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From: John Freer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Here come the diesels!
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From: John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Here come the diesels!
I think the data he gets comes from the older cars... With the newer
engines
Let's hope there are some Americans who can do still the math needed to
calculate the
improved mileage Vs the higher cost of diesel - in the past it was approx
30% - so if
regular is say, $4 (to keep it simple), diesel would have to be more than
$4x1.3= $5.20 to hit break even. Of course that
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From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Of course that doesn't include the reduced
maintanence cost and the longer service life. I wonder what a reasonable
factor for that would be?
I'd be careful about trumpeting about reduced maintainance
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I'd be careful about trumpeting about reduced maintainance costs.
My dad's cousin owns a plumbing company. I was at his shop one saturday
while he was outfitting a new truck (F250). I asked him why gas, and
the reason he gave wasn't the $4k extra purchase price, it was
I CANNOT understand why folks change oil so often. This fellow could reduce
his cost by 50% at least buy changing at 5KMI. I do my truck at 5 to 7 KMI and
the engine is very tight at 200KMI. Oil analysis's says everything is good to
go.
Do these same folks throw away 50% of their fuel?
On Fri, 23 May 2008 08:10:11 -0400 LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's hope there are some Americans who can do still the math needed to
calculate the improved mileage Vs the higher cost of diesel - in the
past it was approx 30% - so if regular is say, $4 (to keep it simple),
diesel would
Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I think you mean that diesel would have to be LESS than $5.20 ...
It's not far from that now. I saw $4.95 posted at one station here
yesterday.
Allan
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Mitch Haley wrote:
My dad's cousin owns a plumbing company. I was at his shop one saturday
while he was outfitting a new truck (F250). I asked him why gas, and
the reason he gave wasn't the $4k extra purchase price, it was too
expensive to maintain. He wasn't willing to do an $80 oil change
The 3,000 mile change mantra has been repeated so often and for so long
a lot of people never think to question it anymore.
John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Mitch Haley wrote:
My dad's cousin owns a plumbing company. I was at his shop one saturday
while he was outfitting a new truck
it's probably his practice to change all the trucks at 3k, I bet he's been
doing it that way for 40 years. It was a new truck (about 3 years ago),
and it was a gasser because he didn't like 2 gallon oil changes in the
Powerstroke. His E350s were gassers too. I think he had three F250s
and two
Did I say 2 gallon oil changes? I meant 3 1/2 to 4 gallon oil changes,
listed capacity is 14 quarts and the ford dealer usually charges for 15-16.
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Did I say 2 gallon oil changes? I meant 3 1/2 to 4 gallon oil
changes,
listed capacity is 14 quarts and the ford dealer usually charges for
15-16.
My pickup eats three gallons per, the cars (even the gassers) eat about
two.
IIRC a case of Delo used to be about $35 at Costco, now it's more
Jim Cathey wrote:
IIRC a case of Delo used to be about $35 at Costco, now it's more like
$50.
How much Delo 400 in a case?
Six years ago, the local Walmart wanted a bit under $5 a gallon for Delo 400
and Delvac 1300, a bit over for Rotella. Now Delo's the highest at 9.57,
Rotella 9.17, and
Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
How much Delo 400 in a case?
Last time I bought it, six 1-gallon bottles.
Allan
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I just got the oil changed on my '07 Dodge ram 2500 Cummins Diesel yesterday
for $69.95. I would hope that I can extend the interval for the next oil
change out to at least 5-6Kmi. The service sticker only gives me 3K (not
sure if warranty would be void if I let it go longer). It's going on
2 gallon oil changes in the
Powerstroke.
My 6.9L IDI required 10 qts, the '94 and '97 PSD's required 12/14 qts, and
the '99 PSD required 15 qts. I'm not sure what the 6.0L PSD's require, but
the 6.7L Cummins is somewhere around 12 qts. What's the oil capacity of the
D-Max?
Kevin in
Kevin Kraly wrote:
I would hope that I can extend the interval for the next oil change
out to at least 5-6Kmi. The service sticker only gives me 3K (not
sure if warranty would be void if I let it go longer).
http://www.everytime.cummins.com/every/applications/ram67_maintenance.jsp
Yep, 7500
Kevin Kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I just got the oil changed on my '07 Dodge ram 2500 Cummins Diesel yesterday
for $69.95. I would hope that I can extend the interval for the next oil
change out to at least 5-6Kmi. The service sticker only gives me 3K (not
sure if warranty would be
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Go by what the owner's manual says, not the sticker the shop puts in
your window. Those ALL still say 3 months/3000 miles because they
want the extra business.
Chains like Jiffy Lube push the 3K mile change interval really
I graduated my gas cars to 5,000 mile intervals in 1983 with my than new Dodge
600. Most have my cars have exceeded 200Kmi, only drastic work being head
gaskets which are not lube related.
I not only consider the cost of supplies ( I am fussy and use any SAE spec.
Name brand oil on sale) My
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Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Here come the diesels!
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Go by what the owner's manual says, not the sticker the shop puts in
your window. Those ALL
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Here come the diesels!
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Go by what the owner's manual says, not the sticker the shop puts in
your window. Those ALL still
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From: Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Here come the diesels!
On Fri, 23 May 2008 08:10:11 -0400 LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's hope there are some
] Here come the diesels!
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Go by what the owner's manual says, not the sticker the shop puts in
your window. Those ALL still say 3 months/3000 miles because they
want the extra business.
Chains like Jiffy Lube push
I think the data he gets comes from the older cars... With the newer
engines that are more efficient and have tighter clearances it might
(should) be different. I've seen oil analysis from multiple OM60x
engines going 10k miles or more with the oil analysis being just fine.
My owners manual
John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
http://gas2.org/2008/05/21/clean-diesel-cars-coming-to-us-this-fall-2008-2010-timeline/
I only hope that the current $0.60 - $0.70 per gallon premium for diesel
does not kill the demand for these.
Allan
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