synthetic engine oils

Am I allowed to use synthetic engine oil 10/30 in my 1995 E 320 I just aquired it with 35,000 miles. The car has been serviced at the MB dealer with 15/40 standard oil.

JcK

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123456
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JcK

that would be fine.

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Niels Ulrik

I am in the Okanagan in BC canada Very moderate climate from 15 to 80 F

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123456

Opinions vary on leaks but I don't think synthetics leak anymore than dino. Facts are elusive to find. I've been using Mobil1 in my 83 300SD and it makes a noticeable differnce in how quiet the engine runs, how much easier it starts in winter and how your wallet feels thinner, but I swtich to dino in summer. You can extend the change interval by 50 to 100% and you'll let the next owner have a better engine. Personally I don't think there are any justifiable economics for synthetics unless you buy a brand new car and are religious in maintenance so you'll get a half to a million miles without out any engine work. But very few do that so it's a splurge because it costs more, it's high tech, and you can hear and feel the difference (try it in your auto transmission), and you can tell the next buyer that you really tooik care of the car and Exxon Mobil. hihihi

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Henry Kolesnik

Two, but it's been my experience and that of various mechanics.

Not everybody agrees on this, especially not with the already high benz suggested intervals. Remember, chances are 10:1 you are doing severe driving (which is why audi/vw recently have extended warranties to any work done on the 1.8T engine that was the result of sludge build up: customers found the severe/non-severe misleading and now audi/vw has moved to just one interval recommendation in the middle of the two.

Sludge is much less a factor with synthetics. If you used dino for a 100k miles, open up your valve covers and see what you find.

I hope you mean try synthetic ATF in your auto tranny and not synthetic oil in the tranny.

Richard

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marlin

hey! Beautiful part of the world you live in...

Hi from Seattle.

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Martin Joseph

Those of us who own Diesels open our valve covers on a regular basis. I've yet to see any sludge in my engines at 200,000+ miles with non-synthetic oils.

I used Mobil 1 ATF in one of my Mercedes transmisions. Nearly every hard part died a early death.

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VCopelan

I had the B2 valve repalced 2 years ago in my 83 300SD with 100,000 mi and had them put Mobil1 atf and I noticed a difference in how the transmission shifted,it was smoother. No leaks. As far as sludge goes I don't think diesels get it. I've had several and taken a 78 300CD to over 300,000 miles and never saw any sludge on top of the head. If you wanted to you could wipe it clean to shiny metal with a rag and no elbow grease. I doubt you could do that with a gasser. I now have a leak between the oil filter housing and the block and I guess that's abear of a job. Right now I'm waiting on some glow plugs, car wouldn't start at 20 deg F, 2 were open and the relay was working on one pair of contacts since new.

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Henry Kolesnik

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Henry Kolesnik

My $.02 - I did a LOT of googling on this, and the main gripe seemed to be that if your seals were covered with varnish that kept them from leaking, a synthetic might eat away that varnish and cause seals to leak which had not been up to that point.

Other than that, I was seeing testimonies of 12,000 mile intervals on the diesels, with an oil filter change and touch up every 6K or so. I'm considering going with it, but I've got a rebuilt with only 10K or so miles on it. It's been sitting in a garage for 8 years, though. It's a risk, but I'll keep ya posted if I actually do it.

tweaks

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tweaks

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tweaks

Same here. Richard

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marlin

Use Mobil 1 0W40 to cover your climate area.

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Tiger

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