I have a friend working over in the middle east. He tells me, ppl there do regular oil changes, as oil costs next to nothing, but they seldom change the filter. lol
Ed 300E On 11/02/2008, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do a rolling oil change if you want to, but......... > > A friend of mine used the same theory in his 1973 Olds Omega. He owned > the car since new and he'd always change the filter & top off the oil. > > At about 60,000 miles, he started the engine in his driveway and it went > knock, knock, knock, knock, knock and then it stopped. The engine was > locked up. > > He pulled the dipstick & it read full. I came over that weekend and we > started to pull the engine. I unscrewed the drain plug & nothing came > out! Went back to the dip stick & it read full! > > We went ahead & pulled the engine. I pulled the pan & it was full of > hard sludge, with a small depression for the end of the dip stick & > another larger depression for the oil pump pickup. > > I figured the engine had been running on about one quart of oil for a > long, long time. > > Tom > www.kegkits.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: 2/11/08 5:33 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > CC: > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT CHevy 305/350 WAS- High mileage badges > > On Feb 11, 2008 2:05 PM, E M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Perfect system, never have to change it, just top it up. After 3 top > ups, > > the oil is all new. hee hee. > > There's something wrong with the logic there, but I can't quite put my > finger on it. It kind of reminds me of the argument that you might as > well just pour beer into the toilet and eliminate the middleman. ;) > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo et al. > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.2/1270 - Release Date: > 2/10/2008 12:21 PM > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
