You work up to longer duration changes, the first couple changes just scrub out all the crud that built up either from using inferior quality stuff or from poor previous maintenance on the previous owner's part.
When I first got my '85 190D oil analysis showed high iron levels in the engine oil. After a few changes with Mobil 1 the iron levels went down to normal and stayed there even with 10,000+ mile oil changes. The previous owner swore to me he changed the oil "every 5,000 miles" but I don't recall any mention of what oil he'd used. I always assume the previous owner was and idiot (well except for the car I bought from Dwight) and maintain it accordingly. -Curt Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:21:59 -0700 From: Alan Clarke <alanc...@pacbell.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Amsoil ATF in an older transmission Message-ID: <508bfc17.1070...@pacbell.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Doesn't doing several changes defeat the purpose of going to synthetic, namely extended fluid change. BTW, when I first got my vehicle I stocked up on both Amzoil for the engine as well as this transmission fluid which I am now talking about using. This isn't cheap stuff but on the other hand it's cheaper than transmission repair down the road. On 10/27/2012 7:52 AM, Brian Toscano wrote: > when I changed my transmission over to Mobil synthetic ATF it came out > dirty the first several times - lots of black stuff in the fluid. Not > chunks, but just not clear. I guess it came from the bands. Similar with > the differential. On two diesel trucks I owned, changing to synthetic > caused one to develop a rear main leak while the other was fine. I would > say YMMV. _______________________________________ 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
