Thread: Any REAL danger of mixing oils?
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Old 03-11-2009, 01:41 AM
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That's EXACTLY what I was thinking
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Originally Posted by ah-kay View Post
I probably would be shouted at for writing this. I think people are paranoid. I mix it all the time, w10-30, w5-40 etc to my gas cars and diesel cars and it never gives me problem. If the car is a precision instrument like a watch then I probably would not do it. But MBZ engine is built tough and can take abuse within reasons. It may shorten the engine life by 1k miles out of 500K, I would still be very happy with 499K.

One thing I never short changed myself is the interval. I always change the oil between 3k-4k miles.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. The car will probably never know the difference. It's only 1/2 quart out of 7 quarts, that's 1/14 of the total. Not going to ruin the entire engine for a few thousand miles of oil.

Thanks,

jeff
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