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Old 04-06-2008, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by jaybro View Post
On the 1999 C-280 the book does say 8.5 quartz and that may be true with a brand new dry engine,but if I put in 8 qts. I am over the max on my dip stick, with 7.5 qts I am midway between min. and max. on the dip stick.
On the 1999 SL500 the above applies and I put in 8 qts and got a dash board warning that I was over max and had to pump out a quart.
If thats true then your sucker isn't getting it all out. ~9.5Q is the full amount on a dry engine.

Do you get the engine nice and hot, remove the filter and let the oil in the filter housing drain back to the pan before removing the oil?

The only M112 engine I put 7.9qts into is the 2.6 version. Everything else gets about 8.5, otherwise I'd have a lot of unhappy people with low oil lights on.
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