Water is a byproduct of the combustion of gasoline, not diesel.

Again, we are talking about diesel engines here. More specifically, our Mercedes diesels. Short trips on diesel engines is not as hard on the oil as on gasoline engines. Short trips are not good for other things with our diesels but that's not the point.

Extrapolating any oil related information from information gained on a 1970 ford gasoline engine is pure fanasty.

The fact that you attempted to use it as a reason for your current 3kmile oil changes tells us plenty.

But as I said, your mind is made up and you continue to preach to the newbies how 3kmiles changes are the greatest thing since sliced bread.

And that is wrong.

240Joe

Since your reading and spelling skills are obviously a little weak, I will do my best to help you understand what I said.

First of all I have no "fanasty" about oil changing. I like to change my oil regularly at short intervals and you don't. THAT'S FINE! You don't have to EVER change your oil if you choose not to! For me, it is MY money, and I will change oil often if I choose to do so.

Secondly, I made NO comparison in ANY way between that old Ford engine and ANY MB engine. My point had NOTHING to do with ANY of your comments. I was merely talking about what short hops can do to an engine in general, in response to pmckecknies mention of short hop engines. Believe it or not, I had no thought of you OR your diatribe while I was writing that post.

Do you understand that???????????????

Also when have I "preached to the newbies about 3K oil changes?" Was it as recently as you preached to them about saving oil and how much it offends you because they might change it more often than you??????


LET ME BE CLEAR! I DON'T CARE HOW OFTEN ANYONE CHANGES THEIR OIL, MOST OF ALL YOU.

I skipped a lot of this thread, so forgive me if I'm off topic.

A lot of this conversation seems to be about how often you need to change your oil. We try to tell people when they can safely extend their oil changes because, hey, who doesn't like to save a little money? That being said, you can't go wrong with changing the oil often. Like they say, oil is cheap, engines are expensive.

Kristin Huff
Blackstone Labs