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Old 06-10-2007, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Texholdem View Post
I just had the oil changed a week ago, 3K miles after the last one. According to the bill they at Firestone used Kendall GT1 10W30 full synthetic, I trusted them to have it right, now I need to check the manual.
My manual says 20-50w for the temp range that my 300CE would encounter in California. I would imagine that in your particular situation the temp range (weather) would not be too different from So. Cal.

Try 20-250W and see if oil consumption does not drop for your car.
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