BMW M2: Oil Change 

It would maybe be slightly better, but oil circulates so extremely quick that it doesn’t do harm if you don’t prime it first. Fair comment though!

Myb better if you had indicated how to prime.

Hm, I’ll check tomorrow if it’s still not in place! Thanks for your comment and for watching.

Anytime my man. I would have done one or two things differently today though. Don’t put the jackstands under the control arms, use a lift or place the jack stands under the jack points (with the accompanying jack pads). It’s better (although slightly) to have the car perfectly level when draining the oil. Furthermore, be careful when taking the funnel out the engine for oil drops, you don’t want any on your serpentine belt. Good luck man, don’t forget to subscribe (or else I’m forced to kidnap your family)

Thank you man, yes both were torqued down with 25Nm!

Yes, (as I mentioned in the video) it’s because the weather was a bit warmer, as it was May. Hence why I didn’t need a low viscosity oil (when cool) and I believe this oil performed slightly better than the BMW TwinPower oil. Also make sure to check my latest maintenance video, as I use another oil (an even better one).

Thank you my man, appreciate it. Yeah, you’re right, gloves do make life more comfortable

Yeah, I was still a bit of a noob here. In my last (titled “quick maintenance”) I do it the other way around :)

Thanks man, BMW's oil is good and you won't have issues with it as long as you have frequent oil change intervals. Having said that, the oil I used is better. In the meantime I have learned, however, that Shell Helix Ultra 5w40 is even better than the one I used. It has a higher HTHS rating, a very good base stock that Shell made via their GTL process, good TBN etc. Overall it is a better oil. In the end though, as long as you change the oil frequently (6k miles intervals) and warm up your car properly everytime, your engine will remain healthy. Hope that helps (and consider subscribing buddy).

@@TheHunterHofman Thank you! Appreciate the advice. Subscribed jeje

Dank voor het compliment! Je zou even m’n andere video moeten checken, daar leg ik het van voor naar achter uit: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3thZWZHlnPM.html

@@TheHunterHofman ik heb deze gezien .ik bekijk al jouw video's .maar kvind dit raar dat je dit zomaar gewoon uit een kabel kan halen zonder programma .maar ik heb dan ook geen ballen verstand van computers 🤣

@@TheGeschiften haha nou je moet de software die in de beschrijving van die video staat eerst downloaden op een windows laptop (met een ethernet aansluiting (zodat je de kabel in de laptop kan steken)). Met die laptop en die software kan je in je auto, terwijl je m’n instructies volgt van die video, je service history updaten. Let op dat je je oude geschiedenis opschrijft ergens want die moet je naderhand zelf invullen in het programma. Laat maar weten als je nog vragen hebt

@@TheHunterHofman ok je zal waarschijnlijk wel nog een vraag ontvangen .goed dat je dit zegt dat je alles moet opschrijven om opnieuw alles zelf weer in te vullen .ja ik werk al 20 jaar in de bouw .van huizen heb ik verstand 🤣van computers dat is echt een ramp makker

Yeah you're right haha, paper towels would work too. Thanks for the feedback!

I believe you should press and hold the trip meter button, eventually you will cycle past the oil service and then you should press and hold it again to reset that

@@TheHunterHofman to restart the oil service? I thought you need to connect with OBD..

@@mariogarciamarin2376 there’s loads of videos on youtube on how to do it, no need to use the cable to reset it

Yes, the one I used in this video is Castrol Edge 5w30 with the LL-04 code. Having said that, in one of my last videos, I used Shell Ultra Helix 5w40 (with the LL-01 code) and it is slightly better. I'm not sure if it's available in your country, but that is the slightly better oil! Hope that helps, buddy.

@@TheHunterHofmanhow significant is the diffrent betwen that oil for long term? Im more in to 5w 30 cause my country have some company that make 5w-30 ll04 oil and its cheaper than 5w-40 shell

As in, where I could buy it? I found it on the internet here in the Netherlands. Or as in, why Castrol? Because it’s a good quality oil, partly because it has the BMW LL04 certification. As long as you change it yearly or after around 5000/6000 miles, you’ll be fine.

@@TheHunterHofman Thanks, n'ah just interested in how you've found the oil's performance. In the UK we seem to have 22,000 mile service intervals on the M2. Not 10k as per America.

@@dalskiBo ah yeah of course, my bad. Yeah, 22k mile intervals are crazy. Has something to do with BMW being environmentally friendly, but for the benefit of our engines, especially high performance engines, 6k mile intervals would be my (and others’) recommendation.

@@TheHunterHofman I used to think like this but my opinion changed when researching the oil. There have been such advances, I now feel comfortable with 22k service intervals. Read a few testimonials from BMW customers having done over 100k on the BMW serviced schedules & they're quite happy.

@@dalskiBo I’m sure you’ll be fine if you treat the car right, yes. I’ll just keep doing the shorter intervals for my own peace of mind.