I am happy with my decision for this car. 31 days till ChowdahQ 12 Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 10:30 PM Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > TDT only comes in 1 gal jugs so generally 15w50 is a better deal. > I'm actually considering grabbing another jug for the lawnmower, each one > is good for 5 years and as air cooled engines run hot and the lawnmower > generally only gets used in the heat of the summer it seems like added > protection is a valuable thing even if it means I stock another oil. > > I'll continue to put 5w40 in the snowblower, it gets the same as Angie's > car... > > -Curt > > On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 10:26:49 PM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Bought 15w50 today for the 300CD at El Mercado del Wal. $22.88 for 5 qt > jug. They did hav 5w40 diesel truck. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 7:21 PM Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thank you all for a great oil thread. I started it on Craig's suggestion > > & as an alternative to whatever OT OT we were on then. I got 58 posts,& > > learned a LOT. Still haven't bought oil for 300 CD but leaning > > toward,15w50. > > > > Dwight Giles Jr. > > Wickford RI > > > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 9:16 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > On August 9, 2019 at 11:15 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > My OM603s did OK with the 10-40 stuff, back > >> > when it was real M1 and had enough zinc. But I tried the 5W-40 and > >> got > >> > rattly lifters (not a problem with the iron heads, but still signals > >> > that the oil is too thin.) Also, the oil consumption went way high > >> > with the 5w-x stuff, but was back to nothing with the 15W-50. > >> > >> I can recall people experiencing that with a change from 5W40 Delvac to > >> 0W40 M1 euro. > >> Shouldn't happen, but IIRC Marshall swore it did. > >> If changing from xW50 to xW40 did it in one car, I'd think the lifters > >> were on the way out in that car. If it happened with multiple cars, I'd > be > >> interested in finding out why. > >> > >> Mitch > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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
