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or they feel the owners have too much $$$$$
An enjin specific oil? Either they were having oil problems with the 1300 or they
feel the owners have too much $$$$$
I was in the nearest dealer today, looking for a filter and oil for my 6000 mile oil change. I want to switch to synthetic, they have never heard of the 15w40, and couldn't find it in any of their ordering options, so of course they wouldn't know about this, either. So before I open the seal on the 15w50 full synthetic they sold me (12.99/qt.) for my '05 K1200S, do I use it or return it? If return, where do I get the right oil? Can I use Mobil 1 or some other synthetic in the right weight, or should I stay with BMW? If I end up selling the bike in 20k miles, will any of this have made a differance?????
With 4 qts of oil, a filter and a qt of gear oil for the final drive, I dropped $75 (no labor). I can get the oil/filter changed, fluids topped off, tire pressure checked and cab of my truck vacuumed for half that! How can BMW oil/filters be that much better?
Sorry, back to the new oil...........
I don't think they did. The service manager was there behind the counter and asked me if I knew what oil viscosity numbers meant, went on to tell me. I specified I was putting this in the new K1200S bike, not my old K1200RS and they assured me this is the oil to use, but as I mentioned, they didn't know of any of the other oils you have mentioned here. In fact, he asked if I heard about it on the web............
Would it be better to return the synthetic and just run standard oil in the 15w 40 or 10w 40?
Thanks!
I will be placing a quantity oil filter order online and will continue to research oils so that I'm not paying $13 a quart. I truly believe we nee to support our local dealers, but I refuse to pay $65 to change my oil.
I also went to Amsoil 20W-50 motorcycle oil last oil change. It shifts much smoother with Amsoil than the BMW/Castrol oil.
Hal
How much will you folks spend for oil? I gave up a few years ago on synthetics, as the prices chased me away to use regular oils again. M/C regular oils are running around 3.85 here. At those HIGH prices, you should be running 20k+ on change intervals, imo. Randy