An Oilily Mess.

Deepseaskateboard

Deepseaskateboard

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Hi Guys,

I have tried searching google, but havent been able to find anything on this… what do these letters mean on oil, and are they important?

Please see screenshots below:

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There are others too… ECT
 
They are oils that meet specific Volkswagen and Peugeot standards recently introduced….
 
They have over 30 variants of Shell Helix…could be any… :tumbleweed: :driving: :rofl:
 
B21 said:
They have over 30 variants of Shell Helix…could be any…
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Being Sytner, probably the cheapest variant. I thought "BMW recommends Castrol lubricants". :?
 
Pondrew said:
B21 said:
They have over 30 variants of Shell Helix…could be any…
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Being Sytner, probably the cheapest variant. I thought "BMW recommends Castrol lubricants". :?
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Here is the list for the N20..Castrol doesn't make the list for the N54..

AVIATICON Unique FE SAE 0W-20 Finke Mineralölwerk GmbH
AVISTA pace EVO PRIME FE SAE 0W-20 AVISTA OIL Deutschland GmbH
CHAMPION OEM SPECIFIC 0W20 LS-FE SAE 0W-20 CHAMPION CHEMICALS N.V.
Castrol EDGE 0W-20 LL-17 FE+ SAE 0W-20 Castrol Limited
DELIAN Motor Oil SAE 0W-20 Changchun Delian Chemical Co., Ltd.
ELF EVOLUTION FULL-TECH APX SAE 0W-20 TOTAL Lubrifiants
Eni i-Sint XEF SAE 0W-20 Eni S.p.A.
Eurol Ultrance ECO SAE 0W-20 Eurol
FUCHS TITAN GT1 FLEX 5 SAE 0W-20 FUCHS PETROLUB SE
Gulf Formula LVX SAE 0W-20 Gulf Oil International
Havoline ProDS MG SAE 0W20 SAE 0W-20 Chevron Products Company
LUKOIL GENESIS SPECIAL C5 SAE 0W-20 OOO "LLK-International"
Liqui Moly Top Tec 6600 SAE 0W-20 Liqui Moly GmbH
MOTUL 8100 Eco-Clean SAE 0W-20 MOTUL
MPM 05000C5 Motor Oil 0W-20 Premium Synthetic C5 SAE 0W-20 MPM International Oil Company B.V.
Mabanol Xenon Alpha FE SAE 0W-20 Mabanol GmbH & Co. KG
Neste Pro+ M SAE 0W-20 Neste Oil
OPTIMA C5 LSOV SAE 0W-20 Exol Lubricants Ltd
PENTOSPEED FE SAE 0W-20 FUCHS PETROLUB SE
Q8 Formula Special FE SAE 0W-20 Q8Oils
QUARTZ INEO XTRA DYNAMICS SAE 0W-20 TOTAL Lubrifiants
RAVENOL EFS SAE 0W-20 Ravensberger Schmierstoffvertrieb GmbH
ROWE HIGHTEC SYNT RS C5 SAE 0W-20 ROWE MINERALÖLWERK GMBH
SRS ViVA 1 ecosynth FE SAE 0W-20 SRS Schmierstoff Vertrieb GmbH
Shell Helix Ultra ECT C5 SAE 0W-20 Shell International Petroleum Company
Valvoline SynPower MST C5 SAE 0W-20 Valvoline
WOLF OFFICIALTECH 0W20 LS-FE SAE 0W-20 WOLF OIL CORPORATION N.V.
YACCO LUBE BM-17 FE SAE 0W-20 YACCO
masteroil v-tec premium C5 SAE 0W-20 masteroil GmbH
megol Premium Performance engine oil SAE 0W-20 Meguin GmbH & Co. KG
megol Premium Performance C5 engine oil SAE 0W-20 Meguin GmbH & Co. KG
 
That's weird, as my N54 Alpina had the "BMW recommends Castrol" printed on the filler cap! :?
 
Deepseaskateboard said:
Pondrew said:
That's weird, as my N54 Alpina had the "BMW recommends Castrol" printed on the filler cap! :?
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Mine says this too - Castrol. On my service documents it says Shell Helix!
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This changed a few years ago, I take it Shell gave them a better deal.
 
The Indy I was using at the time said he understood it was because Castrol wouldn't supply oil for dealers' parts departments in a container without the Castrol logo on them, but I've no idea if that was true or not!

On the Shell Helix Ultra container topic the reverse of the container should show it conforms to BMW spec - LL04 I think.
 
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