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Erki	Jul 12, 2008 09:00 PM

Oil?

Well Im new here. My wife bought an 07 Mini last summer. Thought I would join up here for any questions. Anyway I was gettin ready to do the oil change on it. I read the posts about that and removing the overflow bottle and whatnot. Should I be using oil from the dealer? I got castrol syntec and it says meets standards for BMW. This should be fine wont it?

Doug B

Jul 14, 2008 10:13 PM

RE: Oil?

As long as the oil meets the same SAE specifications... it's pretty much the same oil. Near the oil dipstick on my R56, it says "Mini recommends Castrol". It's actually stamped into the plastic.

Mini car

Jul 16, 2008 02:59 AM

RE: Oil?

Was the oil really of castrol? Not a duplicate one.

Adam	Jul 17, 2008 09:40 PM

RE: Oil?

MINI uses Castrol Synthetic.

Erki	Jul 18, 2008 11:18 PM

RE: Oil?

Thanks Guys.

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