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never_finished
07-10-2007, 05:37 PM
GF has an 03 mini cooper non S. Its time for an oil change, but ive heard your supposed to use mini specific oil. What is mini specific oil and is it necessary? I assume its available at the dealer...but im wondering if it'd be ok to just use Mobil 1 Synthetic.

CSquared
07-10-2007, 05:42 PM
yeah dude you use fish oil. 200w75

never_finished
07-10-2007, 07:06 PM
ass...haha i just read somewhere that mini uses castrol syntec...so i think im good

Tech5
07-11-2007, 12:18 AM
Yes you be fine