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UOA: ELF FULL TECH 0W30 @10.5k miles
Subject car: 2002 MBz E320 (gasser ) wagon, total mileage is 78k, 10,440 miles on this analysis. Oil used was ELF FULL TECH 0W30 which is a newer product from ELF and on the thick end of the 0W30 spectrum. This oil complies with the following mfr specs:
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Impressive. Do you know if it is VW 505.01 certified? Where did you buy it?
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I purchase the oil from TDiparts.com...he's local to me. IIRC, it was $8/Litre..prices may have gone up.
No, as far as I know, it's not suitable for the VW PD cars. data sheet:
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Wow thats pretty impressive! Looks like it beat M1 but its expensive. At least in my area most autoparts stores stock 0w40 and its priced between $5-$6.50 a quart.
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Yeah, a little bit higher than than the M1. OTOH, all Mobil (and other) lube products have seen significant price increases since a year ago.
I, too, am surprised to see the improvement in wear numbers. I certainly wasn't expecting it. Thx. |
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Oil prices have risen across the board in the past 18 months. We buy Pennzoil by the pallet at the marina I work for, and the price increases have been scary!
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Elf Oil Products
I run a Quick Oil Change franchise and we purchase and resell the entire line of Elf products.
We have found that we can purchase Elf cheaper then we can buy Mobil 1 at Wal-Mart which seems to have the best Mobil 1 pricing. We have switched many of our synthetic customers to Elf with only positive feedback and many normal oil customers to Elf Synthetic. I have all kinds of info on Elf if anyone is interested. We have also agreed to be the Elf distributor at each of our stores as we build across the US. Just my quick opinion on Elf and it can easily hit the 10.5+k changes. Some people will tell you that you should change your filter every 3k and the syn oil every 10k, but the Elf Technical Director sat in my office just two days ago and said that you do not have to change out the filter because the oil holds up much better then conventional and the filter does not work as hard. Greg |
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Greg,
Any angle on setting up a Elf distribution process for MercedesShop folks either via direct shipment or via distro in metro areas or wherever you are located? Thanks!
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George Stephenson 1991 350 SDL (200K and she ain't bent, yet) former 2002 E320 4Matic Wagon - good car former 1985 300 CD - great car former 1981 300 TD - good car former 1972 280 SEL - not so good car a couple of those diesel Rabbits ...40-45 mpg |
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devil's advocate
I used to do UOAs for my TDIs before they both got destroyed in wrecks (not my fault)
I'm a little suspicious at the LOWER levels of metals present in the ELF. This would tell ME that the oil is not suspending as MUCH debris as the M1, in other words, leaving it to cling to the internals as opposed to absorbing it - which is what a good oil does. I'd like to see this test vs. Delvac 1
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That's an interesting theory. Delvac 1 doesn't meet the requirements for this application (229.5). The ELF oil does have to meet the cleanliness standards called out by 229.5.
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My newly acquired E430 has been using Elf synthetic oil, I plan to continue using it for subsequent oil changes.
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Chris 2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package 2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options 1998 E430 - sold 1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold 1977 280E - sold 1971 250 - retired "And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon |
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Would be fun to compare it against the latest Valvoline Synpower 5W-40, too... has the MB 229.51 and VW 505.01 certifications and is lower priced than the rest.
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