D3 biturbo oil

Vxrich · Post by **Vxrich** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:39 pm

It's that time to change the oil again in my 2011 D3 Biturbo and there's still confusion with which oil to use. Ive called 3 different BMW garages today.... 2 say 5w30 and my local one says 0w30 (the technician says he's checked the Alpina documentation) I know the last oil change I put Castrol Edge 5w30 in but still confused to what is the best to put in? Cheers

Metrics · Post by **Metrics** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:48 pm

5w30 or 0w30 both ok. From new it would have had 0w30

Vxrich · Post by **Vxrich** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:17 pm

Glad you said that cos I've got half a container left!! Cheers

Bri-E · Post by **Bri-E** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:00 am

From memory it is Castrol Edge 10w60 as stated in Alpina handbook

ChrisLux · Post by **ChrisLux** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:12 pm

From new was 0W30, but as it gets older it's better to use slightly thicker so I would stay with 5W30 you used last time

If it was B3 Bi-turbo would say to use 10W60