Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
I change every 5k.
Yeah, I know, I know. Cheap insurance and we're typically talking about twice
a year for each car if that.
Since the climate down here is nasty a good part of the year, I'm sure the oil
takes a beating as it is. I'm sure I could go longer,
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
I'm gonna call shenanigans. Nobody has ever been able to prove that anything
has changed with M1. The samples I took last year look just like the ones I
took in 2006 and say the oil is good to at least 10k in my 190D.
The talk I heard was shortly after the
OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
All of my (previous) MB Diesels with at or over 200,000 miles were sampled,
and determined that at 15,000 mile change intervals they could go another
3-5k miles due to soot level. All other elements were in tolerance as well.
Bear in mind that they leaked enough oil
: Thursday, July 17, 2014 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
All of my (previous) MB Diesels with at or over 200,000 miles were sampled,
and determined that at 15,000 mile change intervals they could go another
3-5k miles due to soot level. All other
Just bought 3 jugs of 15w50 @ $22.66 each at local evil W.
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It's the best oil for your Mercedes
http://www.walmart.com/browse/motor-oil,-transmission-fluid-car-lubricant/motor-oil/mobil-1/91083_1104294_1072084/YnJhbmQ6TW9iiaWwgMQieie?_refineresult=true
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It's the best oil for your Mercedes
http://www.walmart.com/browse/motor-oil,-transmission
is still running M1 since I had a gallon at its
last change interval.
-Curt
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I have struggled with hit or miss stock on the 15W-50
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I have struggled with hit or miss stock
: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:43 PM
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It's the best oil for your Mercedes
http://www.walmart.com/browse/motor-oil,-transmission-fluid-car-lubricant/motor-oil/mobil-1/91083_1104294_1072084/YnJhbmQ6TW9iiaWwgMQieie?_refineresult=true
--R
trips.
-Curt
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I have struggled with hit
the manual anyway...
-Curt
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I change every 5k.
Yeah, I know, I know. Cheap insurance
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Did you know that stuff is not really synthetic anymore, it's just group 3 base
stock. Better off using delvac 1 Dino because you should not go extended oil
changes with m1 anymore
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On Jul 16, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:09 PM
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I have struggled with hit or miss stock on the 15W-50 around here. I have
gotten into the habit of checking the two Supercenters in the area online
about once a week, and when they have it I buy a couple of jugs
: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
I am changing about every 5k-6k and I'm perfectly happy with that. If the oil
hasn't broken in (and I would like to see the citations for these claims) by
then it's not going to.
For almost 25 years I worked with industrial diesels with 1000s of HP that had
is probably they cause...
-Curt
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I am changing about every 5k-6k and I'm perfectly
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I am changing about every 5k-6k and I'm perfectly happy with that. If the
oil hasn't broken in (and I
...
-Curt
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I just did the math on this and it doesn't make sense. Here's what I'm
thinking:
7.5 quarts of oil = $34.50
Oil filter
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On Jul 16, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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Is the lack of analysis on stationary
if we
were talking about that substantial an amount of oil.
-Curt
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not interested in.
Curt
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Not sure I understand. Every industrial engine sampling program I
This SOP for industrial engines. You sample on a regular basis, after a few
samples you have a baseline and then you just compare each new one to determine
if there is excessive or unusual wear in a particular area.
Same thing for hydraulic fluids.
Your Cat buddies are watching for changes in
--R wrote:
It's the best oil for your Mercedes
nuttin' like an oil thread to spark more traffic
mao
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On Jul 16, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Is the lack of analysis on stationary engines a factor of short
All of my (previous) MB Diesels with at or over 200,000 miles were sampled,
and determined that at 15,000 mile change intervals they could go another
3-5k miles due to soot level. All other elements were in tolerance as well.
Bear in mind that they leaked enough oil that there were several quarts
Some prime power stationary diesels can have centrifugal filters as
well.
As do some small motorcycles!
-- Jim
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As did Fiats, Renaults, and Simcas in the '60s and 70's. It was in the
crank pulley. They did not have oil filters. You pulled the cover from the
crank pulley and dug out the compressed sludge.
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Some prime
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