Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-23 Thread Gary Hurst
anybody know why they call this medium fleece? it seems to be some kind of polyester instead of paper, but i don't see anything fleece about it. On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:05 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: ...This BMW takes 8 quarts of oil, but I can't imagine it being more then $40 for the oil

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-23 Thread Peter T Arnold
Curt Raymond wrote: I changed mine at 16,000 last time, probably held it too long, got a much quieter engine after the change. I think I'll go back to 12,000... -Curt In Cold weather, my M/B diesel much prefered DELVAC1. No starting issues at -10 with no plug in. YMMV, Pete

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-23 Thread WILTON
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost anybody know why they call this medium fleece? it seems to be some kind of polyester instead of paper, but i don't see anything fleece about it. On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:05 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: ...This BMW takes 8 quarts of oil, but I can't imagine

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-23 Thread Gary Hurst
- From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost anybody know why they call this medium fleece? it seems to be some kind of polyester instead of paper, but i don't see

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-23 Thread Curt Raymond
it leaks bad and won't support long duration oil changes anyway. -Curt Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:01:59 -0400 From: Peter T Arnold pm7...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 4a91ae47.2030...@comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-23 Thread WILTON
'Probably more about fleecing the buyer. ;)) Wilton - Original Message - From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost there is nothing fleece about this stuff

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-23 Thread E M
...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost there is nothing fleece about this stuff. it's strange terminology. On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 5:41 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: Real fleece is wool

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-20 Thread Curt Raymond
I changed mine at 16,000 last time, probably held it too long, got a much quieter engine after the change. I think I'll go back to 12,000... -Curt Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:03:09 -0500 From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-20 Thread Bill R
from the car. No more offers the one and only time I ever went there. BillR -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of relng...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:06 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-19 Thread RELNGSON
...This BMW takes 8 quarts of oil, but I can't imagine it being more then $40 for the oil change.   Oh well, I think I will avoid the dealer... Anybody charging 40 bucks for an oil change is making no money. For example, local Mobil 1 0W40 retails locally for $6.99 (I just bought 20 quarts

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-19 Thread andrew strasfogel
My 1983 300td has 322 k miles and has never seen a drop of synthetic oil. Save your money and buy dino! On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:05 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: ...This BMW takes 8 quarts of oil, but I can't imagine it being more then $40 for the oil change. Oh well, I think I will avoid

Re: [MBZ] Oil change cost

2009-08-19 Thread OK Don
Depends - how often do you change it? Analysis tells me that I can go over 20,000 on Mobile 1 - but I change it then just on principle. On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:57 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: My 1983 300td has 322 k miles and has never seen a drop of synthetic oil. Save