> > Curious as to the list's opinions on regular Dino oil for use in the 1992 > 300E. I have run two changes of Mobil1 to quiet the lifters, which it has > done. I want to go back to a conventional oil for cost reasons. Not a lot > of miles being put on it and a starving college student driving it. > > I am pretty sure that Tony was running conventional oil in it prior to my > purchase as well (Tony?) > > Thanks, > > Dan > > Sent from my iPad > > Hi Dan-
I ran M1 20w50 for a time but still had occasional tapping on startup after the car sat for 3-5 days so switched over to Movil Delvac 15w-40 (1300 maybe?) which was much cheaper and easier to consistently find. Prior to M1 I used to use Chevron Delo 400 but after one change the hot (summer stop-and-go hot) oil pressure at idle dropped to .5 bar right after the change I switched to 20w50 M1. I hated throwing away oil with less than 200 miles on it- but w/the M1 saw pretty consistent lowest readings of 1.1-1.2 bar (hot weather/ full AC/stop and go). But M1 supply was spotty at best so switched over to Delvac, with no change in lowest/worst case oil pressure. Now, the car used about 1 quart between changes so for that I'd use any 20w50 or 15w40- I think I gave you whatever I had when you got the car. Glad to hear she's still going- I had an "uh oh" moment when you sent the email saying one of the cars got totaled out. Did you ever get the AC back up? Tony Wirtel _______________________________________ 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
