Thread: which is better a 300sd or a 300sdl??????
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Old 12-14-2005, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by speedy300Dturbo
IMO the OM60x motors are easier to maintain when it comes to routine maintenance. They don't need valve adjustments, and when running synthetics can go for extended oil change intervals because the engine by design doesn't pump as much soot into the oil as the older motors.
I have also noted this, you can observe the oil in a 603 a month after an oil change and its stll clearish, thin, you know not all thick and loaded with carbon like with the 617's are after a few hundred miles. I think the piston rings were improved in the 603. anyone know for sure?
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