Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-28 Thread Zoltan Finks
Good question. You see I have this suspicious/skeptical nature. I just wonder how an engine that has spent its life running dino oil will react to a switch to synthetic. I'm not questioning from an informed technical standpoint, just a sort of a "the way things go", common sense standpoint. So I'

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-28 Thread Ed Booher
On 12/27/06, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ed Booher wrote: > Rusty's site says that Mercedes Factory or Zerex G-05 is ok, are they > equivalent coolants? They are identical coolants made in the same factory to the same formula! Marshall Thank you, Marshall. -- Knowledge is powe

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-27 Thread Marshall Booth
Ed Booher wrote: Rusty's site says that Mercedes Factory or Zerex G-05 is ok, are they equivalent coolants? They are identical coolants made in the same factory to the same formula! Marshall -- Marshall Booth Ph.D. Ass't Prof. (ret.) Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-27 Thread Sunil Hari
you switched to M1 first in the gearbox, THEN the engine? Que pasa? On 12/27/06, Zoltan Finks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey that's cool - I just happened to switch to Mobil 1 in my gearbox several months ago in hope of improving shifting. Now I'm about to switch to the same for the engine and

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-27 Thread Zoltan Finks
Hey that's cool - I just happened to switch to Mobil 1 in my gearbox several months ago in hope of improving shifting. Now I'm about to switch to the same for the engine and see how it acts if it ever gets cold this winter like it should be. We've sort of had Fall in December this year, with the e

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-27 Thread Bob Rentfro
From what I know they are equivalentI'm looking for a link I had at one time Bob R - Original Message - From: "Ed Booher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 8:27 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-27 Thread John Peterson
In the 8 years I had Saab 900S's and was on the Saab lists, people always recommended MERCEDES coolant for the 900's! There was something in the MB stuff that protected the gaskets in the 1989-93 ones that had a weakness (something in the alloy on the head and the SS had a bad chemical reactio

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-27 Thread Ed Booher
On 12/27/06, Sunil Hari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I put the Zerex G-05 in my Saab 900S (and a new t-stat) and am achieving operating temperatures without overheating (unlike with the green stuff, where it wouldn't go above cold). Rusty's site says that Mercedes Factory or Zerex G-05 is ok, are

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-27 Thread Ed Booher
On 12/27/06, Zoltan Finks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I found this info in a response to a question I asked regarding which coolant to use in my Saab 900. Most responses came back "use the green stuff." But one guy sent this link. It recommends (at length) using Mercedes coolant. The recommendatio

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-27 Thread Sunil Hari
I put the Zerex G-05 in my Saab 900S (and a new t-stat) and am achieving operating temperatures without overheating (unlike with the green stuff, where it wouldn't go above cold). On 12/27/06, Zoltan Finks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I found this info in a response to a question I asked regardin

[MBZ] Mercedes-Related Coolant Info from Saab List

2006-12-27 Thread Zoltan Finks
I found this info in a response to a question I asked regarding which coolant to use in my Saab 900. Most responses came back "use the green stuff." But one guy sent this link. It recommends (at length) using Mercedes coolant. The recommendation comes from an experienced mechanic who works on impo