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1998 BMW 740
Should I be using synthetic oil in my 98 740I?
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 AT 11:19 AM
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BLACKOP555
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Loing as its the same grad eof oil. I highly sugges using synthetic I use it in vehicles from the 70's on up!
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 AT 10:23 PM
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The M-62 motor will run just fine on what the factory recommends. If you want to use synthetic, the only real downside is the unit cost of the oil.
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