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Recommendation: have the oil changed Ask your BMW center for details
at your BMW center. concerning oils that have been
approved. You can also call BMW of
Continuous exposure to used oil North America toll-free at 1-800-831-
has caused cancer in laboratory 1117 or visit this website: Overview
testing. For this reason, thoroughly www.bmwusa.com to obtain this infor-
wash any areas of skin that come into mation.<
contact with oil using soap and water.
Store oils, grease and similar materials Alternative oil types
so that they are inaccessible to chil-If a High Performance Synthetic Oil
dren. Comply with warning labels and approved by BMW should be unavail-Controls
information on containers.
Viscosity Maintenance
Do not fill beyond the upper mark on Specified engine oilspreferred: SAE 10W-60
the dipstick. Excess oil will damage the The quality of the engine oil is alternative: SAE 5W-40 or
engine. extremely important for the function SAE 10W-40
Before checking the engine oil level and life of an engine. Based on exten->Specifications
after topping up, restart the engine and sive testing, BMW has approved only preferred: API SJ/CFRepairs
allow it to run to obtain a correct dis-certain grades of engine oil.alternative: API SJ – also SK, SL, S
play. Then proceed as described under etc.
Checking the oil level. Use only oils approved for your vehicle
model. Low ambient temperatures
BMW engines are designed to The oils used by BMW at the factory for Data
operate without oil additives; the your vehicle model can be used at virtu-
use of additives could lead to damage ally any ambient temperature.
in some cases. This also applies to the
manual transmission, the differential,
and the power steering system.< Index