"Yes, officer, just check out this forum here....here's the post...really...I'm just seating my rings!"

Yeah I asked Bill (webmaster) about his E430 and same thing. Zero oil used between changes. His has had nothing but synthetic and I think he also changed the oil at lesser intervals than the FSS required.

Mine went on average 17,000-18,000 Km between changes. I don't know if it had synthetic at first or not. It did later on, as of around 60,000 Km.

I drove the car today and watched it closely. No smoke at all. Let it sit for a few hours then started it. Nada.

So I'm hoping that perhaps the de-sludging will do the trick. Maybe I'll throw in a late night, high-RPM highway jaunt for good measure. For the engine's good, of course.

__________________
Chris
2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon