In the very cold weather, Mercedes recommends a lighter oil. Just let the engine warm up for 5-10 min or so and your fine. What is meant by letting the engine cool off a little before stopping is: be careful to not rev the engine then turn off. You will have a spinning turbo with no oil pressure.

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