My MB 300SD has about 50,000 miles since its last oil change. I installed a bypass filtration system and change the filter (a roll of toilet paper) every 2,500 miles and top up to 1/2 the dipstick level. The top up usually takes a litre of Mobil1 and this maintains the additive level. Ralph Woods at http://www.bypassfilter.com/ is the guy who sold it to me, he's very helpful and has been using these for decades. The system vents a small amount of oil from the lid of the MB filter housing, filters it and returns the oil to the valve cover. I think that dumping the additional oil up there can only help the valve train. I've installed two of these filters on my 2003 Ford F250 SD to filter the oil and fuel. Its only got about 20,000 km since the last oil change. I've been changing the filter on it every 3,000 km. In the Ford the oil pressure sending unit has been tee'd off venting a small amount of oil through the bypass filter which then returns the oil to the filler tube. In both cases the oil that comes out of the filter when I change them appears better than the oil was after regular oil changes. The stuff that came out of the MB was thick and black, the oil is still black, but not as dark and it appears much thinner. Regards Paul Marks PS my previous post (a month back) mentioned the problems I'd had posting, it is definately PEBKAS) ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Addison To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 6:38 AM Subject: [biofuel] "The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change"
Any opinions on this? Best Keith >From: "The Motor Oil Bible" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: The Motor Oil Bible Update April 16, 2004 > >Hello, > >This message is going out to everyone who ever purchased The Motor >Oil Bible or downloaded the free version (with the exception of >anyone whoever requested to be removed from my mailing list - I >respect everyone's right to opt-out). > >The Motor Oil Bible is now well over 150 pages and is now completely >F,R,E,E (at least the electronic version is). There is no longer a >free trial version and a full version. The FULL version is now >provided for download at no charge. > >I feel very strongly that everyone out there needs to read this book >as there is much environmental pollution and economic waste occuring >as a result of the major oil companies' insistence on perpetuating >The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change. > >So, I am no longer charging for the electonic version of my book. > >To those of you who paid for the electronic version in the past, I >hope you don't feel like you got the short end of the stick. > >Previous to now, I was not in a financial position to offer the book >without charge. Now I am, so that's what I'm doing. > >The reason that I am emailing you is because many of you have >indicated to me in the past that you knew people you thought should >read this information. However, many of them might not have been >willing to PAY for the information. > >Now that the book is downloadable without charge, you may have >friends or relatives who would be interested in reading the book. > >The only "semi" requirement I have is that people wanting to make >sure they are downloading the latest edition of the book will want >to register for an account on TheMotorOilSite.com discussion board. >I do not charge for these memberships either. > >Technically, to get the book, they don't HAVE to register since >anyone is welcome to send the book to a friend as an email >attachment or put it up on their website server for download. The >only potential issue is that the file may become outdated over time. >If they register for an account on TheMotorOilSite.com they can be >sure that the file they download is the latest copy available. > >At any rate, the latest iteration of the book had some revision as >of September of 2002 and had technical specification updates as of >August of 2003. Hopefully, there will be some more updates coming >very soon and all registered members of TheMotorOilSite.com will >receive notification when that update occurs. > >To download the latest version, please go to > >http://TheMotorOilSite.com and register for an account. > >Then, please notify anyone you feel might have interest in this >material that the book is now available at no cost. People need to >know that they are basically being lied to and it is costing them a >great deal of time, money and aggrevation. > >Thank you, > >Mike Kaufman >Motor Oil Bible Author >http://Motor-Oil-Bible.com >http://TheMotorOilSite.com Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/