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[1975_mini]

44 minutes ago, AdamWest said:

Thanks for the tip, I'm not going with their exhaust but apparently Dinan makes a good ecu tuning kit that I'll be looking into.  

Also as DINA has a partnership with BMW their parts do not void your warranty.

[AdamWest]

3 minutes ago, 1975_mini said:

Also as DINA has a partnership with BMW their parts do not void your warranty.

Great to know!

[AdamWest]

Question for yall fantastic people.  What engine oil do you all use when you change your oil?  

[AdamWest]

4 hours ago, AdamWest said:

Question for yall fantastic people.  What engine oil do you all use when you change your oil?  

well for those of you who are wondering I ended up doing lots of research today and the only product I could find (excluding the oil change kit you can buy from mini) that supports the BMW LL-01 spec is Castrol Edge:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007G7PUMS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

API SL/CF, ACEA A3/B3, ACEA A3/B4, BMW Longlife-01, MB-Approval 229.3/229.5, Volkswagen 505 00/ 502 00

 

Additionally I picked up a nifty new drain plug:  
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NANQIMI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

also Torque specs for the following:
 

But since the cars german just make everything gutentight 

Edited June 7, 2019 by AdamWest

[1975_mini]

On 6/7/2019 at 4:14 PM, AdamWest said:

well for those of you who are wondering I ended up doing lots of research today and the only product I could find (excluding the oil change kit you can buy from mini) that supports the BMW LL-01 spec is 

Sorry just saw I top off Brandy’s with Castrol edge 5w30