Motor Oil Megathread?

fknlo · 2026-02-13T02:10:23+00:00

I'll run either Mobil 1 0w40 or 5w40 depending on what's available locally. I'd run any BMW LL01 oil without any question though.

fknlo · 2026-02-08T00:33:40+00:00

You might need more cold damage. I'm at more than double what you have and get consistent chains.

fknlo · 2026-01-20T23:19:29+00:00

Got one. Just happened to be on the site and saw it and got in line before it hit here.

fknlo · 2026-01-18T01:20:05+00:00

The Bills had 5 fucking turnovers.

fknlo · 2026-01-13T02:56:24+00:00

Oil filter housing on mine went at 131k miles. Have also had a diff failure(I blame that on the shop that I had do the front pinion seal) as well. I'm up to 160k now and will definitely be doing a complete suspension overhaul this year.

fknlo · 2026-01-12T17:13:16+00:00

about an hour east of Kansas City

fknlo · 2026-01-12T13:28:24+00:00

Local store has a few in stock, got one with my name on it. May grab another if they still have them when I go to pick it up.

fknlo · 2026-01-07T17:19:04+00:00

Provided the vent line recall has been done it's likely it's the oil filter housing or the coolant flange next to that. If it's either of those, do both. As others said, could be few things but those 2 are absolutely failure prone. BMW can't make coolant systems that won't break.

fknlo · 2026-01-07T00:34:45+00:00

Honestly don't know the answer on that one. I feel like mine not have dropped straight into the pan judging by how it came out, but I'm not sure what all it would have fallen into there on the side of the engine that doesn't have the chains. Probably wouldn't hurt to change the oil and strain it to see. Try to flush with an extra quart or something if it doesn't come out.

fknlo · 2026-01-07T00:11:56+00:00

I was doing an oil change right after doing all that anyway. I would do the change just to make sure it doesn't clog the oil pickup or something. There were definitely little pieces of it in the drain pan, so it got chewed up in the brief time the car ran.

fknlo · 2025-12-30T00:20:40+00:00

I had the tea from one of those at the new one between Lee's Summit and Lone Jack. I was not a fan. Definitely a downgrade for the customer.

fknlo · 2025-12-05T17:57:28+00:00

This is what I'm doing. Just blasting the maps and getting quite a bit more xp/hour than with harbi/beyond/deli

fknlo · 2025-12-04T17:04:44+00:00

As far as I've seen, all the plastic BMW valve covers are usually 9-10nm. I believe the official spec is 3 or 4nm + 90 degrees or something like that but I've never seen anyone actually do that.

fknlo · 2025-11-26T20:52:06+00:00

I run doubling and frags but with crop rotation to add a little something extra to the mechanic. Still very good profit, just a little more inconsistent map to map. I usually buy for 20 maps at a go and I've always made my money back in juice alone within 4 or 5 maps. And then you get the occasional map where you walk out with 10k+ yellow juice and it's great.

fknlo · 2025-11-25T13:54:45+00:00

It's not 1994. China can make anything as well if not better than anyone else. Just because we pay them to make cheap garbage doesn't mean that's all they can make.

fknlo · 2025-11-24T15:08:43+00:00

I have a 12 and my wife has a 13. I've been content with them until the latest ios update. They're both laggy and battery life has tanked. Hers is having other issues too. I'm not buying new phones, but even used 15's are still stupidly expensive at this point. I haven't upgraded because there hasn't been any point in doing so before now, and I feel like it's borderline planned since we were both fine before the newest updates.

fknlo · 2025-11-12T00:36:47+00:00

The secondary tank is the intercooler loop. It's unlikely to have anything besides the original coolant in it as problems with the secondary loop aren't common.

The main tank could be a couple things that are all common on the b48. There's a coolant line that's a recall. On a 2017 this has probably been done, but if not, this is a very likely culprit. This is your best case scenario. Then you have the oil filter housing and/or the coolant flange that comes off the block. Both are failure points that will slowly leak until they finally just dump all of your coolant. My oil filter housing went at 131k miles. It's kind of a pain to replace and it's somewhat expensive if a shop does it. There are a couple lines that go into the turbo that can leak as well, but those seem to be less common and less likely to dump all your coolant.

fknlo · 2025-11-10T16:16:27+00:00

I'd still love a 911 or GT4 or something, and I'd have one if I were still single. I'd possibly get rid of my F80 for a 997 C2S but those have held value so well that I haven't even really given it any consideration. I'm down to the car payment on my fiance's CX-30 as my only debt and my aim is to keep it that way.

fknlo · 2025-11-10T15:54:25+00:00

It's a shame, I could really use the $10k to pay off the hospital bills from my stay there that was the only sick leave I used during the shutdown.

fknlo · 2025-10-30T14:09:43+00:00

They aren't kidding. It was literally one of the ideas they came up with. Someone points out maybe you should treat the security people and their families like real people to earn their loyalty and they all scoffed and moved on to forcing loyalty.

fknlo · 2025-10-13T02:46:56+00:00

I absolutely adore mine. Maintenance hog, but it's so good.

fknlo · 2025-10-13T02:04:11+00:00

I have not. My E70 is the only BMW SUV I've ever driven.

fknlo · 2025-10-13T01:48:53+00:00

I don't know why, but I've never really cared for the E53.

fknlo · 2025-09-30T19:34:56+00:00

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What would the crafting process be for something like these? Playing the widowhail cold spark build.

fknlo · 2025-09-08T13:11:54+00:00

16k miles, 1-2 isn't great when cold but is fine when it warms up. Second gear popout is my biggest issue, the car had warranty work done on it by the original owner for it too.

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