Yes when I first put M1 in my 79 240D it would pop right off on a triple glow,at 10F. Not surprised at these results. Used to use the 5w-40.
Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Apr 18, 2018 12:43 AM, "clay monroe via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Randy, > > YES, M1 is the bomb when it comes to cold temps. > > I watched a yooo tooob video a few months back where the testing fellow > had four liters of oil he had tossed in the deep freeze for 24 hours. They > were M1, Royal Purple, the dead sam gunk and another FLAPS oil which > escapes me. The jugs were upended, each over a large beaker and allowed to > flow. The M1 beat all others to empty the jug into the beaker. The dead > sam gunk was not able to flow, and the purple stuff was less than > spectacular. M1 remained fluid at -40 and began flowing within seconds of > being up ended. The others required at least a minute to attempt egress > from their containers. > > clay > > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1986 SDL - Polei > 1982 300 SD - Allen > > retired models- > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap > 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery > 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran > 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV > POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > > > > > > > > > On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:43 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > On 17/04/2018 12:18 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > >> Despite Herr Booth's claims of drastically reduced timing chain wear > (back > >> in the day) with M1, I've switched to cheap oil based on "big data" > >> analysis: > >> > >> https://www.blackstone-labs.com/Newsletters/Gas-Diesel/July-1-2017.php > >> > >> > > That was very interesting. I still wonder if synthetic like Mobil1 is > better on cold dead of winter starts and really hot days in summer with the > ac cranked on. > > Those would seem to me to be among the times when the motor might be > under the most stress and I therefore wonder if the better oil is worth it > for those times. > > > > RB > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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
