Thank you Marshall. Just what I needed to know....
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marshall Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <Mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oh God Another Oil Thread
Rick Knoble wrote:
Okay, we all know the mystic qualities of M1 5w40 oil. Is Rotella T
Synthetic (Blue Jug) 5w40 as good? Seems quite a few Goldwing owners
recommend it.
Lots of people LOVE it. It's cheap! It's also hydrocracked group III
oil, far inferior to the group IV/V that Mobil and Amsoil sell. It's
superior to the group II oils like Delo 400. It isn't nearly as good as
M-1/D-1 for cold weather starting and it will NOT last nearly as long,
but it lubricates pretty well.
DOESN'T meet any of the Mercedes standard sheet specs!! Maybe Shell
didn't submit it for testing, BUT their conventional group I Rotella and
their synthetic Helix oils were submitted and approved for various
service!
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
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