I've heard a number of stories about oil consumption being higher at
the max mark, and in fact a friend of mine got a 300D cheap because of
this --= the PO was convinced it had a terrible engine problem because
it was using more than a quart/1000 miles -- he kept it topped up in
spite of the
my dipstick only has a low and high mark...i've seen nothing that says add.
On 10/27/05, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gabriel S. wrote:
Marshall,
Could you explain how over filling with oil is bad for the enigne (dont
get
me wrong, i believe it, i just don't see how it could
That's not unusual, but it'll be covered in the good old owner's manual.
Jerry
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Gabriel S. wrote:
my dipstick only has a low and high mark...i've seen nothing that says add.
The bottom mark IS the ADD mark. On older diesel engines there is about
1 1/2 liters between the marks - starting in the mid '80s most of the
sticks were revised to 2 liters between the two marks.
Peter Frederick wrote:
Use Delvac 1 or Truck and SUV Mobil 1 -- the same thing, but Delvac
comes in gallon containers.
Mobil 1 Truck SUV is sold in 5 qt containers at SOME Wal-Marts for
much less than Delvac in in one gallon jugs.
You should have no issues at all, but I would get an extra
with no issues.
For an MB diesel use the 5w40.
-Curt
'83 240D Hammie 247kmi, 40k or so on Mobil 1.
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:37:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lee Levitt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] converting to synthetic oil?
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I think that synthetic oil making your car leak is an old wise tale that
isn't so wise.
On 10/27/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have heard and had personal experience when changing over to MOBIL1 in
an engine that was origionally run on dino that after a while it leaks.
I've seen firsthand how synthetic can clean out crud in your system that was
plugging a leak and you end up with a new leak. However, I've had plenty of
other vehicles that DIDN'T start leaking. There's really no way of knowing
if you have any plugged leaks that the synthetic will clean out for
My experience when converting to Synthetic from Dino has been: existing
leaks get *slightly* worse but no new leaks appear and after a while -
3000-1 miles - the existing leaks improve or leak slower and sometimes
stop leaking completely. I've done this on a '74 Porsche 911, Mercedes
Thanks, Dave. I guess it's just my memory shot, I *thought* I had used 10w30
in my old SD for the winters before it was switched to AMSOIL.
Just FWIW (honestly not trying to start an AMSOIL vs. M-1 thread), AMSOIL
claims one of ts 20w50 synthetic products as a year-round leave-in oil. I
was
rumor has it that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have heard and had personal experience when changing over to MOBIL1 in
an engine that was origionally run on dino that after a while it leaks.
There is something missing in the oil to swell the gaskets, or
something like that. Not that I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have heard and had personal experience when changing over to MOBIL1 in
an engine that was origionally run on dino that after a while it leaks.
There is something missing in the oil to swell the gaskets, or
something like that. Not that I don't swear by MOBIL 1,
Marshall,
Could you explain how over filling with oil is bad for the enigne (dont get
me wrong, i believe it, i just don't see how it could be bad)?
On 10/27/05, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have heard and had personal experience when changing over to
Gabriel S. wrote:
Marshall,
Could you explain how over filling with oil is bad for the enigne (dont get
me wrong, i believe it, i just don't see how it could be bad)?
There are MANY reasons why overfilling is bad. The MAX mark is just that
- NOT the optimal level.
1: When overfilled,
Are there any issues in converting a 175K miles 2.5L td motor to
synthetic motor oil if it's been using dino in the past?
Conventional wisdom used to be that you could not convert an older
motor to synthetic...that the seals would leak.
I don't know offhand whether the PO of my car used
I started my car on synthetic at around the same mileage as yours and am now
approaching 230K without any problems. The only thing I did notice is that
for about 3 oil changed I noticed my car burning oil but now it seems to
have leveled and I really don't even have to add oil during oil changes.
You might get oil leaks and you might not, what happens is when you
start using synthetics they have a great process for keeping things
really clean. So if have leaks that have sealed with dino oil
synthetics might clean out that crud start leaking. Not saying you
can't do it, just beware it might
Lee Levitt wrote:
Are there any issues in converting a 175K miles 2.5L td motor to
synthetic motor oil if it's been using dino in the past?
Conventional wisdom used to be that you could not convert an older
motor to synthetic...that the seals would leak.
I don't know offhand whether the PO
I agree. I've seen Synthetic find leaks, depends on your interpretation as
to whether it causes them or not. Basically, there was a leak there before
that the regular oil didn't get through because there was crud blocking the
leak. The synthetic comes along doing it's job and cleans out the crud.
-0700 (PDT)
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Are there any issues in converting a 175K miles 2.5L td motor to
synthetic motor oil if it's
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For an MB diesel use the 5w40.
Why not 10w30 for winter?
Mac
to 5W-40 or 15W-50.
YMMV, etc...
-Dave M.
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:17:41 -0400
From: Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] converting to synthetic oil?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For an MB diesel use the 5w40.
Why not 10w30 for winter?
Mac
Steve MacSween wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For an MB diesel use the 5w40.
Why not 10w30 for winter?
M-1 10W-30 (and other M-1 xW-30 oils) doesn't meet the sheer specs and
several other specs that Mercedes requires.
See: http://www.whnet.com/4x4/oil.html
Marshall
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