where from?

you2008

I need decent fully synthetic engine oil, pref 0w30 for my mini cooper. Is Halfords the only place to go? Castrol Edge 0W30 Oil 1 Litre - €20:eek:,
Any suggestion for Total oil that on sale at €38 for 5L for my mini?
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DublinDilbert

Go to any motor factors and get the oil with the correct spec for your MINI, i would assume its some sort of BMW LL01 or LL04 oil, but you'll need to confirm.

If you want cheap oil with a BMW spec on the bottle try http://www.autobaltic.ie/

George Dalton

You don't need to use the 0W30. As above any oil which meets the BMW LL04 spec will be fine. LL04 supercedes LL01 and is more commonly available. In my opinion a BMW LL04 compliant 5W40 (eg Fuchs Titan GT1 5w40) is the best oil for your car.

Atlantic Dawn

I picked some up in Homebase before, mind you it was on special at €5 a litre, bought 10 of them.

langdang

Herself has a petrol R50 (basically the first generation of the BMW MINIs)
Castrol EDGE 0w30 and 5w30 are both BMW LL04 approved as far as I know, I wait until there's a deal going in Halfords and pick up the 4L* then. Buying it in individual litre bottles is always extra expensive.

*EEK 60euro there right now - definitely available for cheaper than that elsewhere.

richardsheil

DublinDilbert wrote: »

Go to any motor factors and get the oil with the correct spec for your MINI, i would assume its some sort of BMW LL01 or LL04 oil, but you'll need to confirm.

If you want cheap oil with a BMW spec on the bottle try http://www.autobaltic.ie/

Have to say I have been using the Mannol oil from autobaltic for a while now for VW 507.00 and other cars.

I find it absolutely fine. Get it from them to the bmw spec and save come cash.

you2008

George Dalton wrote: »

You don't need to use the 0W30. As above any oil which meets the BMW LL04 spec will be fine. LL04 supercedes LL01 and is more commonly available. In my opinion a BMW LL04 compliant 5W40 (eg Fuchs Titan GT1 5w40) is the best oil for your car.

Thanks guys, the thing is she is only one years old and not even due to the first service yet, I just find out the oil is very low( no red light yet somehow), called joe Duffy and told to use 0w30, would be best not mix with other oil? By the way what is BMW LL04? Name of the engien or name of oil? joe Duffy did not say anything about ll04??

Nissan doctor

you2008 wrote: »

Thanks guys, the thing is she is only one years old and not even due to the first service yet, I just find out the oil is very low( no red light yet somehow), called joe Duffy and told to use 0w30, would be best not mix with other oil? By the way what is BMW LL04? Name of the engien or name of oil? joe Duffy did not say anything about ll04??

That's because they are only interested in when your buying your next car.


Modern engines use specific oils with additives etc to suit the design of the engine and current emission regs etc. The spec of oil suitable for your car is BMW LL04(Long life). This can come in several viscosities including 0w30, 5w30, 5w40 etc so once the oil is BMW LL04 spec then it will be fine. IMO though, for our climate, 0w30 is not ideally suited.

you2008

Nissan doctor wrote: »

That's because they are only interested in when your buying your next car.


Modern engines use specific oils with additives etc to suit the design of the engine and current emission regs etc. The spec of oil suitable for your car is BMW LL04(Long life). This can come in several viscosities including 0w30, 5w30, 5w40 etc so once the oil is BMW LL04 spec then it will be fine. IMO though, for our climate, 0w30 is not ideally suited.

Thanks for reply, IUO, which oil suit our climate? I find on the Internet saying all mini came with 5w30 when they left the factory. Don't know how ture it is. Can I mix up different oil? By the way, can I find "BMW LL 04" in the back or front of the bottle?

challengemaster

you2008 wrote: »

Thanks for reply, IUO, which oil suit our climate? I find on the Internet saying all mini came with 5w30 when they left the factory. Don't know how ture it is. Can I mix up different oil? By the way, can I find "BMW LL 04" in the back or front of the bottle?

You'll usually find it on the back of the bottle. There'll be a box outlined at the end of the information that says something like:


Approved/Approuvé/etc: MB-Approval 229.51/229.31; VW 504 00/507 00; BMW LongLife 04; Porsche C30; Peugeot/Citroen Automobiles B71 2290

Here's a pic I took of one I've lying around

you2008

challengemaster wrote: »

You'll usually find it on the back of the bottle. There'll be a box outlined at the end of the information that says something like:


Approved/Approuvé/etc: MB-Approval 229.51/229.31; VW 504 00/507 00; BMW LongLife 04; Porsche C30; Peugeot/Citroen Automobiles B71 2290

Here's a pic I took of one I've lying around

Thanks for the pic. You are very kind.