careful you can change the oil in a benz in good clothes. experience helps, but i have done it many times. the best part is the filter change from the top. i keep a few plastic shopping bags around and put the old filter in one and back into the box the new one came in. no fuss no muss. i always get a little on my hands but then i just do the simple orange thing and am done. i buy the new oil in the gallon containers and put the old in them when done. my oil pan has a spout and i funnel it into the gallon container. i sit the gallon over my driveway surface water drain so if i spill a little it goes down the drain. there is usually not much.

i have never found a car as easy to change the oil on as a benz diesel (123 and newer). the older ones are beastly! well... just like most cars.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.