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anthonytsang
28-04-2008, 10:07 PM
As title said.just brought a e36 3.0 m3 converable done 21,000 mile. don't know what grade oil to change with anyone can help? love the car so much is been a childhood dream... been thinking sooo long which to go for evo or 3.0 until i saw this one a bmw indivdual colour,lether,air con,in good conidition for 9000 picked up the car last week from london. drove it back to devon. the engine & gearbox match the car so well. is not as fast and handle as good as my e46 m3 cause i spend a lot of money to mod it. but the car is so easy to drive just leave it in fifth gear it can still pull at 30 mph .pic to follow :) thx for the help

peppernick
28-04-2008, 10:15 PM
10W-40 or 10W-60.

zarnd
29-04-2008, 07:37 AM
we need pics!

Chaos
29-04-2008, 07:35 PM
Personally I wouldn't run w60 oil, a good quality 5w40 or 10w40 would do the trick.