Thanks for that info! I am going to be changing the oil this weekend. I have stalled, because the oil has stayed so clean. I am 4000 miles on the oil now, but it still looks clean, but its 1/2 quart low now, so I guess I will go ahead and change it.
Only using 1/2 quart in 4000 miles is pretty good for a M103 isnt it?
I have a MB filter... I looked and the filter is mounted upside down... I bet this creates a huge mess on the engine doesnt it? Is there a trick to cut down on the mess?
I guess I will either use the Rotella 15w-40 or the Delo? whatever it was called. lol.
Probably go ahead and change out the green coolant as well.
Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by pawoSD
The drain plug is a 13mm on the M103, but it has a 14mm thread (huge)...so the crush washer is bigger than on the diesels etc...
Mine used to use about a quart of oil every 600 miles....and was fouling plugs....so I had the valve stem seals changed, and now it burns nothing, and loses virtually 0....I did an oil change right after the stem seals were replaced.....1000 miles later, the oil level is virtually unchanged, and there is no plug fouling! 
I go 4,000 miles on synthetic on all my cars.....ends up being 1-2 changes per year. |