Since I'm on digest Marshall has undoubtably already posted the Syntec is a group III oil and not to be trusted for extended change durations. I'd just like to note that I paid $38 for a 6 bottle case of Mobil 1 15w50 at AutoZone... I didn't get a price on Syntec but its usually more like $4qt. -Curt Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:13:48 -0700 From: Chuck Landenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MBZ] Collective Oil Wisdom, Pls... To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
I spoke w/Arizona Petroleum that is a local distributor of most brands of motor oil to see if they had any Mobil1. "Very little" and "no 15W/50" was the answer. But, they do have Castrol Full Synthetic 5W/50 in ample supply. I was told Castrol Full Synthetic (Syntec?) is Mercedes-Benz approved... What's the collective opinion of this for my two cars... '86 190E 2.3 16V and '92 500E??? Cost is about $39 for 6 quart case. TIA, Chuck Phoenix, AZ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jun 30 19:42:42 2006 Received: from mxa.windwireless.net ([199.164.167.40]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FwOt0-0003be-9q for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:42:42 +0000 Received: from dogear.com (dhcp-206-63-95-54.dialup.windwireless.net [206.63.95.54] (may be forged)) by mxa.windwireless.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k5UJhF4V016867 for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:43:15 -0700 Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:42:37 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v553) From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) X-Virus-Scan: smtp-vilter X-SMTP-Vilter-Version: 1.1.0rc2 X-SMTP-Vilter-Backend: Clam AntiVirus Daemon (clamd) X-SMTP-Vilter-Status: clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0rc4 (mxa.windwireless.net [199.164.167.40]); Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:43:16 -0700 (PDT) X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] Sudden loss of oil pressure X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: </pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:42:43 -0000 > Hey, does your tractor have a 3 point hitch? IIRC, Farmall was a bit > late > to climb on board with Harry Ferguson's universal hitch set up. Having actually _used_ Farmall's 2-point fast-hitch system, I can't understand why anybody would ever want to use anything else. The fact that the 3-point won out is a little like WalMart winning, leaving no place else to do business. Yeah, it'll get the job done, but it makes you want to wash your hands afterwards. -- Jim