I used to use 5w-40 in my 240D's but local wally's no longer carries it. I use15w-50 in my OM617 300CD. My E320 (m272) uses 0w-40 MI.
Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 1:40 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: > I don't think I've ever seen M1 20w50... I forget where you are but if > the car starts okay at your temps then I'd suggest its fine. A 61x will > never be able to go long OCI due to soot levels unless you filter for soot > specifically which probably isn't worth it on a car not being driven big > miles. The last 240D I had I used M1 15w50 in the summer and M1 5w40 in the > winter. The 240D before that leaked oil really bad so it got the cheapest > 15w40 I could find but got changed at 3,000 miles or so... > -Curt > > On Monday, March 18, 2019, 1:31:36 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Wow an oil thread. > > What are people using in the older diesels, e.g. OM617? > > Years ago (Marshall Booth era) I used to use M1 20W50. I later got the > impression that it wasn't so great for diesels anymore, and started > using Delo and changing more often. > > I have M1 20W50 in the 300SD now, mainly because I had about 10 quarts > sitting in the garage last time I did a change. > > Allan > > _______________________________________ > 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
