My owners manual (V8V 2007) states that 5w-50 is an acceptable oil if 10w-60 is not available. I don't see how it would be a problem.

 

Are you sore from paying the bill on that ?? Hope they used 10W60 to lube you up first lol ...
Not a chance of me ever paying a dealer to do an oil change or any other basic maintenance .

 

so does anyone use the new bmw 10w-60?

i bought Castrol last time but am thinking of either this bmw or liquimoly.

 

I decided to go with 10w60 from liquimoly

 

Castrol 10W-60 TWS available at O'Reilly's for $13.49 per liter.

 

Contact Rich at redpants...he has great match and cheaper than Advanced Auto etc...if changing oil buy his package and have enough left to take your wife or girlfriend to dinner...lol

 

I called two Aston dealers in FL and both said the latest V8V spec is for Castrol Edge Syntec 5W-50 part # 06250. Roughly $11/qt


The dealers are both in FL, so not sure about cold weather conditions.


Been running it for the last 30k miles. [I am sure there have been some advancements since they wrote the owners manual for my 2006.]

 

I cannot imagine it would be a problem, but AM does state that the oil used (in the V8V anyway) should have an ACEA A3/B4 rating. Edge Syntec 5w50 does not have this rating, other weights of the same oil do.

 

Mobil 1, valvoline and so do several others offer 10w60 synthetic