Does oil analysis provide any benefit to those who change it every 3-4K miles? I use M1 5W40 Turbo Diesel Truck on my 240D and change it every 4K miles. I guess an oil analysis would tell me if I can extend that interval?
Sent from my iPhone On May 22, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Max <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: I have never heard of a 123 turbo engine that expired prematurely (whatever that means - < 300K miles?) because the owner drove it too slowly. Marshall often said that the MB diesels that really hit the high miles (500k plus) usually did so in a relatively short number of years (less than 15 or 20), which I interpret to mean highway miles. In the last seven months I've put about 26k miles on my 95 E300. Larry just returned the lab analysis on a M1 oil sample that had 13800 miles; 0.2 % soot. I rarely drive at or below the speed limit, usually about five over. 310,000 miles on that car now. Draw you own conclusions about how long my engine will last. Have you sampled the oil in your engines? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD _______________________ _______________________________________ 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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
