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05-10-2004, 07:03 PM
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Oil weight for 560SL?
Hello all,
I have an '87 560SL (M117) and live in Canada (Toronto). What weight of oil should I be using in this car? I'd like to use the same grade all year round if possible. I know many people use 20W50 in the summer and that should be fine here (it is usually not much higher than 80 degrees fahrenheit in the summer here, but can go to 90-95 for a week in the summer if we have a heat wave) Our winters can get as low as 0 degrees fahrenheit .. can I still run 20W50 for the winter? I'd can buy my oil by the case, so I'd rather buy one kind if possible. If not, would it make better sense to buy a case of 20W50 for the summer/10W40 for the winter?? Neal
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'83 300SD 335,000km (207k) mi SOLD '87 560SL 163,000km (101k mi) SOLD '86 300SDL 356,000km (220k mi) SOLD '92 500SEL 250,000km (155k mi) SOLD '90 300SL 140,000km (87k mi) SOLD '01 S430 260,000km (161k mi) SOLD '03 SL500 167,000km (104k mi) SOLD '07 S550 4MATIC 235,000km (146k mi) SOLD '07 GL320 CDI 4MATIC 348,000km (215k mi) '13 GL350 BlueTec 4MATIC 170,000km (105k mi) '14 SL550 72,000km (43k mi) 
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05-10-2004, 08:30 PM
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THe owner's manual does give recommendations; it's included on the CD-ROM manual set I bought. If the budget doesn't extend to the new price, there's always Ebay...
I run 20W50 in mine in the warm season, which here in GR will hit the 90's occasionally; IIRC, 10W40 is ok for winter. I do recall that 10W30 is not to be used over 50F ambient; when it was misguidedly put into mine last summer, consumption went way up. I run Valvoline's high-mileage-formula dino and normally use maybe a quart per 1500-2000 miles, at 153K miles on the car.
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Craig Bethune '97 SL500, 40th anniversary edition '04 Olds Bravada (SWMBO's) '06 Lexus ES330 '89 560SL (sold) SL--Anything else is just a Mercedes. (Kudos to whoever said it first)
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