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@M104 the general advice is to go with genuine MB rubber components, which will likely last you a lot longer than aftermarket parts. Lemfoerder used to be OE for many parts but they also switched production to China for some. Good luck!

They also have Red Line, except 5w40 which they do not seem to carry anymore. But 0w40, 10w40, 5w50 exists

@AcceptableBanana1986 FCPEuro carries Motul Xcess 5w40: https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/motul-engine-oil-motul-109776#description

@mkiv808 great car and engine, and low mileage. How did you find it? Is the soft top working? Note that the soft top and power steering use different fluids. Don't use hydraulic fluid for the top in the power steering. The benzworld R129 forum is super active. I encourage you to join, there's...

Appreciate everyone's thoughts and suggestions. @Egg_Head I did change the oil filter to a Mann one, and removed the old Hengst one. I will go back to Hengst with the next change. The engine has 12 spark plugs, the old style, non resistor plugs. Most common one is Bosch F8DC4. I decided to go...

Hello all! I've been reading the past few weeks about possible oil choices for my 1999 Mercedes Mobil 120 V12 engine. It has 155k miles and the past 10-15 years has used only Motul Xcess 5W40 (and whatever was called before), at ~5k miles; the oil changes were always done on time by the...