21st August 2002, 22:37
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Have a look to the official alpina homepage http://www.alpina.de (also in english present, press the english button), there you will find a e-mail adress. I know, that alpina use the Castrol 0W/30 since the beginning of the production of the 3,3l engine. And they used the same oil  at my last inspection. And i was wondering, why the engine at higher RPM make some new noises i never heard before (like a chain is rubbing somewhere). They told me that this is normal, but for me it isn´t. The engine gets also very soon warm and hold it´s temperatures at 105 °C (before it was about 95 °C until 100 °C). I only prever a oil like the Castrol 0W 60 which is thicker (esspecially on V8 engines !!!). I changed the oil back to 0W 60 and from now on the problems are past. And the engine never loss some oil until today (every 5000 droven km 1/4 litre and this is really a normal consumption). The M3 and the M5 need more oil on this milage, but i think there is something wrong with your engine. 1 litre on 300 miles is just to much.....
With best regards,
Tobi
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) is made especially for the E39 M5 and the E46 M3 according to Castrols german website.
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