[MBZ] Uh oh! Oil info

2015-11-17 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
We need to reach out to Larry. Our resident oil expert is AWOL. Last notice his ISP was blocking list mail. commiecast, I think. He was resisting using a gmail acct for the list. Unfortunately our M1 is no longer Herr Doktor Booth's M1! I came across this looking for centistoke to API

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2015-11-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Yes I said that a long time ago but nobody believed me. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 17, 2015, at 8:29 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > We need to reach out to Larry. Our resident oil expert is AWOL. Last notice > his ISP was blocking list mail. commiecast,

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2015-11-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
urt > > From: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 12:50 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Uh oh! Oil info > > I only use R

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2015-11-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
t; Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 9:29 AM Subject: [MBZ] Uh oh! Oil info We need to reach out to Larry.  Our resident oil expert is AWOL. Last notice his ISP was blocking list mail.  commiecast, I think.  He was resisting using a gmail acct for the list. Unfortunately our M1 is no longer Herr

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2015-11-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
my house in 2 days for not much more > than M1... > -Curt > From: Curly McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 9:29 AM &

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2015-11-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
cussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Uh oh! Oil info I only use Rotella, which is sold by Advance.  No harm, no foul, not too expensive. On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>

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2015-11-17 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> > Andrew wrote: > > > > I only use Rotella, which is sold by Advance.  No harm, no > > foul, not too expensive. > Curt wrote: > > Synthetic or conventional? T6 is synthetic, I won't bother > with conventional oil but I don't own a 61x engine anymore. > If I did I'd probably use regular

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2015-11-17 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
A trucker once told me that Cummins engines would go 350K before overhaul using Rotella, and those using Delo would go 450-500K before overhaul. He said major truck lines used Rotella because it was cheaper, and independents used Delo. I bought the first Beetle for $275 because it had a brake