Oil and Filter Change Update

    I just wanted to post this in case anyone else has noted this before. I cahnged my oil and filter last week and migrated to Castrol Edge fully synthetic oil. Two things worthy of note:

    1) The oil light goes out virtually immediately on start up. Before was 4ish seconds

    2) The engine temperature is now 2-3 mm lower on the dial than before. It used to always be top dead centre.

    On Friday, I fill her up with fuel and have kept a running spreadsheet for over a year. Will be interesting if there is any difference. Will post another update.

    The oil was thick and black and over 6000 miles old according to the information I have.

    Cheers
    Bob
    850CI
    :top:

    The oil viscosity of synthetics when cold allows them to flow better and so the light will go out sooner. I have always run mobil 1 0w-40.


    I cannot see, however, how this would affect the temperature gauge, as on BMWs there needs to be a vey large difference from "normal" for the gauge to deviate from centre.

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