Originally Posted by trueog

See the thing is it's not in the back of my manual. My manual mentions nothing about oil, other then checking it and making sure its fine. The chart you're talking about I have seen in my wife's car's user manual, but that's for a jetta. So I found it strange that Mercedes would recommend a diesel oil which I have always used on my gasoline car versus the 10W40 version which is intended for gasoline car's. That part I find a little strange, as people at part shops in the past have questioned me using 15W40 in a gas powered car....