Roger,

In your climate, I'd stick with 10W-40 dino oil or else parhaps a 15W-40 synthetic such as Mobil 1. If you're going to use petrol based oil, go with Castrol GTX.

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Rgds,
Aaron Greenberg
MB technician
Precision Motorcars, Cincinnati, Ohio
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