If somebody is going to be too lazy to even change their own oil, they
should at least look under the car and see if anything is leaking out
and check the level before the leave the oil change place.
Sunil Hari wrote:
Friend calls me at 6am today - says her car made this horrible
she's a girl, forgive her. I mean, seriously.
On 4/9/07, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If somebody is going to be too lazy to even change their own oil, they
should at least look under the car and see if anything is leaking out
and check the level before the leave the oil change
you got a point.
Sunil Hari wrote:
she's a girl, forgive her. I mean, seriously.
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL,
89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D 2.2,
81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250
I'm new the the benz thing, so the whole idea of oil changes from the
top
end is, well, a little strange. As for draining from the bottom,
amazed how
many people have a problem. New crush ring everytime, use a torque
wrench,
what's the big deal?.
That's the beauty of the sucker. No crush
And, it's been shown that you evacuate more oil since the pan has a
slight ridge built up around the plug for strength.
All of this presumes that the oil filter is a cannister type at the
top of the engine.don't know where the 300E filter sits.
On 4/9/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
on top behind air cleaner, its a spin on.
John Freer wrote:
And, it's been shown that you evacuate more oil since the pan has a
slight ridge built up around the plug for strength.
All of this presumes that the oil filter is a cannister type at the
top of the engine.don't know where the
I do my own oil change as well. I'm too cheap to pay someone extra to do it
wrong.
Mike
- Original Message -
From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] another reason to do your own
Friend calls me at 6am today - says her car made this horrible
metal-on-metal noise while on the freeway, a light flashed on the
dashboard, then promptly died. She pulled over and called AAA.
About a week ago, she had her oil changed. She has driven her car 3-4 times
since.
Over the phone, I
reason to do your own work
Friend calls me at 6am today - says her car made this horrible
metal-on-metal noise while on the freeway, a light flashed on the
dashboard, then promptly died. She pulled over and called AAA.
About a week ago, she had her oil changed. She has driven her car 3-4
times
reason to do your own work
Friend calls me at 6am today - says her car made this horrible
metal-on-metal noise while on the freeway, a light flashed on the
dashboard, then promptly died. She pulled over and called AAA.
About a week ago, she had her oil changed. She has driven her car
3-4 times
List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] another reason to do your own work
I've never personally had a shop not tighten the plug. Another common
mistake is they will overtigten and strip out the threads in the pan,
or on the bolt.
I did have a shop
Because many of thier customers must see the oil drain out into the
pan.
Too many would doubt the oil sucker. Or maybe it's just because drain
pans
require no maintenance or electricity to run.
Every car has a drain plug, whereas only some can use a sucker.
Can the monkeys be trained to do
This happened to my dad's 2003 Jetta that he purchased used. It was a
dealer trade, so the selling dealer wasn't who serviced it. Unfortunately,
I wasn't with him. Enough damage occurred to cause a rod knock which they
wouldn't fix. I would have advised him to run it until it seized so that
I'm new the the benz thing, so the whole idea of oil changes from the top
end is, well, a little strange. As for draining from the bottom, amazed how
many people have a problem. New crush ring everytime, use a torque wrench,
what's the big deal?. I find most mechanics error by going too tight,
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