Recent content by james21

Thanks everyone for replying. Benzadmiral, your most likely right, it was the e350. looks near the same as an upgraded 300. Jett Rink, yes I have the standard oil pressure gauge. It reads just over one at idle, and pins at three at low rpm. I saved the ebay number of the car if you guys want to...

Thanks for the replys everyone. The engine is a 3.0 straight six. The original window sticker was in the glove box. The price for this car new in 1990 was fortyfive thousand. I recently stopped by my local mercedes dealer and the new 300 series starts around thirtytwo thousand. I was shocked, to...

Hello everyone. I just purchased a very clean 1990 mercedes 300e with a hundred thousand miles on it. The car runs fantastic. It holds a little over 7 quarts of oil. My question is what weight should I use in the winter? I'm located in upstate N.Y. It drops as low as 0 here. The manual calls for...

Just noticed this whole mobil 1 going group III is spreading across the internet pretty fast. It's on many car forums already!

Do we know when this switch took place? Was it the introduction of the new sm rated oils?

03 Dodge Ram 4.7 Running 5w30 supertech synthetic 4k oci's Chose a group III for possible sludge 01 Honda civic 5w20 mobil 1 7k intervals, 3/4 highway group IV Started this engine 3 oil changes ago before I found bitog

How long ago was that written?

Just curious, but if coastal 5w20 says recommended, does that mean it doesn't meet all the specs/testing?

Being a newbe here, I question the same thing. The uoa's sure don't show any benefit of synthetic. I read one uoa which showed better wear numbers with dino in the middle of winter. How could that be? Everybody says you need it for turbocharged engines also. Well, a had an 80 trans am with the...

sorry about that. The latest american european new vehicle warranty requirements api sm

I was in autozone the other day, checked three 5w20's. valvoline exceeds, havoline meets, and coastal is recommended. Does this mean coastal is not approved? Also, is valvoline approved also by exceeding? What are the differences in these wordings?

I always figured the rear axle has to be like tar

JavaMan, I take it you have a heated garage?

I just try to keep the rpm's below 2500 until it gets fully warmed up

Just curious. If it's below freezing, how long do you wait until you drive off?