I can definitely confirm this. When I worked at the dealership, we had a customer that brought in a 124 diesel. It was a former Oldsmobile and current Honda dealership. He had a coupon for the oil change. We changed it and he brought it back about 15 minutes later and was ranting and raving about the oil change and claimed that we didn't change the oil. So, I went out to the car where he was going to prove to me that we didn't change the oil. He pulled the dipstick and the oil was pretty dark. I explained to him that it was a diesel and oil will turn dark (not quite black) very quickly. He was still accusing of us of not changing the oil. I was starting to get upset, but decided it was also a little humorous. So, I pulled the car back in and let him watch him watch us drain all the oil. We even let it sit for 10 minutes to make sure we got as much out as possible. Then, he watched us fill it back it up and start it up. After waiting a few minutes, we checked the oil and (no surprise) when we checked the oil on the dipstick it was very dark. He was still adamant that we had pulled something over on him even though he watched everything. At that point, I gave him his $10 back (it was a generous coupon) and escorted him out. I still wonder whether he was crazy or for some reason just wanted to see if he could get a free oil change. Or maybe he just wanted to try an oil flush.
Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: Curt Raymond [mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 10:12 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Q for Larry Are you equating "dirty" with "black"? You know its black about 1 second after you start the car right? Black oil isn't automatically dirty. If you haven't done oil analysis you don't know if the oil is dirty or not. The dirt is so small and its floating in the black oil that you can't see it... -Curt From: rogerhga--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: "List, Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: roger...@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 3:49 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Q for Larry Well, I'll say this slightly tongue in cheek. I do know more than MB engineers because I would NEVER have put a Chrysler servo in an MB car. After have replaced that item many times in my 80 300SD, I have to wonder "what were they thinking"? Again, when I look at how dirty the oil is at 3K, I'm ok with the extra expense of a shorter change interval. And with no engine problems at 425,000 miles, I consider it a cheap price to keep the engine internals, IP, etc. working ok. Best Wishes, Roger Roger Hale Dinnerware Classics, Inc. Monroe, Ga. 770-267-0850 www.dinnerwareclassics.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
