There's a Youtube video out there that claims that after the law suit that resulted in partially synthetic oils could be marketed as "synthetic", all but one of the companies stopped making/selling true synthetic oil. I believe that Herr Booth was correct, at the time, that M1 was far superior and resulted in less wear, etc. However, the oils available to us today are the same as they were then. The results of that Blackstone Labs study has convinced me that there is virtually no difference in the oils we can buy today, so go cheap.
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 2:34 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > So did my '83 300D. Dr. Booth did a lot of research on oils of several > kinds and finally concluded that Mobil 1, both for engine and transmission > was the best. After using Mobil 1 for both engine and transmission for 130K > miles, the transmission is still working well, and the retired Mercedes > mechanic who put in a new chain, said it was still a very good engine after > 300K miles. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OK Don wrote: > > I used M-1 tranny fluid in it, it seemed to smooth the shifts from how > they > > were when I got the car. > > > > On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Craig via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Well, transmission fluid, actually: > > > > > > What transmission fluid is suitable for a 1990 300D/2.5 Turbo? > > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of > > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who > > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > > for themselves." > > > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://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 > > > > > -- > arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://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
