The newest diesel ratings are definitely for the latest "low emission" engines, for your 20 or 30 year old diesels you are better off with the traditional oils (which are getting harder to find, as most stores only stock oil for cars made within the last 10 years or so since few people keep a car longer than that).
Allan Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> writes: > Just because there is an MB spec for an oil doesn't mean that spec is valid > for all cars they ever made. > > Only the new cars need the ESP oil. Don't bother on older cars... in fact, > it might even be harmful to use. > > I put Mobil 1 ESP 5W40 in my '95 E320 and it burned a quart of oil in 7500 > miles. Then I did my research. Went back to the "old" Mobil 0w40 and it > doesn't use oil any more. I can't explain why, but I think it does suggest > that newest oil isn't the best for older engines. > -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD _______________________________________ 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
