![]() This is a high-performance lubricant that can be used on the latest gasoline and diesel engines as well as both naturally aspirated and turbocharged applications. Specially designed for last generation cars, powered by Gasoline or Diesel engines, naturally aspirated or turbocharged, indirect or direct injection, Euro 4, 5 or 6 emission regulation compliant, requiring an ACEA C3 engine oil i.e. BMW had few years back TIS that LL01 proved to be much more suitable for N63 engines in Europe, than in the US where they see mostly city cycle. Here, you are looking at the Motul 8100 X-Clean Motor Oil. High performance 100 Synthetic lubricant approved by many car manufacturers. Primary decision behind this is that different markets have different exploitation requirements. One can use LL)1 or LL01FE or LL-17FE etc. ![]() All of the recent BMW's require LL01FE or LL-17FE.Īll BMW new engines are approved for LL01 and FE oils. So, which 2019MY+ BMW's require LL-01? That is the baffling part to me. ![]() Compared to the existing products, both gen2 products have higher shear stability, longer oil life, and enhanced piston deposit control to avoid LSPI." "No compromises were made as the new OEM tests required a stronger additive package to maintain the BMW approval for 2019+ or receive new approvals from Porsche/VW (in the case of X-clean). "Our primary reason for reformulating was due to new standards from BMW to meet their improved LL-01 and LL-04 standards on 2019+ vehicles, but it also gave us a chance to achieve the new Porsche C40 approval on our X-clean 5W40 gen2 product." The information gathered is only from the website listings of the respective brands.Some additional info from a post by a Motul rep: P.S: I am not sure of the official list of Liqui Moly oils sold in India. Please feel free to correct them.įor Diesel Cars requiring upto VW 505 01 specġ) Castrol Magnatec Professional OE 5W40 (used in VW/Skoda ASC for all the cars from Fabia to Passat)ģ) Liquimoly Top Tec 4100 5W-40 (not sure of availability in India)įor Petrol Cars requiring upto VW 502 00 Spec( includes 1.2 /1.6MPI, 1.2/1.4/1.8TSI, 3.6 FSI - fixed replacement intervals )ħ) Castrol Edge Titanium 0W40 (better cold start)Ĩ) Mobil1 0W-40 fully synthetic (better cold start)ĩ) Motul 8100 "X-max" 0W40 (better cold start)įor higher spec of VW 504 00 (petrol) and VW 507 00 (diesel) Mobil 5W-50 meets the older 501.00 & 505.00 specs.Ĭastrol Edge 5W-40 meets VW 502.00, 505.00 specs & I don’t see why you should change unless you have a specific preference for Mobil.Ī list of VW approved oils that are currently listed for sale in India. ![]() There are two kinds of service intervals for the 2.0 TDI engine long life service and inspection/fixed interval service.įor long life service the specs are VW 506.01/507.00.įor inspection service/fixed life service which I believe is 15,000 kms or one year the oil should meet either of the four VW 501.01/506.01/505.00/507.00 specs.Īs for the oil in your possession there is nothing like Mobil 0W-50, either there’s Mobil 0W-40 or Mobil 5W-50. Please read your owners’ manual carefully. What are the implications if any of this change?Īlso I have a sealed container of Mobil1 0W50 manufactured in 2014. They have changed the oil used from the earlier Mobil 0W 40 to Castrol 5W 40.Īs a reply to my email they have said that both are approved by Audi. I have recently got my Car serviced at the AUDI service centre in Bangalore. ![]()
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