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Originally posted by psfred
MB modifed the oil capacity for the 603 to 8 L from 8.5L (the maximum mark) because that was overfilling and the oil was rapidly lost.
The two marks on the stick are really maximum and minimum, not full and add -- 2 quarts between them. You should NEVER fill over the top mark, it will cause the oil to foam and at the very least burn off fast. Trying to keep the oil to the maximum mark can run quite a bit of oil through it -- I know of several cases where "excessive oil consumption" was cured by not adding oil til the low mark was reached -- 500 miles to the middle, 3000 to the lower mark.....
Peter
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Good to know, as I only put in 8 quarts at the last oil change.
So far it doesn't look like it's burning any, which is something that i'm extremely thrilled with.