I ran a Mercedes 300E 50,000 miles on Mobil-1 with 5,000 oil changes. With added 2 quarts oil every 5K to replace consumption, the "oil age" calculated to:
Filter Change Average Oil Age 5,000 3,333 10,000 5,555 15,000 7,037 20,000 8,025 25,000 8,683 30,000 9,122 35,000 9,415 40,000 9,610 45,000 9,740 50,000 9,827 At 50K, I got scared & changed the oil but it was still a light caramel color and oil analysis showed nothing abnormal. If I'd continued, the average age would have looked like: 55,000 9,884 60,000 9,923 65,000 9,948 70,000 9,965 75,000 9,976 80,000 9,984 85,000 9,989 90,000 9,992 95,000 9,994 100,000 9,996 My point is, with changing the filter & replacing 2 quarts of oil every 5000 miles, the oil age slows down when approaching 100,000 miles and the average oil age never crosses 10,000 miles. And Mobil 1 does fine at 10,000 miles. So, why bother with more expensive Amsoil and an extravagant filtration system? Why not just do this with Mobil 1 and good filters? Thanks, Tom Hargrave 256-656-1924 www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ernest breakfield Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 8:29 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Amsoil stories (was: Re: Frybird; why? (was: Re: To Veggie or Not)) hi Rory! thanks for clarifying; that's more like what i thought. a bypass filtration system, and 3 fresh filters with 4 fresh quarts over 21K miles sounds a lot more believable. ;-) cheers! e > Well I guess I should of made it more clear, no it is not all the same oil but I have not drained it either. When I change out the filters I loose about 1 to 2 qts depends on if I'm doing both filters. I change the full flow at 7k miles and the bypass filter at 21k miles and try to run a sample every 14k miles. And I loose some oil due to blowby. I have a 97 Dodge Ram 3500 with Cummins 5.9 making about 350 RWHP. Im using 15W-40 oil in the truck. > > Sorry for the miss-leading statement. > > Rory > > On 9/11/06, ernest breakfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hi Rory! >> >> are you trying to say you've used the same oil for 180K miles >> without adding any and without any additional filtration systems? >> every time i've heard a claim like this it seems there's more to >> the story; they're using an extensive external auxiliary filtration >> system and/or changing filters frequently and "topping off" with a quart (or more) to make up for the oil in the filter(s), effectively changing the oil bit by bit anyway. >> >> if this claim is one you want to stick to, lets hear the "prof" >> [sic] and the rest of the detail; vehicle, fuel type, oil type used, >> filtration systems, maintenance sked, and all the rest that might be relevant. >> i've heard enough stories like this that have been fairly well >> debunked with a more in-depth look, so forgive me if i'm more than a >> little skeptical. >> >> >> cheers! >> e >> >> >> > Ernest and the rest, >> > I've seen the others level of so called expertise and Chris Goodwin has it done right. >> > Yeah you could spend less and maybe make it work. >> > Oh and as far as the Amsoil comment goes it works for me and I have the prof over 180k miles on the same oil and samples keep coming back good. >> > >> > But like I tell people, "use whatever you want it's your car/truck" >> > >> > >> > Have a good weekend. >> > >> > R- >> > >> > >> > >> > On 9/9/06, ernest breakfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> (i'm somewhat hesitant to ask this of someone who has the cult-oil "Amsoil" in their very e-mail address, but i'll bite anyway;) >> >> >> >> you say Frybird is the best; in light of the many opinions here >> and >> >> elsewhere to the contrary, would you care to explain why you'd say that? >> >> >> >> >> >> cheers! >> >> e >> >> >> >> >> >> > Frybrid systems are the best hands down, PERIOD. >> >> > >> >> > Yeah the searching part is the hardest if I'm going to buy a >> >> > 190D >> 5Sp. >> >> > >> >> > R- >> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
