engine and drivetrain 6K on rebuilt engine, time for oil change?

[asifallasleep]

Color of oil looks fine but i'm guessing after 6K miles on rebuilt engine I should change the oil? What grade/brand do you guys suggest? 1974 2002.

[wegweiser]

YIKES!

I would have changed it after the first 500 miles. Then again at 2500..then every 3500 or so afterward. But that's me. I'd use standard dino oil for the first few oil changes, then consider synthetic later on.

Paul

[AceAndrew]

YIKES!

I would have changed it after the first 500 miles. Then again at 2500..then every 3500 or so afterward. But that's me. I'd use standard dino oil for the first few oil changes, then consider synthetic later on.

Paul

YIKES is right! What was your break in procedure?

[wegweiser]

(nt)

[wegweiser]

FWIW - ***THIS*** is what happens when you follow BMWs recommended 14K oil change intervals on their newer cars. What you're looking at, is the oil scraped from the oil pan of an E38 740iL I worked on a few years ago. The car had about 120K miles on it.

And in reference to your question: I run 20/50 or 15/50 standard oil in most of my 2002s, but they're primarily warm weather cars for me.

[flyingjolly]

yup, it's about time And don't forget to change the oil filter, too.

[02for2]

I thought this was a joke!

Seriously? 6k on break-in oil?

I wish you luck.

Cheers!

[John_in_VA]

but yes, it's time for a change.

I was told to use non-detergent straight 30 weight as break-in oil, and changed it at 500 miles.

[asifallasleep]

Oh sorry, the previous owner had the engine rebuilt. Dino oil was replaced with synthetic after 1000 miles. I just need to change the oil and was wondering what grade.

[Napes]

Here's some info:

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,search/mode,results/?search_keywords=engine+AND+oil+AND+weight&search_terms=any&search_author=&search_forum=3&search_time=0&search_fields=all&search_cat=2&sort_by=0&sort_dir=DESC&show_results=topics&return_chars=200

Bob Napier

[TobyB]

I like 15-50 synthetic. The 2002 was built for dino sludge, and isn't any great fan

of 'water thin' synthetics, no matter their lubricity.

Mobil 1 seems to keep the race motor together, but any 15-50 would be fine.

Just pick one and stay with it.

t

[flyingjolly]

i drive mine on 20W50 non-synthetic, but as Toby said, the only important thing is to take one that's not too thin and stick with it - especially with synthetic and non-synthetic. Personally i'd only put synthetic oil into an engine that runs on synthetic oil since it first started i.e. rebuilt engines. If you had non-synthetic in your engine until now, i'd stick with non-synthetic.

[asifallasleep]

Redline 15-50 with Mann is what I'm going with. Thanks.