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Originally Posted by gsxr
The 0W-40 is recommended strictly for fuel economy reasons, not for protection or longevity. There have been enough reports of problems with 0W-40 that I will NOT use it in my cars.
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gsxr, what sort of problems are you talking about? My local dealer here in Richmond, VA just told me that 0W-40 was the new recommendation for just about everything that is not AMG or Diesel.
I just loaded my '97 S320 with 7.4 quarts of M1 0W-40 and now I'm worried! 
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'97 S320 (LWB), Ruby Red Metallic, 73k miles
'97 S420V, Smoke Silver Metallic, 155k miles
Last edited by bobs; 12-31-2007 at 07:10 AM.
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