Bought 18 T&S 5W40 quarts at two different Murrays in Cleveland for the 600SEL and E320 @ $5.49/qt
James Zavesky ----- Original Message ----- From: "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] what is going on with Mobil 1 > I found T&S 5W40 at O'Reilly's this afternoon - $5.59/qt. I bought 10, > and changed the oil on Rattled. > > On 2/26/06, Dave M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I posted about this exact topic a week or two ago. Short version is, > > Mobil is screwing with their formulas AGAIN. The Mobil-1 5W-40 is now > > re-named "Turbo Diesel Truck" formula. But I have yet to see this at > > any store, let alone in 5qt jugs at Wal-Mart. There's also a new > > 10W-40 'Extended Performance' version which looks tempting in place of > > the thicker 15W-50 'Extended Performance'. Neither of these is on the > > shelf at the 2 Wal-Marts near me. > > > > For Delvac-1, World Impex has it on sale for $25/gallon at the moment, > > but who knows what S&H will be (I didn't check): > > > > http://www.worldimpex.com/item_detail.html?sku=238657 > > > > > > :-) > > > > -Dave M. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:25:17 -0500 > > > From: Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [MBZ] what is going on with Mobil 1 > > > > > > > > > I know -- not another oil thread. I admit I don't normally read them > > > myself, so I probably have missed discussion of this. So I do > > > apologize if this is old news, but... I was at Wal Mart yesterday > > > looking for Mobil 1 Truck and SUV and I noticed that it is now 5W-30 > > > weight and no longer diesel rated. > > > > > > Looking around, they had nothing else they had in stock as far as > > > Mobil 1 seemed suitable. I am overdue for an oil change, so I picked > > > up 2 gallons of Chevron Delo -- inexpensive, and good oil (though not > > > Mobil 1). > > > > > > It's a bit frustrating that they keep reformulating and relabeling > > > these oils. Hopefully they are at least improving them in the > > > process. > > > > > > So, for reference next time, what is the recommended M1 oil for an MB > > > diesel? Do I need to hunt down some Devlac 1? > > > > > > Allan > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.striplin.net > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > -- > OK Don, KD5NRO > Norman, OK > '90 300D 243K, Rattled > '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car > '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car > '78 450SLC 67K, brown car > '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
