Oil recommendation fox Texas

[Scott-Tx]

Looking for best oil to use in Texas for my Grenadier. Mine has 2500 miles on it and I want to do first oil change. Any recommendations with our hot weather 0w20 seems awful thin?

 

[anand]

While 0W-20 seems thin, it is an oil viscosity that the vast majority of manufacturers have switched to over the past decade for emissions related reasons. With that being said, the latest version of the B58 (B58TU2) now uses 0W-12 oil, although that spec isn't in the Grenadier yet (I would imagine not for a few more years because it incorporates the 48v mild hybrid)...

More important than the weight number is that it meets BMW's oil certification, in the case of our engines, it is LL-17FE+; technically the various forms of B58s around the world can also use LL-04

 

[Asnes]

Full synthetic 0w-20 that meets LL-17FE+. Tight tolerances in the b58TU engines.

 

[ScottnAZ]

I purchased the BMW 0W20 oil and filter kit plus one additional litre from FCP EURO.

Geez, looks to be $40 cheaper than when I made the purchase in August.

 

[GN4HIR]

In Texas you would just go out into your backyard with a posthole digger and dig a few feet down until you strike oil. Use an old Folgers coffee can to scope out enough for an oil change and then just filter out the dirt and debris with some cheesecloth.