What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?

[Mr Tidy]

I've wasted over an hour on a few BMW Mini forums and got nowhere! Nothing found on searches, or no search unless you sign up, or no idea!

So I'm hoping the more clued up membership on here can help me out.

My sister has an 06 plate R53 Cooper and it needs some oil - I know BMW always recommended Castrol Edge (until their recent change of allegiance to Shell), but does hers need LL01 or LL04?

Many thanks.

 

[Chris_D]

nothing indicated in service history/receipts?

 

[MACK]

Try a site like Opie Oils etc. they usually tell you what the specs are.

 

[hopz121]

5w-30 or 0w-30 OP

BMW LL-04 OR LL-01 from memory I always used LL-04 5w-30 and never had an issue

 

[raymond.harper]

Is it the Peugeot engine ?

 

[Nictrix]

Whatever oil you get, make sure you get a lot of it.
If its anything like my old one, and lots of others, they use half a litre upwards every thousand miles.

 

[Smartbear]

Whatever oil you get, make sure you get a lot of it.
If its anything like my old one, and lots of others, they use half a litre upwards every thousand miles.

We've covered 12k miles in our cooper in 18months & it's not used a drop-it does 50mpg on a run as well.
I know the forced induction S version can burn a bit of oil but it sounds like you had a bad Cooper
Rob

 

[jimmybell]

Just ring local BMW/MINI garage and ask the service team they may recommend based on age/mileage.

 

[Nictrix]

Whatever oil you get, make sure you get a lot of it.
If its anything like my old one, and lots of others, they use half a litre upwards every thousand miles.

We've covered 12k miles in our cooper in 18months & it's not used a drop-it does 50mpg on a run as well.
I know the forced induction S version can burn a bit of oil but it sounds like you had a bad Cooper
Rob

It was an R56 with the Peugeot engine. Search around, I was told by a Mini dealership that 1 litre per thousand miles was normal
I was kinda glad ours was only half that.

 

[flimper]

I've been using 5W-30 for my 54 plate Cooper

 

[Mr Tidy]

Is it the Peugeot engine ?

No, that was the R56 which is why I put R53 in the header! :lol:

And seeing as the engine in the R56 was built in a BMW factory in Hams Hall in the Midlands I don't think it is a Peugeot engine in any way, shape or form - more of a BMW engine supplied to Peugeot! :roll:

 

[Mr Tidy]

[post]1380410[/post] Just ring local BMW/MINI garage and ask the service team they may recommend based on age/mileage.

Thanks, I will do in the morning.