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Originally Posted by 84300DT
following up. after a few hundred miles on an oil change with a new 'made in germany' stamped hengst filter the hot idle oil pressure seems to be a little better.
after in town driving it rides a bit over the 2 bar mark, and after a fairly long highway run a bit under the 2 bar mark. this is better than before where is was about 1 1/2 bar. maybe the german bugs, sticks, and cotton waste are better than the indian ones..  |
My 240D after a hard run across the state with a lot of the foot to the floor running in the Ozark Hill's the gage reads above 3 bar, and at idle after an hour of hard running, just a shade above 2 bar mark. Hey I averaged 31 mpg for the trip.
Love the way the 240D handles those curves, just wish I had a little more power to come out of the curves with.
I'm using a NAPA Gold filter with upper and lower divided section, see previous posted pictures, it had the inner seal and fit real snug on the post & bottom of oil filter housing and had both large & small o'ring seals. The test of the pudding will be an oil sample test in a couple more thousand miles. I using the 5w-40 Mobil synthetic Delvac 1/Truck & SUV oil and have no oil drips on the garage floor at 149,000 miles and less then 5000 miles since switching to synthetic oil.