Just bought 3 jugs of 15w50 @ $22.66 each at local evil W.
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All
Analysis don't lie.
The weak point on 61x is the soot levels get high. I never took my 240D past
8,000 miles.
-Curt
From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes
To: OK Don ; Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $
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 tha
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 Cas
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, bu
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
Some prime power stationary diesels can have centrifugal filters as
well.
As do some small motorcycles!
-- Jim
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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
a
m: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan
>> Penoff via Mercedes
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:40 PM
>> To: Mercedes Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
>>
>>
>>
>>>> On Jul 16, 2
strategy.
Scott
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan
> Penoff via Mercedes
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:40 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
>
>
>
>
--R wrote:
> "It's the best oil for your Mercedes"
nuttin' like an oil thread to spark more traffic
mao
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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
hing you're not interested in.
Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
Not sure I understand. Every industrial engine sampling program I ever ran was
to polish the oil or heat the
> condensation out of it. Seems like a little heat would be big savings if we
> were talking about that substantial an amount of oil.
>
> -Curt
>
>
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Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
> On Jul 16, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Is the lack of analysis on stationary engines a factor of short run tim
>
> -Curt
>
> From: Dan Penoff
> To: Curt Raymond
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
>
> I just did the math on this and it doesn't make sense. Here's what I'm
> thinking:
>
> 7.5 quar
anything wrong with it. In my mind, it's
overkill and the cost doesn't justify the expense, that's all.
Dan
> ____________
> From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> To: Mercedes List
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 5:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
>
>
entional oils or
cars that require synthetic is probably they cause...
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
I am changing about every 5k-6k and I'm perfec
e opposite treatment, I don't
really mind what they look like, they have to perform. Then again I drive like
4x as much as you do.
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $
5k, 7500 and 10k).
>
> I'm debating taking the Jetta up to 15k changes. VW currently recommends 10k
> in the US but 30k (!) in Europe. The reason for the short changes here is
> because they figure nobody reads the manual anyway...
>
> -Curt
>
> From: Dan Penof
end a whole
bunch of time changing oil be my guest but I prefer to drive the thing...
-Curt
From: Kaleb C. Striplin
To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
Did you know
ause
they figure nobody reads the manual anyway...
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes
To: Mercedes List
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
I change every 5k.
Yeah, I know, I know. Cheap insurance and
use it does mostly short
trips.
>
> -Curt
>
>
>
> From: Dan Penoff
> To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
>
>
> I have struggled with h
ly take a sample and see how things are inside.
>
> The 190D gets 10k changes, the Ranger 8k because it does mostly short trips.
>
> -Curt
>
> From: Dan Penoff
> To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List
>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [
oes mostly short trips.
>
> -Curt
>
>
>
> From: Dan Penoff
> To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List
>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
>
>
> I have struggled with hit or
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff
To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
I have struggled with hit or miss stock on the 15W-50 around here. I have
gotten into the habit of checkin
most
> everything although the 190D is still running M1 since I had a gallon at its
> last change interval.
>
> -Curt
>
>
>
> From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:43 P
al.
-Curt
From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:43 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World
"It's the best oil for your Mercedes"
http://www.walmart.com/browse/motor-oil,-transmission-fluid-car-lu
"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
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