Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Crymson" data-source="post: 250498" data-attributes="member: 111">Jerman,Petronas don&#039;t have any 5/10w50 range. How?&nbsp;Silver,You ride is on newer engine right? M54?&nbsp;&nbsp;Guys,&nbsp;Maybe you want to give this a try. According to Petronas Mesra&#039;s website &quot;Oil Recommender&quot;, for BMW with engine criteria of Older engine (5 years and above), it recommends me to use&nbsp;1st choice : Synthium 1000 (15w50)2nd choice : Synthium 800 (15w50)3rd choice : Mach 5 (20w50)&nbsp;Thats why I started this thread. Should I stay using my current oil viscosity of 5w40 or should I switch to Xw50. &nbsp;I like the feel of the 5w40 but I&#039;ve only traveled 4000 km (it&#039;s garaged most of the time) and about 1 week ago I had to topup. Maybe it&#039;s because the oil is still at the bottom of the engine?&nbsp;Now, it&#039;s already 6 months since last oil change and so it&#039;s due. To 5w40 or to Xw50? What Petronas oil to use? Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crymson, post: 250498, member: 111"] [I][I]Jerman,[/I] [I]Petronas don't have any 5/10w50 range. How?[/I] Silver, [I]You ride is on newer engine right? M54?[/I] Guys, Maybe you want to give this a try. According to Petronas Mesra's website "Oil Recommender", for BMW with engine criteria of Older engine (5 years and above), it recommends me to use 1st choice : Synthium 1000 (15w50) 2nd choice : Synthium 800 (15w50) 3rd choice : Mach 5 (20w50) Thats why I started this thread. Should I stay using my current oil viscosity of 5w40 or should I switch to Xw50. I like the feel of the 5w40 but I've only traveled 4000 km (it's garaged most of the time) and about 1 week ago I had to topup. Maybe it's because the oil is still at the bottom of the engine? Now, it's already 6 months since last oil change and so it's due. To 5w40 or to Xw50? What Petronas oil to use? Thanks. [/I] [/QUOTE]

Verification