If you could figure a way to reclaim the oil off the valve cover I think you could go ten or twenty thousand miles of highway driving without losing a drop in a 240......lololol
Mike On Jun 8, 2011 2:41 PM, "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Back when I was consistently doing 30k/yr with my '85 190D it was doing about 1qt/6,000 miles on 12k changes with M1 5w40. I haven't driven the '84 190D enough yet to really know as I'm only just closing in on the first 10k. Looks like a qt/3k right now but improving, its only had M1 for about 6,000 miles. > > Interestingly my '78 240D might be the least leaky/consuming 616 I've yet had. I had to add this week but I think thats around 2,500 miles since the last time and when I was driving it to work full time 2 weeks ago I was driving it HARD to burn out the carbon. Hard driving on a 240D tends to consume some oil. > > -Curt > > Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 13:53:06 -0400 > From: John Reames <jwrea...@comcast.net> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Rotella in OM-617 > Message-ID: <886242e3-5506-4cfa-8a93-d477bd333...@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I find that only one quart per change is needed (if that!), even when I drove 40k miles in 9 mos (oil changes were due at approximately 18kmi intervals) > > Now if the thing didn't have the snappy glow plugs! > > -- > John W Reames > jream...@verizon.net > Home: +14106646986 > Mobile: +14437915905 > > On Jun 5, 2011, at 12:15, "Max Dillon" <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> You are correct, when the low oil light started blinking, I added half a >> quart, which was actually at 5500 miles, so roughly 1 qt per 11,000 miles. >> >> It's my first fill of M1 in this engine, so it may get better, but I'm happy >> with current consumption. >> >> -Max > > _______________________________________ > 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
