Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
Did you ever try to start a 616 at 0F? With 15w40 conventional oil it ain't gonna happen, 10w40 maybe. M1 5w40 is no big issue... When I first got my '83 240D it leaked/consumed a little oil using M1 but nothing exciting. Then my brother in law gave me a gift card for an oil change which was conventional oil. After that it lost a quart every 1000 miles or so for the next 50,000 miles. I never did determine exactly where it was leaking from. Thats made me a little gun shy about switching back and forth between conventional and synthetic. Its irrational, my 240D was probably due to start leaking anyway... My current '78 240D is great, its leaking/consuming around a quart in 2,000 miles and improving with each oil change. M1 is cleaning/rejuvenating the seals (apparently) and making the leaks less. Oh and I suspect the snowmobiling in Georgia sucks. -Curt Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:08:42 + (UTC) From: roger...@comcast.net To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally? Message-ID: 867633617.716930.1310839722499.javamail.r...@sz0097a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Better for your car than what? M1? No. You've got to remember there are other places where it gets cold in the winter. Living in New England Mobil 1 is your best friend when it comes to cold weather starts, even 15w50 is... But a little of each in the freezer and see which one pours better, do you want to depend on the honey thick stuff to get to the bearings in a cold start? -Curt Curt, Sorry that anyone lives in that God Awful cold of the Northern climes. What did you do before Mobil 1? I guess that's why people used to ride horses as apparently no engine would survive in cold climates without Mobil 1 synthetic :-)) Gee, when I lived in the North, I used 10W40 from Valvoline and never had problems. Of course, I didn't take the head off my engine once a month to be sure there wasn't any wear. I know what you are saying about cold starts. So, move South like I did and you won't have that worry anymore. There's still room!!! Or at least until we get annexed by Mexico. Best Wishes, R oger Hale Monroe, Ga. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
Better for your car than what? M1? No. You've got to remember there are other places where it gets cold in the winter. Living in New England Mobil 1 is your best friend when it comes to cold weather starts, even 15w50 is... But a little of each in the freezer and see which one pours better, do you want to depend on the honey thick stuff to get to the bearings in a cold start? -Curt Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:14:29 + (UTC) From: roger...@comcast.net To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally? Message-ID: 1352475862.705257.1310789669736.javamail.r...@sz0097a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Allan, You're right. The Delvac is not synthetic, but it is better for your car. My two old 617s thrive on the dino stuff. Never had the heads off or any such work and they just keep purring along. At $9.99 a gallon, this is a great price...and your 617 will thank you :-)) Best Wishes, Roger Hale Monroe, Ga. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
Yeah I always use M1 in the winter. In the warm season I will use M1 if I can get it for a good price, otherwise Delo 400. Allan Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes: Better for your car than what? M1? No. You've got to remember there are other places where it gets cold in the winter. Living in New England Mobil 1 is your best friend when it comes to cold weather starts, even 15w50 is... But a little of each in the freezer and see which one pours better, do you want to depend on the honey thick stuff to get to the bearings in a cold start? -Curt -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
Better for your car than what? M1? No. You've got to remember there are other places where it gets cold in the winter. Living in New England Mobil 1 is your best friend when it comes to cold weather starts, even 15w50 is... But a little of each in the freezer and see which one pours better, do you want to depend on the honey thick stuff to get to the bearings in a cold start? -Curt Curt, Sorry that anyone lives in that God Awful cold of the Northern climes. What did you do before Mobil 1? I guess that's why people used to ride horses as apparently no engine would survive in cold climates without Mobil 1 synthetic :-)) Gee, when I lived in the North, I used 10W40 from Valvoline and never had problems. Of course, I didn't take the head off my engine once a month to be sure there wasn't any wear. I know what you are saying about cold starts. So, move South like I did and you won't have that worry anymore. There's still room!!! Or at least until we get annexed by Mexico. Best Wishes, R oger Hale Monroe, Ga. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
went into O'really? the FLAPS today and they had 15W-40 Delvac 1300 oil on sale for $10 a gallon jug. Sale is until 7/28/11 FWIW ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: went into O'really? the FLAPS today and they had 15W-40 Delvac 1300 oil on sale for $10 a gallon jug. The Delvac 1300 is not synthetic, though. Delvac-1/M1 Turbo Diesel Truck is the synthetic stuff. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: went into O'really? the FLAPS today and they had 15W-40 Delvac 1300 oil on sale for $10 a gallon jug. Allan Streib wrote: The Delvac 1300 is not synthetic, though. Delvac-1/M1 Turbo Diesel Truck is the synthetic stuff. It's not synthetic, but it and Delo 400 are the two best dino diesel oils. According to Marshal. -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
Right, but the Delvac is good for ironheads (615, 616, 617) when you change oil to keep soot levels down. The aluminum heads, I run M1 in. Soot levels are much lower in this generation of engines. I started using dino (not delvac) oil in the older dodge when it started leaking Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: went into O'really? the FLAPS today and they had 15W-40 Delvac 1300 oil on sale for $10 a gallon jug. The Delvac 1300 is not synthetic, though. Delvac-1/M1 Turbo Diesel Truck is the synthetic stuff. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com writes: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: went into O'really? the FLAPS today and they had 15W-40 Delvac 1300 oil on sale for $10 a gallon jug. Allan Streib wrote: The Delvac 1300 is not synthetic, though. Delvac-1/M1 Turbo Diesel Truck is the synthetic stuff. It's not synthetic, but it and Delo 400 are the two best dino diesel oils. According to Marshal. Yeah just wanted to clarify, because the synthetic is also called Delvac. I mostly use Delo 400 in my 617 though I recently bought M1 15w50 for the next change because it was on sale. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
Its a good conventional oil though and you're buying a gallon for just under the price of 2 quarts of M1... When I was driving my '83 240D I was using conventional oil which is something I at least think about when I buy the M1 for the '78 240D... ;) Actually when I drove the '83 240D on the last go-around I was using the cheapest conventional oil I could get which happened to be Car Quest brand. Based on the fact that nothing bad happened related to the oil (until the oil cooler line broke which I can't attribute to the oil) it was totally fine for ~25,000 miles. If I had another super-beater (I paid $400 for the car remember) I'd go the super cheap oil route again. -Curt Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:00:22 -0400 From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally? Message-ID: m1k4bjcfp5@cs.indiana.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: went into O'really? the FLAPS today and they had 15W-40 Delvac 1300 oil on sale for $10 a gallon jug. The Delvac 1300 is not synthetic, though. Delvac-1/M1 Turbo Diesel Truck is the synthetic stuff. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Delvac sale at Oreally?
Allan, You're right. The Delvac is not synthetic, but it is better for your car. My two old 617s thrive on the dino stuff. Never had the heads off or any such work and they just keep purring along. At $9.99 a gallon, this is a great price...and your 617 will thank you :-)) Best Wishes, Roger Hale Monroe, Ga. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
