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jake12tech · #12 12-19-2018, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Father Of Giants

Man these engines are a last of an Era. The video was helpful too and it's a clear miss, I appreciate you uploading it.

Speaking of engine longevity, there are people on bobistheoilguy who go to great lengths to reduce engine wear as much as possible with bypass filters, pre oilers, and top of the line synthetic oils.

Sometimes I feel like doing the same but that'll have to wait.
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All that stuff is super silly. This car made it 560k on what is an original engine besides the document timing chains. It had the oil changes no later than 5k. Can’t ask for much more than 560k and I’m about 90% sure my bottom end is still solid. It’s quiet and doesn’t burn oil. And the head is decent! 5 cylinders still have good compression. This car never had anything modified to it, completely stock oiling system. Them guys waste their money, change the oil on time and you’re good. With synthetic.

Yes, I do run Mobil 1 0W-40 the German blend for BMW, Mercedes from Walmart. It’s $25 a bottle for the big bottles. It is also the factory oil this car left with. That’s the rule I follow. What it left the factory with is what I run it on. The M103 gas engines and diesel om603s left the Benz factory with rotella 15w40 Dino oil.

Also, you’re right they did have an interior package. My car has the vinyl MB tex, which has held up better than all my cars with leather. The leather has the stitching like the car with the tan interior. The leather was an additional $800 I believe.

I’d like to get some pictures of this car in the day time to show how well it had held up over it’s mileage and age. The fenders are rusted but I’ve fixed the rockers and quarters. Just hunting for two clean black fenders.