It was what was showing in the original manual for the car. Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 15, 2023, at 6:10 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Was that a modern listing for a W123 or a rating for modern cars? > > -Curt > > > > > On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 06:41:06 PM EDT, MB list etc via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Is it because the manual was referring to dino oil and almost all current oil > is synthetic? > I know that my OM616 and OM617 engines would easily start down to 0° F with > Mobil one back in the day vs very hard to start below freezing with Castrol > 20w50. > > > ------- Original Message ------- >> On Sunday, October 15th, 2023 at 12:50 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> In looking thru the manuals on this 123, the manual shows 15w40 good down to >> 23 where as later and I believe current oil charts show it good down to 5 >> IIRC. Why such a big difference from back in the old days? Is 15w40 today >> that much better and can be used at lower temps than 15w40 from 40 years ago? > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
