Larry, I thought you were the oil guy :-) (I need to send you a sample.) All I can get here is the M1 15-40. My 90 like your 91 holds about 1.5 bar even at 100C idling. My $0.02
Dwight E. Giles, Jr. 1978 240D 4 speed. 218K + miles. 1990 300D 2.5t 170K miles. Wickford, RI -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Larry T Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:17 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Report-back on engine lurch-restraint struts I needed oil for our '91 300D (182K mi) and finally found some at Advance Auto - "M1 Turbo Truck" in 5W40. I hesitated at 1st but the bottle says "substitute for 15W40" I haven't seen this before. The present oil (15W40 M1) has about 4k on it so I'm getting ready. But since we're having 100F days here I'm wondering if it's a good idea to put a 5W in it? I'm seeing oil pressure around 1.5 bar when idling at 210F..... any comments? Thx LarryT 91 300D Import - Export Putting Buyers & Sellers Together -------------------------------------------------- From: "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:07 AM To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Report-back on engine lurch-restraint struts > Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> writes: > >> The Car Quest brand 15w40 is cheaper by the gallon than ANY oil at the >> big FLAPs too and only marginally more expensive than the cheapest >> Wal-Mart has. > > But what's in the bottle? Is it recycled? > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
