On the 99 E300D I picked up this past summer, I noticed the oil level dropping slightly. 159k miles, M1 0w40 Euro. Asked the PO what he observed and he said that, from the time he bought the car at 33k, the oil would near the minimum mark at about 7k miles, at which time he would add a quart. Did oil changes every 10k.

Have others of you seen this kind of oil consumption on the 606?

On my 98 with 86k miles I observe absolutely no oil consumption.

I'll be using M1 5w40 going forward (in part due to my ready-for-the-Apocalypse supply of the stuff)....wonder what effect that might have on consumption.

So my son has put 7500 trouble-free miles on the car in just over three months....at this rate he'll put 26k miles a year on the car!

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 160k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 180k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

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Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
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