Marvel Mystery Oil? ?? On Apr 5, 2014 8:58 PM, "Dan Penoff" <d...@penoff.com> wrote:
> MMO? > > Dan > > On Apr 5, 2014, at 8:55 PM, Larry T wrote: > > > Your choice will be fine IMO - but you might consider Amsoil products. > I switched to it in my 911 and 91 300D last year and have been happy with > it. the analysis numbers look good and like you, I watch the idle oil > pressure and use that as an indication of how things are going, oil wise. > with a summer hot engine I get slightly better pressure with the same > weight oil using Amsoil. But I use a 15W40 here in Va. Not as hot as > Fl. but we get our share of days in the upper 90s at least for a couple of > weeks or so in the summer -- last Summer was pleasant though... only a week > of 95F. with 95% RH. > > > > I also put a slug of MMO into the tank at each fill up. > > > > Sincerely, > > LarryT > > 91 300D (230K) > > 78 240D (330K) > > > > On 4/5/2014 8:16 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: > >> Yup, it's time. > >> > >> Just fishing for opinions. > >> > >> Both M119 powered cars have been running Mobil1 0W-40 European. > Neither is required to run it, as the spec came out well after both were > in production. 1998 was the beginning of the oil sensor crap, so the R129 > doesn't have it. > >> > >> In the hot summers of Florida it's not uncommon for the W140, which has > over 260,000 miles on it now, to have an idle oil pressure barely hitting > the 1.0 bar mark. It comes up as soon as you increase RPM and is pretty > well pegged after that. > >> > >> I'm wondering if I might get a little higher idle oil pressure if I > change to something like 20W-50, which is what I always ran in my MB > diesels down here. > >> > >> This viscosity is well within the operating temperatures listed in MBs > oil spec sheets, so I don't see a problem doing it. I'm just not sure I'll > really gain anything from it. I'm also not terribly keen about running an > oil with a bottom end of 0W in this climate. > >> > >> Thoughts? > >> > >> Dan > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
