Engine Oil Reference Thread

[vahe]

240D 1977, Castrol 20W50 every 2500miles summer & Castrol 10W40 every 2500 miles winters.

Thanks,
Vahe

[dabenz]

Rotella 15W40 at 3k mi or sooner (depends on where I am - nearest relative is >200mi away - I carry a sealable plastic oil pan with me), and in the fall when daBenz goes to bed for winter. I also put in a half quart or so of Rislone a few highway hours before the change.

[1995whitec220]

99 clk320 8.5 quarts of 20w 50 every 3000 miles

1984 MB300DT (2) - Castrol RX Super Heavy Duty 15W-40 at 5,000 km.

Will be switching to Petro Canada Duron Full Synthetic 5W-40 and oil drain interval to 8,000 km.

[slowmoe]

1996 E300, Rotella 5w-40, every 5K
1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Castrol GTX High Mileage 10w- 30, every 3K

[tjohn]

1982 300 SD Mobil 1 15w-50 year round, 7,500 change interval

Originally posted by 84W123DT
1984 MB300DT (2) - Castrol RX Super Heavy Duty 15W-40 at 5,000 km.

Will be switching to Petro Canada Duron Full Synthetic 5W-40 and oil drain interval to 8,000 km.

At 201,181 kilometers, I've switched to FULL SYSNTHETIC for the first time and that was approximately 100 kilometers ago. So far so good -- not a single drop of oil on my garage floor. I plan to change the oil filter at 204,181 (or 3,000 km.).

Originally Posted by 84W123DT

At 201,181 kilometers, I've switched to FULL SYSNTHETIC for the first time and that was approximately 100 kilometers ago. So far so good -- not a single drop of oil on my garage floor. I plan to change the oil filter at 204,181 (or 3,000 km.).

UPDATE: Now at 202,830 kilometers (1,600 kilometers driven after switching to FULL synthetic), all is well without any oil leak or oil loss. So far so good.

Originally Posted by 84W123DT

UPDATE: Now at 202,830 kilometers (1,600 kilometers driven after switching to FULL synthetic), all is well without any oil leak or oil loss. So far so good.

UPDATE: Now at 203,850 (about 2,000 km. ago) since I switched to Full Synthetic. For good measure, I have just installled a new Mann oil filter presuming that the old one would contain debris (i.e., varnish, etc..) from years of dino oil use but to my surprise I found nothing. I take it as a good, clean engine internals. No leaks or engine oil loss so far.

[JHZR2]

HDEOs contain significantly higher levels of detergents/dispersants than PCMOs, and their lube base is typically higher quality, more shear-stable, and less volatile. Unless you were using something low-quality, I wouldnt have expected much...

JMH

[H-townbenzoboy]

1981 300SD Valvoline 10w-40 all year, change every 5 months which is about 5K mi, odometer is non functional.
1982 300D Mobil 1 synthetic 15W-50 all year, change every 5 months or 5K mi, slow odometer is reason why.
Mann filters only on both cars.

[shertex]

1992 300D 2.5 Turbo
Mobil Delvac 1 5W40
7500-8000 miles

[Hatterasguy]

Originally posted by Hatterasguy
300SDL- Delo 15w-40, every 2.5k-3k
Toyota Camry- Castrol GTX High Mileage 10w-30, every 3k

Update:
300SDL now gets Mobil 1 15w-50 in the summer and Mobil Delvac 1 5w-40 in the winter. 5k mile changes, with a German filter.

Camry's no longer mine so probably what ever Jiffy Lube puts in.

[tjohn]

I think Brian's trying to point out that your question is answered i in any number of other threads, which you can find by doing a search. This thread specifically is to list information. As was said in post 1

Originally Posted by Triffin

Did a 'search' on "Oil" and got 55 pages of 'hits'
and realized that it might be useful to have a thread
where we only post our ..

model
oil used
change interval

No discussions pro/con ..
No oil wars ..

Just post what you actually use in your vehicle ..

Thanks for everyone's input and
for sticking with the 'format'


Jim in Ct ..