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Old Feb 2, 2015 | 10:37 PM
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Default Re: Oil light comes on and off
Oh I agree, there is definately rhyme and reason to what is in it, just their agenda may not be ours just as the facts of a decade ago may be different now.

There are those who believe the Bible is absolute and those who believe it is a guidebook for life .After all there are those who eat bacon and those who have the computer tuned a bit & no one ever said a parable had to be a true story.

Might mention that before I went over to the dark side I spent five years being trained by General Motors and was often talking to the people who designed interesting things like the Pontiac Super Duty program (and know why the engines changed color in mid-73 model year).

Will agree that the engine used in the Crossie was a very good design, just from the last century when synthetics were not common in the mass market. There is a lot more variety now.

Personally, I change oil more frequently than any factory requirement, I use different criteria, so really do not care if the oil matches the the FSS criteria.

However even the OM (2007 page 228) says MB 229.3 or 229.5. For those really interested in what viscosity is required, you might look here and here.

For my climate with months that near 100F OAT and higher on roadways, I'd prefer a 10W-40. There are some listed.

ps note from the data sheets: "which are distinctly marked with the label indicating the approval of Mercedes-Benz, e.g. “MB-Approval 229.51”. Labels referring e.g. to “MB 229.51” don't have an approval of Mercedes-Benz."

YMMV.
 
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