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Old 03-07-2009, 05:12 PM
chinny4290 chinny4290 is offline
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Originally Posted by S-Class Guru View Post
Yeah, my dealer out in hot West Texas put Kendall 15-50 in all their cars back in the early 90's. I switched to 10-40 in '93, and it seems ok so far.

DG

I've used 10W40 on several occassions and really have nothing to complain about. Anything thinner I think isn't healthy for the engine because the top end is lubricated by pressure (aka it's not mechanically delivered) an at idle when warm the pressure is around 1.25 bar which I think is low as it is. Any thinner and the pressure I think will drop too low and the top end won't
get sufficient lubrication.
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