would like to know what are good choices ? I always used kendal super D cant find it anymore .thanks joe

Any CI or CJ rated oil. Do a search for hours of entertainment....

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Now down to one:
1972 300SE 3.5 W109 (Euro delivery)

AMsoil or Mobil 1 synthetic are recommended in the OM603 engines, to keep the passageways in the lifters clean.

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!

Any HD or Premium motor CH CI rated oil is fine. I think you would be crazy to pour $6 a quart synethtic into a diesel. I use WalMart HD30 in Southern California and it is great. Burns about a quart every 3 tanks of fuel (~1000 miles) and costs about $5 a gallon. I change it every 3k miles simply because of the amount of blowby at my mileage. Prior owner took it to a MBZ dealer and used conventional Castrol every 3k for 300,000 miles!

When I bought the car at 315k miles I removed the lower oil pan and valve cover. By the time it drained for a week (including blowing out the oil cooler lines, I took a look long look around and found absoloutely ZERO evidence of any kind of sludge or deposits from this dino oil. The synthetic may drain off faster leaving many ameturs to believe that their engine is "cleaner" than mine, but that is a load of poo. I use a real MBZ filter (about $7 from a dealer) and never worry about the oil.

I also just took a look at a Cat Diesel (14L turbo) from a work boat that has over 100,000 hours on conventional 15w40 shell diesel oil. It had new cylinder liners and pistons fitted TWICE in its life, and only 1 new set of crank bearings at the last rebuild 25,000 hours ago. Vitrually no wear to the crank or cam even today. That is 25 4,000 hour work years (16 hours a day - 5 days a week) and almost no wear. Cat recommends conventional oil, but what to they, Cummins, Volvo, MAN, MTU, Detroit Deisel know about making engines that last??

zaffo, I am not sure which engine (vehicle) you have but assume it is a OM617 engine with cam followers.
FYI, We were discussing the 1987 300SDL that uses a OM603 6-cylinder 2.995 l diesel with hydraulic lifters, not cam followers that are capable of running on about any oil you dare throw on them.
there is also a better thread for this discussion so I suggest going here:http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=99081&highlight=ch4

and DELETING this thread.

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!