Old habits die hard, and with the limited mileage I do, an extra change a year isn't a significant cost.
Dan Sent from my iPad > On Sep 19, 2016, at 10:19 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Even with regular oil you should be able to easily go 5k miles. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 19, 2016, at 9:13 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Curt, >> >> Do you have that backwards? I can't imagine running 15W-50 in the winter in >> your neck of the woods. It would be like molasses, I would think. >> >> I currently run Delo 15W-40 in the SDL with 3000 mile changes. I believe >> strongly in the interval more than the oil, so it doesn't make a lot of >> sense to use something like M1 in the car with that short of an interval. >> >> A 2-1/2 gallon jug is around $26 at Wallyworld. Add $10 for a filter and an >> oil change costs me roughly $30. I will probably change oil 2-3 times this >> year. >> >> Dan >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Sep 19, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Why so hot for 20-50? I ran 15w40 in my 240Ds all summer and switched to >>> 15w50 M1 in the winter for easier cold starts. >>> In a 60x engine you can do synthetic and change the oil less often but IIRC >>> you don't drive that much. If I ran conventional oil back when I used to >>> commute all the time I'd have had to change the oil every other month... >>> -Curt >>> >>> From: clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Cc: clay <redgh...@comcast.net> >>> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 11:12 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Q for Larry >>> >>> I had the oil debate over Polei. I figured that all the extra pennies for >>> full synth would not be economical in the SDL, and standard diesel oil >>> would be fine. The 20-50 is like hen’s teeth now. FLAPS guy said the call >>> for something that thick is waning. Used only in diesels. My response was >>> of the DUH! sort, as I was purchasing Diesel oil at the time and wanted to >>> know if the 20-40 was going to be good enough >>> >>> clay >>> >>> >>>> On Sep 18, 2016, at 6:43 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I would also be curious about comparing to Delo full synthetic which is >>>> what I have been using in the 606 >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Sep 18, 2016, at 8:23 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Larry, >>>>> >>>>> do you have any info or insight on how the valvoline full synthretic >>>>> compares to M1? I am curious if the base stocks are similar, and if the >>>>> performance is similar. I think I will use the Valvoline in the Merkun >>>>> engines, but after the bad experience with castrol so-called synthetic, I >>>>> am not sure I want to try it in an OM603. My 616s get so few miles that >>>>> I leave them on Mobil Dino oil. >>>>> >>>>> uhOh! Nuther oel thread.... >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
