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Re: 87 900T
Posted by Joe (more from Joe) on Sat, 26 Jun 1999 17:38:18
In Reply to: 87 900T, Robert Cole, Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:13:28
> My
> question is: Redline suggests that the drain interval can go to 12000
> miles or more with a filter change at 6000 miles. Are there any engineer
> wizards or mechanics out there who can comment on this? It kind of defies
> logic from my experience. Thanks.
I am neither an engineer nor a mechanic(I'm an 'unruly bush mechanic', I hope
to graduate to 'Shade Tree mechanic' someday!).
However, from what I've seen on the Mercedes mailing lists, that isn't unusual
for Redline. The biggest beef the M-B guys have with synthetic is it _can_
leak out a lot quicker than 'dino style'. $7.50/Qt. is kinda' expensive to
leave in little drops in the parking lot(IMHO).
I put Castrol Syntec in my turbo-diesel for the winter...just to see if it
would help starting + get oil to the turbo ASAP. Other people on that list do
the same thing. I think it leaked out faster than normal oil but it doesn't
take long for oil to go dirty in a diesel so I can't say whether I could have
kept it in for a while. I had the timing chain replaced (at nearly 200k, it
was due) and the garage changed the oil.
I guess the real question is: Do you _trust_ Redline or would you be happy
with a 'lesser' oil like Castrol no39sdcx6spamx782 ~$4/Qt. or is frequent changing(3k) of the
oil in a turbo the wise thing to do, regardless of oil?
...just my 2 Euros...
Joe Krepps <-in search of an older 5 speed 900 Turbo or a 9000 turbo
'82 M-B 300D-T, 200k (turned over 200,000 today!)
'87 Renault GTA, 102k, semi-retired
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- 87 900T, Robert Cole, Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:13:28
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