Curt, TY so very much for your insightful reply.
Dave H... -------------------------------------------------- From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:04 AM To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Synthetic Oils > > I've oft considered becoming an Amsoil distributor but I gotta say I hate > their marketing model. If they'd just sell the dammed stuff I'd probably > buy it. > > AFAIK (mostly from stuff Marshall and others have said) Amsoil is very > good oil. I've used their 100:1 2stroke oil (although not at 100:1, I'm a > chicken) and its fantastic. > Amsoil is Mobil 1 basestock with different additives and is said to be > every bit as good as Mobil 1. If I could get it locally at competitive > prices (like the same as Mobil 1) I'd use it. > > One could switch to dino oil in the summer but my question is "why bother" > because you can indeed extend your oil changes. > My 190D is on track for an 11,000 mile change this weekend (in the cold > and snow, brrr!) I've been having oil analysis done and at 10,000 miles on > the last change all indicators were normal so this time we'll try 11k. > Assuming everything is normal at 11k and I've no reason to believe it > won't be, I'll change the oil in 12,000 more miles and get another > analysis and so on until I get an analysis that indicates I should back > off. I'll roll back to the closest thousand (maybe another thousand back > for safety) and call it good. > > Why? Well #1 it saves money, I'll use Mobil 1 for ease of winter starting > anyway so this saves me money. > #2 Why waste oil if its not doing anything for me? As Marshall always said > why change the oil before its actually used up? > #3 Why waste my time changing the oil? If I were using conventional oil > I'd be on the 3,000 mile change regimine which would have be changing the > oil every other month. This way I change the oil twice a year (well a bit > more but you get the idea). My time is worth something after all. > Sure I'll freeze changing the oil this weekend but I won't plan on doing > it again until spring... > > As with everything your mileage may vary. > > HTH > > -Curt > > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 06:49:40 -0500 > From: "Dave H..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Synthetic Oils > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Through out this oil discussion I have consistently seen Mobil 1 > mentioned. > > An individual I know is trying to get me to become an Amzoil > distributor. > Is there really any difference between the Mobil 1 and Amzoil > synthetics? > Would the group recommend petro oil during the summer and synthetics > for the > winter only? If so, why? Is it true that you can go for more miles > between > oil changes with synthetics than you can petro oils? > > > Dave H... > > > --------------------------------- > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
