1999 Model Year and Later Oil Recommendation
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BMW recommends use of BMW High Performance Synthetic oil on all 1999 and later BMW vehicles which have oil change intervals of approximately 15, 000 miles (except M5 produced up to 3/00 and E46 M3, E36 M roadster and M coupe with S54 engines).