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Old Jan 29, 2002 | 06:18 PM
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From: Caldwell,ID
Car: 2005 BMW 545i
Engine: 4.4L N62B44
Transmission: 6spd auto
Axle/Gears: Rotating
all you want to know about oil

since I have seen a lot of threads going about asking questiong on what type of oil to use and so forth I figured I would post this link up

there is a lot of info you can find here and maybe help you out on picking an oil

http://www.vtr.org/maintain/oil-overview.html
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Old Jan 29, 2002 | 06:24 PM
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Wow, that is a cool avatar. I've been watching it for like an hour now.
"Piston engines go 'boing, boing, boing."
The rotary goes: hmmmmmmmmm.
I'm still not dumb enough to want to own one, tho.
j/k
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Old Jan 29, 2002 | 09:16 PM
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Car: 2005 BMW 545i
Engine: 4.4L N62B44
Transmission: 6spd auto
Axle/Gears: Rotating
that is what everyone tells me

then they saw my tailights when I took if in the turbo motor... till I blew it b/c I never got rid of all the bugs

though the N/A has 171k on it still runs fine other then something wrong with it running a little rich


but this site about the oil is sweet
it will explain what to look for in oils
give you different amounts of sulfer ash, zinc, viscosity index, flash point and so forht for many different types of oil all by oil weight
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Old Jan 30, 2002 | 09:43 PM
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Hmmm... I thought rotary engines were good? Since they don't have many moving parts, and it can continuously move, instead of pistons fighting against inertia. So rotary sucks eh?
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