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Originally Posted by Secret Squirrel
That is an excellent 30 weight oil, but I wouldn't trust its resistance to shearing for long term use in a MB engine. Where you live, I'd be running 15W-40 year round. It only starts to thicken up once the temp drops below 20F.
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You and trueog are about the fourth and fifth people to repeat this to me. Honestly, I'm not cheapening out; I'll put the good stuff in the Benz, of course. But is 4 months/3600 miles "long-term" use?
Besides, the 1997 oil visc/temp chart I finally found for the C230 indicates that 10W-30 *is* acceptable to MB if outside temps don't go above 90 . . . which will (generally) be true during the blink-and-you'll-miss-it NO winter. Not to mention that back then it specified "SJ" oil, and here we are up to SL/SM. Oils have only gotten better, right?
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