Be careful using the Mobil site for oil suggestions for older cars. Their
focus is on newer cars - most of their customers drive cars less than 8
years old IMO so when asked about a car that's
~15 yrs old their info may be a little skewed.
They may however have some oils specifically for older cars - but I doubt it
will be a 0W anything -
If it were my car I'd drain the Kendall 5W30 and put some M1 15W40 or 50 in.
Good luck -
Sincerely,
Larry T (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
www.youroil.net Oil Analysis Kits &
Porsche Posters/Weber parts
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wonko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:58 PM
Subject: [MBZ] 300E oil question (I almost hate to ask this!)
Mobil 1 web site recommends 0W-40 for my 300E. Not to be found around
here,
even at the Mega SuperWalMart in Ames. They had a shelf tag for it but
when
I asked the automotive manager about availability, he sort of laughed. Not
a
lost conversation though, because I think he is going to up his stock of
15W-50 after our chat about diesel Benz oil recommendations.
Given that I have successfully used 15W-50 in my 240D, I can't see any
reason why I can't run it in my 300E. The 15W-50 flows well in really cold
temperatures and I can't see any downside of having -40 rather than -50.
As an aside, the local Goodyear shop chose to pour in Kendall 5W-30 (the
invoice said "semi-synthetic", whatever that means) when I had them do an
oil change 400 miles ago. After driving at 75 mph on I-35 from Des Moines
to
Ames, the oil pressure needle was bouncing off of the 0 stop when I hit
stoplights on Duff Avenue. (That makes sense only to Loren.) That makes me
nervous. I reminded myself that my 240D drops the needle at stoplights and
it has run nicely for a couple of years now.
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