Yea I noticed inside my S54 its stained yellow with mild residue I could scratch off with my nail. And my engine has had oil changes every 7k from new. I am very lucky to have that service history and previous owners that minded the engine. So for an engine with that level of service I am not to happy with castrol and will be changing it for something else from now on.
What is the new shell like?
You can get 10 litres of mobil1 for around €100 in euro car parts inc delivery or 116 in halfrauds
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Originally Posted by 318 iS Cosmos
I ordered 15 litres of shell helix ultra from them over the weekend super fast delivery was here 10am sharp Tuesday , ecp not halfords
Ordered from ecp in the end
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For what it's worth, I've always put Mobil 1 5W30 into my 530D's and anytime I've been under the rocker cover (not that often mind) and over 300K miles across 3 different M57's - they are like new - I tend to stick with Mobil 1 as I've never had to shell out for a blower either. So I'd agree with what Valdeis stated earlier - If I had a M3 I'd be opting for Mobil1 in the factory advised grade.
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im changing from castrol as inside my engine is quite stained/yellow, will be interesting to see how the mobil1 compares.
I found this - It's mobil1 marketing material, but basically is stating exactly what I've witnessed as have others - good read.
http://local.exxonmobil.com/AP-Engli...persyn_eng.pdf
im changing from castrol as inside my engine is quite stained/yellow, will be interesting to see how the mobil1 compares.
I'll be doing the same
Haven't seen under the rocker cover yet but will be doing an oil change at the weekend with Mobil 1 and an inspection 2 in a few weeks
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