An 85W-140 sounds pretty thick to me...

Are you sure this is what is called for for your MB? I used the Synthetic Valvolene product in a lighter weight and my shop guy said he felt it was good to go for the life of the car. Also saw a slight mpg increase.

I've been wrong before. But, check the spec?

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