David Brodbeck wrote:
Marshall Booth wrote:
one VW diesel owner did not CHANGE his Mobil 1 oil for 60kmi and
when it was finally changed it was still "honey" colored and the TBN had
not dropped more than about 50%. Problem was that he had to change the
filter at least every 2500 miles or the filter would occlude, and with
each filter change, a qt of fresh oil had to be added. The actual cost
for the 60kmi was only about $10-12 less than if he had change the
oil/filter in the conventional way - and there was the labor and
disposal problems of changing the filter every 2500 miles (24 times) for
60kmi of driving.
Just to play devil's advocate: A VW diesel holds 4 quarts of oil. He
effectively did six oil changes in that 60,000 miles, one quart at a time.
But he had to change the filter 24 times - a lot of labor and trouble.
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 181Kmi,'87 190D 2.5 199Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 227Kmi, '85 190D 2.0
159Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 234kmi
Diesel Technical Advisor MBCA, member GWSection
http://www.dhc.net/~pmhack/mercedes/mbooth1.htm
