Bluetec Oil/Oil Filter change - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

mbride · #1 09-06-2009, 02:35 PM

I am embarrassed to ask being this is my 3rd diesel Mercedes. I have a 2008 E320 Bluetec...I can not find the oil filter, nor does any of the car literature give you the oil capacity. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

TheDon · #2 09-06-2009, 02:44 PM

You're going to change the oil on a new car with a warranty... GASP!!!!

I'm kidding. It's probably somewhere under the engine beauty cover.

mbride · #3 09-06-2009, 03:13 PM

Yup. Even under warranty, there is a $500 plus charge for each oil change. After having Mercedes do it 4 times (The boss/wife has put 30K on it already.) and reviewing the bill, the work performed, is the same I have been doing to my '93 300D and '87 190D. Only problem is, I do not know the oil capacity and the oil filter location. I have figured out how to remove the engine cover though...

tankowner · #4 09-06-2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mbride

Yup. Even under warranty, there is a $500 plus charge for each oil change.

Ummmmm . . . .what did you say???

tankowner · #5 09-06-2009, 06:24 PM

On a more serious note, does this car not come with an owner's manual that states the amount and type of oil to be used - or is it just assumed that the person who buys this car will not be doing oil changes.

Anyway, peel the engine cover off and look around - take pictures and post if necessary. Has MB moved the filter location on newer models? (I really have no idea.) If not I would expect that it is located somewhere near the firewall on the drivers side. Probably some special cap on top that requires a special tool to remove - even so it would just make sense to buy the tool (even if it cost $500) and do it yourself.

If all else fails on the capacity, drain out the old and replace with however much you take out. Then keep an eye on the dip stick to make sure you get it at a happy place.

jdcaples · #6 09-06-2009, 06:48 PM

On driver's side of the engine front, is there a black cap on a housing bolted to the engine between the radiator and the rest of the engine?

If so, the oil filter's under that black cap, impaled on a spindle and doing its job in the housing.

There's a special tool used to remove the cap; it's threaded and sealed with a largish o-ring.

I have a 2007 Sprinter with v6, 3.0L OM642.993. If we have the same major assembly, you might be interested in the fact that I noticed that the prescribed torque imprinted on my filter housing's cap.

-Jon

oldnavy · #7 09-07-2009, 04:55 PM

Last oil change on the 05 CDI was less then a hundred dollars, but I had my own oil. I know if they provide the oil it is about $10 a quart and the total is still under $200 even with 8 quarts used. But then I do not have a Blutec, just the last of the real MB diesels.

2.5Turbo · #8 09-07-2009, 08:23 PM

The B service my dad had done on the CDI cost less than $400. Our regular service adviser was on her day off when we took the car in, so we had a different one. She happened to be in for a bit when we picked up the car and we asked her why it was cheaper than expected. She looked at the invoice and said they forgot to charge us for a filter but did indeed put it in. She said "sometimes these things happen"

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nhdoc · #9 09-07-2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by 2.5Turbo

The B service my dad had done on the CDI cost less than $400. Our regular service adviser was on her day off when we took the car in, so we had a different one. She happened to be in for a bit when we picked up the car and we asked her why it was cheaper than expected. She looked at the invoice and said they forgot to charge us for a filter but did indeed put it in. She said "sometimes these things happen"

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So, instead of making $300 for an hour's work they only made $290

What about all of the customers who get charged for stuff they forget to install? "sometimes these things happen"

2.5Turbo · #10 09-08-2009, 12:43 AM

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What about all of the customers who get charged for stuff they forget to install? "sometimes these things happen"

Don't know how often that happens but I bet it has at some point in the past.

Our normal service adviser is great though. When we were having the computer problems a couple months back she pretty much got us a transmission fluid and filter change done under warranty due to a leak at an electrical connector on the transmission. I had no clue about the problem before we brought it in, but she told us a lot of the 722.6 trannys do that when she was writing up the work order. She put down "Something leaking in driveway" in the paperwork to get a tech to check it out. It was leaking and they found a marginal pan gasket as well so they replaced the connector, pan gasket and filter then filled with new fluid. And they did a real good job washing it when it was done

It's OK when the dealer throws parts at it when it's on MB's dime