http://www.whnet.com/4x4/oil.html

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'98 S500 W140.051 119.980

Nobody here cares about motor oil. If you're looking for opinions on that, you'll just have to go elsewhere.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

He's just trying to be helpful, but oil preference - like car brand preference - can turn into a flame war. I plan on using AMSOIL's 10W-40 high protection syn in the beast I'm getting.

I believe Dee8go said that in jest. Any discussions pertaining to oil brand/weight/change interval in this forum always tend to elevate to an almost religious level.

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Bob in Richmond

'97 S320 (LWB), Ruby Red Metallic, 73k miles
'97 S420V, Smoke Silver Metallic, 155k miles

That and coolant brand... ... but I believe the Inquisition all but eliminated the "green-coolant" movement...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Nobody really gives a damn about coolants, do they?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Hey, does anybody here CHANGE their oil? I don't waste my time with stuff like that. I like to race my car around town . . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Are you kidding?!?!? Waste oil is BAD for the environment! Don't ever change your oil. Just refill as needed.

Sheesh. What do they teach kids now-a-days?

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"It's not about how fast you can go, but how well you can go fast."

Bob in Richmond

'97 S320 (LWB), Ruby Red Metallic, 73k miles
'97 S420V, Smoke Silver Metallic, 155k miles

If you have a brand new car or a fairly new mercedes i would use synethic oil such as Mobil 1.

For the older ones I would use conventional oil such as castrol.

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)

...and for the old geezers, I recommend oil such as "castor"

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Actually I was just passing on a good reference. Since I cannot find 10w40 Mobil 1 (except for the high mileage oil), I needed a reference to what grade to use in my FSS 119 engine. It looks like MB says the SM/CF or SL/CF, 229.5 or 229.3 rated oils are OK to run in the FSS 119 engine. Either 0w40 or 5w40 will replace the 15w40 or 10w40 Mobil 1 that they used to recommend.

I know "OIL WARS" can bring out the froth in everyone and I usually stay clear! I run Amsoil in my Harley and may switch to it in the MB
Now that I just changed the oil with 10w30 Mobil 1 Geeeesh

...and what is the thing with the fleece filter? Is this a diesel thingy?

Tks
BOBB

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'98 S500 W140.051 119.980

Is your car FSS? If it is it's really the same engine as the non-FSS 1997. But I've always wondered about that - are the 98 and 99 119s and 104s FSS?

The '98 is FSS. I don't know the difference between the '97 & the '98 119.
When does a non-FSS 119 require an oil change? The FSS 119 states every 10K to 15K miles or 365-730 days. Mine resets to 10K miles. I change the oil (syn) every 5K-6K miles which is about every 9 months.

BOBB

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'98 S500 W140.051 119.980

The fleece filter is purported to hold more contaminants before it needs to be changed. That, and it uses a synthetic medium that is supposed to be better. It should be used for extended drain intervals, such as with synthetic oil.

Bob, you can get the correct Mobil 1 product (0W40) at Walmart, Autozone, PepBoi, Advance Auto, etc. for around $6.50/qt. It does meet 229.5, of course.

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Baum spring compressor "for rent"