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<blockquote data-quote="viewfinder" data-source="post: 273308" data-attributes="member: 1704">Just noticed this thread.&nbsp; I&#039;m another believer and witness of&nbsp; sludge in e46 due to prolong engine oil use in our&nbsp; climate.&nbsp; Does BMW have a field test facility in tropical climate like ours (and as dusty as ours) to conduct their engine field test and prove that 25K km is fine here and repeat this cycle until cumulatively up to and beyond 100K km of use?&nbsp; They might if the sales volume in tropical climate region is significant enough than US+Europe+Japan+I don&#039;t where else being their top sales region.My colleague told me that AB@PG reset his E46 service interval to 15K km not upon his request but &#039;recommended&#039; by the service people there.&nbsp; Whether that&#039;s a gimmick to increase visit to AB@PG or not will never find an answer.&nbsp; ABPG was (is?) using Shell.&nbsp; Contrary to the Shell tv commercial, I felt completely refreshing draining out the old shell junk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="viewfinder, post: 273308, member: 1704"] Just noticed this thread. I'm another believer and witness of sludge in e46 due to prolong engine oil use in our climate. Does BMW have a field test facility in tropical climate like ours (and as dusty as ours) to conduct their engine field test and prove that 25K km is fine here and repeat this cycle until cumulatively up to and beyond 100K km of use? They might if the sales volume in tropical climate region is significant enough than US+Europe+Japan+I don't where else being their top sales region. My colleague told me that AB@PG reset his E46 service interval to 15K km not upon his request but 'recommended' by the service people there. Whether that's a gimmick to increase visit to AB@PG or not will never find an answer. ABPG was (is?) using Shell. Contrary to the Shell tv commercial, I felt completely refreshing draining out the old shell junk. [/QUOTE]

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