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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
I've wasted over an hour on a few BMW Mini forums and got nowhere! Nothing found on searches, or no search unless you sign up, or no idea!
So I'm hoping the more clued up membership on here can help me out.
My sister has an 06 plate R53 Cooper and it needs some oil - I know BMW always recommended Castrol Edge (until their recent change of allegiance to Shell), but does hers need LL01 or LL04?
Many thanks.
So I'm hoping the more clued up membership on here can help me out.
My sister has an 06 plate R53 Cooper and it needs some oil - I know BMW always recommended Castrol Edge (until their recent change of allegiance to Shell), but does hers need LL01 or LL04?
Many thanks.
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
nothing indicated in service history/receipts?
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
Try a site like Opie Oils etc. they usually tell you what the specs are.
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
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BMW LL-04 OR LL-01 from memory I always used LL-04 5w-30 and never had an issue
BMW LL-04 OR LL-01 from memory I always used LL-04 5w-30 and never had an issue
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
Is it the Peugeot engine ?
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
Whatever oil you get, make sure you get a lot of it.
If its anything like my old one, and lots of others, they use half a litre upwards every thousand miles.
If its anything like my old one, and lots of others, they use half a litre upwards every thousand miles.
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
We've covered 12k miles in our cooper in 18months & it's not used a drop-it does 50mpg on a run as well.Nictrix wrote:Whatever oil you get, make sure you get a lot of it.
If its anything like my old one, and lots of others, they use half a litre upwards every thousand miles.
I know the forced induction S version can burn a bit of oil but it sounds like you had a bad Cooper
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
Just ring local BMW/MINI garage and ask the service team they may recommend based on age/mileage.
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
It was an R56 with the Peugeot engine. Search around, I was told by a Mini dealership that 1 litre per thousand miles was normalSmartbear wrote:We've covered 12k miles in our cooper in 18months & it's not used a drop-it does 50mpg on a run as well.Nictrix wrote:Whatever oil you get, make sure you get a lot of it.
If its anything like my old one, and lots of others, they use half a litre upwards every thousand miles.
I know the forced induction S version can burn a bit of oil but it sounds like you had a bad Cooper
Rob
I was kinda glad ours was only half that.
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
I've been using 5W-30 for my 54 plate Cooper
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
No, that was the R56 which is why I put R53 in the header!raymond.harper wrote:Is it the Peugeot engine ?
And seeing as the engine in the R56 was built in a BMW factory in Hams Hall in the Midlands I don't think it is a Peugeot engine in any way, shape or form - more of a BMW engine supplied to Peugeot!
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What oil for R53 Mini Cooper?
Thanks, I will do in the morning.
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