Thread: 0w40 vs. 5w20 Oil
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 10:49 AM
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Default Re: 0w40 vs. 5w20 Oil
Originally Posted by oledoc2u
I will be polite as I can. Dealerships don't care. Oil is oil to them. I bet you anything when they gave you free oil changes they didn't know they gave away 81/2 qts of oil rather than 5. How do you suppose they will recoup their loss? 5w-30 or 5w-40 if you can't find the 0w-30 in a synthetic is what is recommended along with fleece filters. If you don't use these then you are wearing out an engine before its time. Nothing is free. Pick up the oil and filter and take it to a local shop. Keep in mind most local shops don't do topsider oil changes. So they may have to learn as well. Don't be a cheap skate with the oil. That 100 bucks at an MB dealership is cheap insurance if you don't want to do it yourself or teach a local shop to do it.
For the record it is 0W-40 not 0W-30 we use. Paper filters were specified in '04s I believe, although fleece is now preferable.

If I have an oil change I would prefer the oil to be drained from the bottom, I use a top sider, but it is easier for me. I have found that dealers do not need to learn how to do a top side oil change they know and some do it.

Originally Posted by Valk
Take his advice and be certain that the correct oil is used every time.
Free oil changes at the dealer are nothing more than a incentive to buy a car.
They have no intention on providing you a "service" nor do they have a clue what they are doing.
6 years owning my Crossfire now and never once allowing a Chrysler dealer to touch this car.

A lot of money is made in the service department of dealerships, it makes more money than new/used car sales in many dealerships. They want you to keep taking your car there regularly for oil changes, brakes and whatever they can sell you, needed or not. There is more money to be made servicing an older car than a new car.
 
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