PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher McCann
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:10 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Booth Cold Method (BCM) Rationale
Once you change to Mobil 1 (and some other synthetics) the scheme that's
outline in
older (up thru the mid '90s or a bit later) owner's
The only way to be sure there is 8 qt of oil in the engine is to empty
the engine COMPLETELY and then put 8 qt of oil into it! The use of the
dipstick is a simple method for checking the oil content of the engine.
It worked rather reliably when conventional oil is used. Once you change
to
Mercedes specifies in MANY places that the optimum oil level is between
a pt and a qt below the MAX mark (they say it lots of different way, but
that's the bottom line). When the oil level increases much over the mid
level, oil consumption increases (that's been true of every Mercedes
I've
you should not really concern your self with 1/2 qt of oil
the way to accurately check oil is to a change oil using 8 qt of oiland
filter
crank the engine with the dist coil wire off and placed nest to a ground
point to get the oil pumped up in to the filter and tensioners maybe
Once you change to Mobil 1 (and some other synthetics) the scheme that's
outline in
older (up thru the mid '90s or a bit later) owner's manual doesn't
work. Mercedes solved the problem by eliminating the dipstick before they
mandated synthetic oil.
Well, that makes sense as the average
yes, I leaarned this the...easy way...fill it to full, take a trip, check oil,
reads mid way, take the rest of the trip (3 times as many miles as the first
leg) and it never moves below mid-way. Gets burned off/blown out fast.
Chris
LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can personally attest to
rumor has it that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you should not really concern your self with 1/2 qt of oil
the way to accurately check oil is to a change oil using 8 qt of oiland
filter
crank the engine with the dist coil wire off and placed nest to a ground
point to get the oil
And where is the coil wire on a diesel? :-)
...Kevin
87 300TD 278k mi
Christopher McCann said:
although accurate, not very convenient on a regular basis!
Chris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you should not really concern your self with 1/2 qt of oil
the way to accurately check oil is to a
