Do what I do in the 300DSL. Run conventional oil most of the time & mobil-1 once a year for a good cleaning. Since I started this, I've had no lifter noise from the engine.
Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hendrik & Fay Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:46 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cleaning enigine inside with synthetic oil The problem is that M1 is about 60 bucks for 5 liters but I guess engine damage due to blocked oil feed lines is expensive as well. LarryT wrote: > As others have suggested start running M1 and keep changing the filters > every 1K miles - they're pretty cheap. The Synthetic will suspend the crud > (slowly) and circulate it to the filter to be well, filtered ;-) > > I'd prefer running oil in the engine to the other stuff suggested (diesel, > etc) since oil is supposed to run in the engine. Not sure what that other > stuff would do to seals, gaskets, etc but we know oil wil not harm anything. > > It's not a fast process but it will eventually clean everything out. > > Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
