Tom Hargrave wrote: > You are filtering out dirt that can cause excess bearing wear but there > are other causes for wear. > > Most of what wears from the engine passes right through the filter & > stays suspended in the oil, as it should. > > Tom > www.kegkits.com > > ----Original Message---- > From: Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 08/14/07 06:52 PM > To: Diesel List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mann Oil Filters Coming Apart > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > If thats true then why have a filter? What are we filtering out? > > -Curt
The filter doesn't remove small particulate (like soot). It remains suspended in the oil. It's because of this small stuff that the oil in your Mercedes needs to be changed every 5-10kmi. If you filtered the small stuff, the oil could last for 50-100kmi. But you'd be changing filters every 2.5kmi or so (the way a Mercedes is designed) and adding a qt of oil with each change. Marshall -- Marshall Booth Ph.D. Ass't Prof. (ret.) Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ 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
