Crazy how long the oil change intervals are now! Yes I still see M1 5W40 at Wally World!
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 25, 2020, at 12:22 PM, Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My memory is that I used the M1 5w-40 turbo but then I couldn't find that > anymore (do they still make it?) so I went to he 15w-50 since I drove that > car hard to Boston and back. I once had the oil tested at 10k from Larry's > kit and it still had 75% of soot carrying capacity. I usually changed it > about 12/13k or twice a year. > Dwight E. Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > >> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 11:46 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> The "best" choice for a 602 in my opinion is M1 5w40 Turbo Diesel truck at >> 10,000 miles or once a year changes. The engine and oil will both easily >> support that. If you drove a lot of miles you could probably extend the >> mileage but I'd want to see testing to support it. >> On a new to me car I'd start with a short change, 5 or 6,000 miles... >> >> -Curt >> >> On Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 11:28:44 AM EST, Dimitri Seretakis via >> Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Dwight, what did you use in the OM602? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Feb 24, 2020, at 9:54 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes >> > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> > >> > Oh sorry. The aforementioned M1 0w-40. In my 82 CD I use M1 15w-50 & i >> > don't drive it in Tmthe winter >> > >> > Dwight Giles Jr. >> > Wickford RI >> > >> >> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 8:32 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < >> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> which M1 now? There must be at somewhere between 3 and 5 in that >> >> weight range. Life was simpler when M1 was real synthetic and you >> >> only had to pick the weight range. >> >> >> >>> Dwight Giles via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> >>> February 24, 2020 at 7:27 PM >> >>> That is what i use in my 2005 E320. >> >>> >> >>> Dwight Giles Jr. >> >>> Wickford RI >> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> 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
