Couldn't fing Mobil 1 0-40, so went with.....

[Dave M]

5-50.

Since the M50 was rebuilt, I've put >2000km on it, varying engine speed and load (driving it pretty hard on occasion ). As I'm about to put @ 5000 highway km on it, I figured it was time to step up and purchase my first barrel of synthetic.

Any gripes about the grade? Vehicle only gets driven from April to November.

I'm looking forward to spending a few quality hours behind the wheel and seeing the mountains again. Oh, and spending some time with my wife too.

Dave M

[SharkmanBMW]

I waited and checked back time and again at Crappy Tire (aka Canadian Tire), but they just kept saying "it's on order" scratch head a bit.... "we've been waiting a long time".
Dingbats.

I used Motul 8100 X-cess 5W40

[Dave M]

Do they normally stock it in Montreal? I have yet to see it in Ontario or BC.

Oh well,

Dave M

[ryan roopnarine]

they have that nice esso xd 0w30 that the people on bobistheoilguy.com seem enamored about. it's not like bmw wouldn't use 5w30 syn to do do an oil change on your "old" m50. i guess that april-november in BC doesn't have that cold of morning temps (or does it?) i'm guessing that the oil you used is castrol syntec?

[SharkmanBMW]

Do they normally stock it in Montreal? I have yet to see it in Ontario or BC.

Oh well,

Dave M

There is one location that usually has it, but the last 3 times I went, the shelf was empty.
The "in stock by" date had passed in their computers as well.

My new indy / race-a-holic mechanic told me that his Motul far exceeds Mobil 1 anyways...?!

[Bill R.]

its not available here in the US. So i use 0w40 instead.
Note: How expensive is the 5w50 in Canada?

5-50.

Since the M50 was rebuilt, I've put >2000km on it, varying engine speed and load (driving it pretty hard on occasion ). As I'm about to put @ 5000 highway km on it, I figured it was time to step up and purchase my first barrel of synthetic.

Any gripes about the grade? Vehicle only gets driven from April to November.

I'm looking forward to spending a few quality hours behind the wheel and seeing the mountains again. Oh, and spending some time with my wife too.

Dave M

[SharkmanBMW]

its not available here in the US. So i use 0w40 instead.
Note: How expensive is the 5w50 in Canada?

For the record, the 0w40 is 8.99 CAD when available, same price as the other grades of M1. I have never noticed 5w50 though.

[nuclearfusion]

CanTire here in Vancouver seems to have as much Mobil 1 5W50 as you'd want to buy, pretty well all the time.

Enjoy!

Fusion

p.s. - I've always been a bit suspicious of the 0 weight oils. I stay away from them in favour of the 5W-xx options. 5W-40 seems very good for the M30 engines.

[swenpro]

and I would have loved to have found a synthetic Mobil 1 5w40 or 5w50, but neither were to be found... apparently the stores around me only stock the likes of 0w40, 5w30, and 15w50 in Mobil 1, so I went with the 0w40...

[Qube]

For the record, the 0w40 is 8.99 CAD when available, same price as the other grades of M1. I have never noticed 5w50 though.

WalMart usually has them for a little over $7, and the jug goes on sale every once in a while.