Is anyone developing lifetime engine oil?
Auto manufacturers such as BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Volkswagen all market lifetime transmission fluid and state the original fluid will last the life of the transmission. Take a 2009 BMW, for example. Pick your model, it makes no difference. All new BMWs come with a 4-year/50,000 mile (80,467-kilometer) warranty which includes oil changes. But when you look at the service schedule, you don’t see a transmission fluid change anywhere. Of course, just like the rest of us, owners of these high-end vehicles must regularly change the engine oil and check the various fluid levels; however, they don’t need to change transmission fluid. It seems like the next logical step would be lifetime engine oil, right? Wrong. Engine oil is a completely different ballgame. Unlike transmission fluid, en
