I assume you ment that as a joke... My 240D leaks bad like a qt in 500 miles. At one point just before I got rid of it last time I was using the oil from the last oil change as makeup for the current... I was using Mobil 1 then to make the car start in the cold when I didn't have an outlet to plug into. Now I use dino oil (whatever is the cheapest 15w40 per ounce at Autozone) and plug in when its cold.
-Curt Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:00:39 -0500 From: Luther <benz-n-h...@gulseth.net> Subject: Re: [MBZ] our 190D starts to burn oil To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <4a269017.3080...@gulseth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed How can you justify keeping "shorter oil change intervals" when the car burns 1qt/150-200mi like my coupe? Luther Curt Raymond wrote: > DING! > > How recently? How hard have you been driving it? You did have a bad thermostat at some point not all that long ago didn't you? I seem to remember that. > > I'd guess your carboned up rings are starting to let go of the carbon resulting in them seating badly as the carbon comes off unevenly. In which case the solution is to drive it like you stole it and keep shorter oil change intervals until it clears up. > > -Curt > -- Luther KB5QHU Alma, Ark '87 300SDL (281,xxx mi) '85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x59,xxx mi) BioBeast '82 300CD (183 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) getting donor engine-sold '85 300D (280,176) parts car sans engine "The Accordion" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090604/bda580b4/attachment.html> _______________________________________ 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com