MOTOR OIL COMPATABILITY

[Malibu]

I ride an R1150R
What motor oil is compatible with BMW brand.
I use BMW brand motor oil. I'm on a road trip and need to add oil and there is no dealer around to buy the brand.
I don't like to mix brands. Rumor has it that Spectro makes BMW oil.
Is Spectro really compatible or completely different formulation?
I know you can't use any oil that is SJ rated, per owners manual.
Dealers are very vague on the subject.
Thanks,
Malibu

[frkn_toaster]

Mobil1 synthetic is available anywhere, that's what my R gets. 'Course, it was raised on it.

[ebincia]

I ride an R1150R
What motor oil is compatible with BMW brand.
I use BMW brand motor oil. I'm on a road trip and need to add oil and there is no dealer around to buy the brand.
I don't like to mix brands. Rumor has it that Spectro makes BMW oil.
Is Spectro really compatible or completely different formulation?
I know you can't use any oil that is SJ rated, per owners manual.
Dealers are very vague on the subject.
Thanks,
Malibu

Oil is oil, synthetic and dino can be mixed in a pinch as can different weights. Yes, Spectro makes BMW oil...at least the last time I checked the label on the BMW container.

Ride it ...have fun, and don't worry about the brand of oil.

[chibbert]

Castrol GTX 20W-50

Rumor is/was that Castrol made/makes BMW branded oil.

[rockstercliff]

LOts of rumors about this or that oil, mine uses Mobil 1 15W50 or 20W50 available virtually everywhere, but especially WallyWorld, and if you worry about these things just change it more often.

[Malibu]

Thanks for the comments.
This oil doesn't have that many miles on it and hate to throw out $60.00 worth of product. So I wanted to add something that was compatible to run out some more miles.
I'm enough of an engineer to know mixing unlike chemicals, i.e. oils, especially synthetics can be a problem on gaskets etc.
Was on a trip and needed to add some, and of course - no Beemer shop.
Next time I will probably go to Mobil 1 so I can find it on the road. I refuse to carry extra oil with me. Just goes against the grain.

[bmwdave52]

++Amsoil.

[me&mybmw]

bmwdave52.. I use amsoil in snowblower,lawnmower,& Buick...what would you run in 2002RT 1150, I'm the new kid in block. Gonna run beemer till snow stops me.Live in Ontario Canada