Sadly, the bottles of 20-50 M1 sitting on the shelf in my garage beg to differ
clay On Feb 14, 2013, at 7:06 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > I hate to be "that guy" but I can't stop myself. > > > Mobil 1 20w50 = doesn't exist. > I think you mean 15w50. I've been getting it in 5 quart jugs at Wal-Mart > pretty reliably. The ONLY reason I'll go to Wal-Mart. > > My local Autozone and CarQuest will order in whatever I want, just have to > ask. CarQuest even carries some RoyalPurple. Not all the weights but they'd > order different weights if I wanted them. > > -Curt > > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:07:27 -0500 > From: Tony Wirtel <tony.wir...@gmail.com> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil (Dino) > Message-ID: > <cae0hj1xuotffmsgydrnubeezkupjg4bt7yjcfrg8nvz6pmz...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >> >> 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 _______________________________________ 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
