I'll toss this out for discussion.

This is a used oil analysis from a 2002 MBenz 3.2L V6 gas engine. The oil is the factory-recommended Mobil 1 0W-40.

This oil has covered about 10,200 miles. The car had 55,000 miles when this sample was pulled. The FSS suggested the car could have traveled another 5,700 miles before this B Service was due.






Background: We bought this car June '05. It had been sitting on the dealer's lot since 10/04. The car had been fully serviced by MBz in 9/04. I know the dealer would have started this car and left it idling for extended periods during the time they owned the car and would have been forced to shuffle it around for major snow removal we encounted last winter. When I changed the oil earlier this month I did note white build up on the underside of the oil cap.


This car has consumed NO measurable amount of oil over the past 10k miles. The car runs extremely well, fuel economy is somewhat better than I would have expected and the car has an excellent service history.

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