Mobil 1 0W-40 No Longer Meets BMW LL-01

vasillalov · 09-22-2016, 09:35 PM

Just heads up:

Seems like Mobil1 has reformulated their oil yet again. The 0W-40 European Engine oil has lost it's BMW LL-01 certification.

If you can still find bottles that meet that spec on the stores, they are likely leftover from the old formulation.

N54Society · 09-22-2016, 10:22 PM

Thanks for the reminder.

Here's a thread that talked about it in depth:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ighlight=mobil

fmoua916 · 09-23-2016, 03:44 AM

Old news

JasW · 09-23-2016, 06:15 AM

Very old news. And at least according to Mobil, it didn't change its formulation, but rather BMW changed the LL-01 spec.

Wolf 335 · 09-23-2016, 08:16 AM

That oil is still perfectly fine.

Yes BMW changed the LL-01 spec which is "pay me more money if you wanna have our label". Mobil 1 said, screw you we got nascar.

vasillalov · 09-23-2016, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vbp6us

Thanks for the reminder.

Here's a thread that talked about it in depth:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ighlight=mobil

Sorry for bringing this up. Carry on.

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