Car quest oil meets mb spec? Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 6, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > BTW I was just over at my local CarQuest and they had Pentosin 5w40 which > meets 505.1 and I asked about the price, $9.40 a quart but for $22 a gallon > they have their own Car Quest synthetic which ALSO meets 505.1 and MB 229.3 > and 229.5. I bought a CarQuest brand oil filter and I'm thinking once I get > the car on the road I'll use the CarQuest oil for this first fill. I'll test > at 5,000 miles and see what the analysis says. > > -Curt > > > Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 13:31:25 -0700 (PDT) > From: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > To: Diesel List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jetta TDI > Message-ID: > <1378499485.73372.yahoomail...@web160403.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > If > I had a 2004 or later I'd agree with you but I don't, its a '98, AHU > engine, 505.00 which apparently M1 5w40 still doesn't meet although its > CI-4 Plus and ACEA E7/E5... > > > A little googling shows an > interesting disagreement around the interwebs. Apparently although M1 > 5w40 doesn't meet 505.1 it might just be a failure of anybody to > actually test it against 505.1. It seems some enthusiasts don't trust > 5w30 to protect the cam and are using 5w40 because of its higher sheer > strength. It'd be interesting to know why the 5w40 isn't 505.1 > > Any 505.1 5w40 oils are EXPENSIVE, like $10/qt... > > -Curt > > > Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 09:48:30 -0700 > From: Bob Rentfro <azbob...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jetta TDI > Message-ID: > ??? <CAKOy=fwcok4o-uajo8uhihhy-m1zszjxfwfne_yusuksvpm...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > What I've read lately is that the only Mobile oil 505.01 rated is the ESP > Formula 5w30. I have used Moutl and Elf 505.01 rated oil just to be safe. > > Bob R > _______________________________________ > http://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 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
