They are almost as common in the South as arrogance is in other parts of the country!!!

For those of you like me who unfortunately go to Walfart to buy oil, Walfarts usually have a Tire and Quick lube place on one of the sides of the store. And in my case the automotive section is right where the quicklube is. I park in the seldom-used spaces near the quick lube, walk in to Walfart through the quick lube entrace, and there's the auto section. There's also a couple of Cashiers at the quick lube entrance where you can pay for all of your stuff. It's almost like not going into Walfart. Just think of it as a big Mcparts.

__________________
1980 240d
1999 SL500

Touché. At least you don't have to speak Spanish to shop at them where you live. Its like taking a little trip to Mexico up here!

__________________
1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I use SuperTech oil in my cars, and I have for a while now. It will work just fine...it has been widely debated over on the Supra forums by people that use it in high-stress very high performance turbo engine applications, and I haven't heard one bad thing about it.

__________________
Current cars:
2000 ML55 AMG, 174k miles
2003 C240 T-Modell, 202k miles
1995 S320, 207k Miles

Spanish seems to be the new language of the automotive parts industry. Around here they have this little sticker on their name tags at Autozone that says "hablo espanol", I think it should read "I can speak English too" as they NEVER speak English, even when i am a customer bringing brake cleaner or gasket shellac (about the only thing compatible with MB's there) to the cashier the only word in English they say to me is 'thank-you', they always continue their conversation among themselves 'en espanol'. . .

as for SuperTech, the name turns me off, it sounds low end. I used it once in a pinch in my 2 cycle Yamaha outboard on my boat, it burnt like it was suppose to. The MB only drinks premium dinosaurs. . .

__________________
". . .back before accountants designed cars"

-Current Stable-
'78 MB 450SL-C 107.024.12.020783 #3840 <Kayleen>
'85 FORD F250 6.9L Diesel <Allison>
'98 Lexus ES300 <Rachel>
Long Gone...
'74 Chevy G10...........................'99 GMC Yukon 4X4
'83 Chevy Suburban 6.2 diesel .....'99 SAAB 9-5
'90 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS............. '01 Chevy Tahoe
'98 Nissan Altima .......................'02 MB ML320
'88 Chevy Suburban V2500 4X4 6.2 diesel

777funk,

Mobil took two brand new BMW's (Back in the 1980's) one on "Dino",one on
Mobil 1... 'Ran them 200,000 miles...with factory oil change intervals.At the
end of the test, both engines were dis-assembled.The Mobil 1 engine showed
virtually No Wear.The pictures are still hanging around somewhere on the web.

Of course since E/M is screwing around and retrograding back to cheaper base
stocks,the only things running on it around here are the lawnmower and the test ford.

__________________
'84 300SD sold
124.128

Nice.

__________________
1983 300SD 296K+
1984 300SD parts car

WalMart Oil filters are made my Champion Labs (not the same ppl that make Champion Spark plugs).

Champion also makes the Oil Filters for STP, ACDelco, Bosch, Mobil 1 and K&N.

As far as Supertech oil, I doubt that it was causing your issues. Supertech oil, like all other oil you can buy at wal mart or your FLAPS, has to carry the API Diesel Rating of CI4. I dont see how this oil could cause your problems.

Did you save some of the old oil to send to Blackstone Labs for analysis to see what the real issue is?

As for me, I don't think I would use Supertech in my SDL, just because it only costs a little more to run a better oil. In my case, I use Royal Purple and send a sample into Blackstone every 3000 miles.

Just my .02, but if you're really concerned about the oil, maybe a good place to get more feedback is bobistheoilguy.....

__________________
91 350SD
14 F150 Eco
19 Fusion Hybrid
11 GT500

Some people are happy with the superteck oil it appears. We found it unacceptable for our diesel volkswagon engines quite awhile ago. Yet it carries a high rating classification on the label.

It seemed to loose viscosity as far as we could accertain in comparison to all the other base oils we had experience with prior to that. I would never consider using it again.

When decent oils are on sale I usually stock up enough until the next promotional event occurs. Sometimes the local distributors will sell you the oil brands you preffer quietly at the wholesale price. Depends on local policy as they are independantly owned in a lot of cases.

If you buy fuel oil for your furnace talk to them. Sometimes it works well. Oil threads I usually stay away from yet that superteck oil was inferior enough in our applications to get our attention. I personally would not recommend their diesel rated oil to anyone. It is not because I have a particular alternative favorite brand either.

There was and is a major problem also with their in house oil they use when doing oil changes on gas engines. Japanese cars like my son in laws are burning oil now at much lower overall milage than expected. It is the only place he has gotten oil changes done. All at the right scheduled milage interval as recommended by the manufacturer.

Labels lie, or more accurately, mislead.

This is precisely the reason I change my own oil in both my cars.

1) I see the mobile one come from the bottle into my engine (premium dinosaurs in the case of the MB)

2) I know its done right, no loose (or not replaced at all) filters, drain plugs.

I dont care to wait 30 minutes for some greasy dude at a lube shop to drive my car around (mess inside the cabin), get oily handprints on the car and then charge me the same price as I pay to do it myself.

__________________
". . .back before accountants designed cars"

-Current Stable-
'78 MB 450SL-C 107.024.12.020783 #3840 <Kayleen>
'85 FORD F250 6.9L Diesel <Allison>
'98 Lexus ES300 <Rachel>
Long Gone...
'74 Chevy G10...........................'99 GMC Yukon 4X4
'83 Chevy Suburban 6.2 diesel .....'99 SAAB 9-5
'90 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS............. '01 Chevy Tahoe
'98 Nissan Altima .......................'02 MB ML320
'88 Chevy Suburban V2500 4X4 6.2 diesel

I use Catrol 20W-50 in the 280. I used Penzoil 15W-40 HD Diesel oil once and the car ran alot better than with the gasser oil, the oil pressure was higher and seemed to give it few more HP.

__________________
1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg

Yea, not to mention that some places try to get all the oil out by cranking the engine briefly before closing it all up.

__________________
1982 280SL - Petrol Green
1994 E420 - Brilliant Silver
1995 E320 wagon - Smoke Silver

Hey now... don't go there: I'm the official crotchety man here, lol.

I'm working to replace you!

I think my post was misunderstood so I'm going to zip up ye old flame suit and roast for a bit.

__________________
1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Well as long as you have the suit on...
I'll let you take some heat. My suit is permanent cause I really don't care what others think of me- I know I'm right up until the moment I admit I'm wrong. I shoulda gone into politics.
Anyways, I go to Wallyworld for much of my oil if/when they sell mobil synthetic. I would'nt use supertech for any reason other than household general household lube like 3 in 1.
(hey just kidding about the "know I'm right stuff...")