[E90Fleet]

Seem in Europe atleast the new BMW branded Shell oils are called:


BMW TwinPower Turbo LL-01 5W-30
BMW TwinPower Turbo LL-01 0W-40

BMW TwinPower Turbo LL-04 0W-30
BMW TwinPower Turbo LL-04 5W-30

BMW TwinPower Turbo LL-14 FE+ 0W-20 (For new B48 and B58 engines)

BMW M TwinPower Turbo 10W-60

[E90Fleet]

The new oil

[E90Fleet]

Also known as Gold, Silver and Red.

[glangford]

Originally Posted by E90Fleet

Also known as Gold, Silver and Red.

Which one of these is for the diesel 320d?

[bvanlieu]

Diesel's use LL-04. I gather there will be a stock of the Castrol OE LL-04 on shelves for a bit before its replaced by the SOPUS products. Unless a new blend, the new stuff likely is the same as Pennzoil Euro-L 5w30...of which I have 3 cases at home waiting to go into the 335d during the next 3 oil changes

- b

[asirvr4]

Originally Posted by NickyC

So what oil is going to grenade the S54s now?

Originally Posted by XMetal

S54's are out of warranty...so I wouldn't think BMW would care.

So what oil we should use for our S54's now?

[Terraphantm]

Originally Posted by Tracus

I would like to believe that there is a logical explanation, i.e. a better product. If is about getting a better deal, then, this will be just another element that will contribute to the general perception that BMW is moving in the wrong direction...
I hope not....

They probably are getting a better deal from Shell, but it's not like Castrol is the only company that makes good oils. Shell's oils are some of the best in the industry. Bmw does a lot of questionable things these days, but switching oil suppliers isn't one of them

Originally Posted by asirvr4

So what oil we should use for our S54's now?

Probably the 10w-60 stuff (despite it being labeled "M Twin Power Turbo"). It's probably a rebranded shell ultra helix 10w-60

[Vectors2final]

Some of you might be opposed to this, but I used to run 5w-40 Rotella T6 in a number of performance cars. Always does great in analysis. You can use 5w-30 as an alternate, so there should be no reason why this wouldn't be okay. I may take the plunge and run it, regardless of what the manual says. Its seen use in the N54/N55 and I'm sure others.

Bob is the oil guy has tons of data and analysis on it.

[MPG]

Just picked up my car from service. Seems like they are still using the Castrol oil. Are they going to continue using Castrol until all the cars built before 2015 are out of warranty?