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One more oil post-did the M1 15-50 become 15-50 extended or EP or something
like hat
the website.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:52:52 -0400
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On Behalf Of Curt Raymond
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Uhh, Mobil says CF for regular 15w50.
http://www.mobiloil.com/usa-english/motoroil/oils/mobil_1_15w-50_.aspx
which isn't
.?
1990 300D 2.5t 170K miles.
Wickford, RI
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On Behalf Of Curt Raymond
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Uhh, Mobil
://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Oils/Mobil_1_Turbo_Diesel_Truck_5W-40.aspx
M1 15w50 EP seems to have dissappeared from the website.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:52:52 -0400
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Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes:
The Car Quest brand 15w40 is cheaper by the gallon than ANY oil at the
big FLAPs too and only marginally more expensive than the cheapest
Wal-Mart has.
But what's in the bottle? Is it recycled?
Allan
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Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:07 AM
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Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes:
The Car Quest brand 15w40 is cheaper by the gallon than ANY oil at the
big FLAPs too
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Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes:
The Car Quest brand 15w40 is cheaper by the gallon than ANY oil at the
big FLAPs too and only marginally more expensive than the cheapest
Wal
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On Behalf Of Larry T
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:17 AM
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I needed oil for our '91 300D (182K mi) and finally found some
Rich Thomas wrote:
I think that stuff is fine, as long as it has the diesel rating. Wasn't
there a lot of discussion on various M1 formulations and reformulations,
etc. that basically renamed their diesel rated oils?
5W40 Turbo Diesel Truck is the same stuff as 5W40 Delvac One, AFAIK.
One of
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Larry,
I thought you were the oil guy :-) (I need to send you a sample.) All I
can
get here is the M1 15-40. My 90 like your 91
I'm running 5w-40 in both the 2.5T cars - run colls just fine, and stays at
85C even when it's 100F outside, after a highway run, and has 1.5 bar at
idle. The other heats up to 105C in the same conditions, but still has 1.5
bar at idle.
It's probably getting time to send samples in again - I'll
- Export
Putting Buyers Sellers Together
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Curt
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Hi Dwight -
You wrote thought you were the oil guy :-)
I kinda saw that coming
Of Curt Raymond
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 3:13 PM
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M1 5w40 Turbo Diesel Truck has been so named for at least 4 years... The
5w40 weight has been around much longer than that but under the other name
as noted in my
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Hi Dwight -
You wrote thought you were
Euan wrote:
Rolf
Yes, this is idle vibration. Tail-pipe is a blur unless I crank the
idle-speed nob up to full.
Has somebody who knows what he's doing tried to balance the delivery valves at
idle? A 617 can be very smooth when all five cylinders put out exactly the same
power.
A really
I would say the pump should be put on a bench and injectors rebuilt.
Euan, also there should be bushings on the exhaust-trans mount.
-Rolf
Mitch Haley wrote:
Euan wrote:
Rolf
Yes, this is idle vibration. Tail-pipe is a blur unless I crank the
idle-speed nob up to full.
Has somebody who
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:16:12 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Euan wrote:
Rolf
Yes, this is idle vibration. Tail-pipe is a blur unless I crank the
idle-speed nob up to full.
Has somebody who knows what he's doing tried to balance the delivery
valves at idle? A 617 can be
Craig McCluskey wrote:
How is it done, Mitch?
By loosening the injection line at the DV and turning the locknuts/delivery
valve. Somebody on these lists mentioned seeing the owner of a used car lot
tweaking the DVs and making the engine idle very smoothly. I just did some
reading on the
On an aluminum body pump, that's a shooting offense) (then hang them for
stinking)
Uncalibrated adulteration to those things is bad mojo/juju/karma. (and it can
get expensive too!)
The problem is not as likely to be fuel volume... But diddling the volume could
cover the problem of unbalanced
Cheers Dieselhead
They are Nylock nuts. Sounds as though I should back them off quite a bit.
Thanks indeed
Euan
My memory is fuzzy on this, but i recall the struts have Nylock nuts.
They should compress the rubber to some extent, but should not be run
to the end of the threads. I am sure
Injectors have been rebuilt. Pump has never been touched, Rolf. Down
here in the Colonies, that's bigger money than the value of the wagon.
Euan
I would say the pump should be put on a bench and injectors rebuilt.
Euan, also there should be bushings on the exhaust-trans mount.
-Rolf
How closely are the pop pressures matched? Iirc spec is 3 bars, but the boxes
ones were only at 5 bars. Dr.MB may have mentioned something about seeing a
slight benefit by matching to within 1bar...
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On Jul 23, 2010,
than ANY oil at the big
FLAPs too and only marginally more expensive than the cheapest Wal-Mart has.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:38:15 -0400
From: John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Report-back on engine lurch-restraint struts
That is absolutely right. My Injection guy, also an MB Diesel owner,
said the engine will run at the spec, but if you want it to run best,
to get them within 15 PSI between high and low. He would even polish
shims to get just what he wanted. The real spec is 1 bar, but the
the book value is
Thanks, but that nugget of knowledge was courtesy of Dr. Marshall Booth
(Dr.MB)...
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On Jul 23, 2010, at 22:17, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
That is absolutely right. My Injection guy, also an MB Diesel
OK, but some of your stuff is keepers also. My indoctrination from
the injector guy was in 1973, long before I knew of Herr Doktor.
Thanks, but that nugget of knowledge was courtesy of Dr. Marshall
Booth (Dr.MB)...
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I think you have other issues. All the engine mounts been replaced
(including trans)? I forgot about your 5speed, this is a euro right? I
know that as of 83 they still were lacking the extra sound deadening
that the turbos had. This is idle vibration?
Euan wrote:
I undertook to report back on
My memory is fuzzy on this, but i recall the struts have Nylock nuts.
They should compress the rubber to some extent, but should not be run
to the end of the threads. I am sure there is a spec, but i'd guess
3-4 turns after snug would be enough. Too tight, and they will
transmit
Rolf
Yes, this is idle vibration. Tail-pipe is a blur unless I crank the
idle-speed nob up to full.
And yes, this is a RHD Euro wagon, and therefore non-turbo.
Engine mounts have been changed many times. Not so sure about the
trannie mounts though. Must check that.
Cheers
Euan
I think
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