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Old 10-06-2006, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by mpolli View Post
I have the 98 C230 with the spooky 4 cyl engine that doesn't burn ANY oil. I am coming up to 10,000 miles since the last change with Mobil1 0W40 ...


Mike, I take it your car doesn't have the FSS indicator? I run this same factory-speced oil in our car and change it out around 10k miles. I've performed UOA on the past two changes. The results have been virtually faultless. Based upon what I've found via UOA, I'm going to start changing the oil no later than 10k miles regardless of the prediction made by FSS.

You might wish to change earlier with a 4 cylinder engine. As hatterasguy mentions, it's nothing but guesswork changing the oil with short intervals.

Take care.
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