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      10-21-2008, 04:44 PM   #21
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Exclamation LL-04 are only for Europe

From BMW Technical Information system. Approved oils for N54 engines:

1. LL-01
2. LL-01FE
3. LL-04 ("Longlife-04 oils are only approved for spark-ignition engines in Europe (EU+Switzerland, Norway and Liechtenstein). They must not be used outside this area as problems are often encountered with fuel quality").

That leaves LL-01 and LL-01FE as recommended oils in the US, of which I wouldn't use FE since they are low-viscosity oils.
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