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Old 01-21-2019, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by tyl604 View Post
Yes, agree. I changed the oil in my 1981 300SD to 5/30w(as I remember) and it helped starting in cold weather quite a bit.

You probably just need a jump from a real running vehicle after you glow the plugs. It needs to spin decently fast.
5W-30?
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