I gave it a try yesterday, hit a fairly steep hill, shifted to 3rd. and floored it. A lot of real black smoke appeared from the exhaust but I kept it down. The next hill, I tried it again and no smoke at all. I had noticed in the past, that everytime I hit passing gear, I would produce a lot of black smoke exhaust, so I have to assume this is cleaning itself out. Thanks. Ralph
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > Drive them hard and fast. No problemo. > > --R > > > On 5/24/12 7:15 AM, Ralph Robertson wrote: > >> Another thought about older MB's; 124's and 126's., I have an 84 300CD and >> a '87 300SDL, with fairly high mileage on both. Since I have owned them I >> have not driven them hard at all, barely ever hitting 75mph. Would it be >> bad for the engines to just start driving them faster and harder?? Should >> there be a "breakin" period, say driving a little faster gradually? Just >> wanting to do the best for these beauties. >> Ralph '84 300CD >> '87 300SDL >> >> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:24 PM, OK Don<okd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Indeed - you will learn if there is abnormal wear in the engine, and get a >>> feel for how much you could extend the change interval. My analysis >>> results >>> are coming back well within normal limits with M1 running at least 12,000 >>> miles on all the engines. Granted, I'm not running an OM61x engine >>> anymore >>> though --- >>> >>> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Craig<diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 22 May 2012 20:14:20 -0700 (PDT) Dimitri Seretakis >>>> <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> 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? >>>>> >>>> Yup, sure would. You might be able to extend your oil change interval >>>> and >>>> save money. >>>> >>>> >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>> To search list archives >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> OK Don >>> 2001 ML320 >>> 1992 300D 2.5T >>> 1990 300D 2.5T >>> 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager >>> ______________________________**_________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives >>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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
