Recommended Oil for M50

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oldroydsr4
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Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:47 am

Hi All,

What is the recommended oil and plugs for the M50?

Any opinions welcome.

Cheers
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Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:21 pm

I use 5W30 fully synth and Beru plugs
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Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:58 pm

Same here, BMW recommend 5w30 fully synth for the M52, which is what I'm using, would assume similar for the M50. I'm using NGK plugs I believe, can't remember the model number though, may be BKR6.

Think it's about 7 1/2 litres to fill from empty, I bought 10 litres of Shell fully synth and got violated for about £90
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Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:16 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:Same here, BMW recommend 5w30 fully synth for the M52, which is what I'm using, would assume similar for the M50. I'm using NGK plugs I believe, can't remember the model number though, may be BKR6.

Think it's about 7 1/2 litres to fill from empty, I bought 10 litres of Shell fully synth and got violated for about £90
Who did that include a tank of fuel too lee. That will be going on the service account I reckon.

Dan what's the best oil for my motor matey? Fully sin I know but any make better/worse?
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:23 am

10W40 in my M50 (Castrol Magnatec).
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:38 am

Im sure the last stuff I bought was from Opie. Motec something....... Give me 10 mins and I'll get in me shed and check ;)
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:01 am

5w30 synthetic is what I always use
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:22 pm

Cheers all,

Time for a good check up and service prior to using the m50 for my daily.
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