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I have had a Frantz on my 2005 Dodge Cummins since new. 5000 mile oil change interval and 2500 mile filter change. UOA are boring as stated earlier. Good stuff in my opinion. Ed B

The 15k OCI sounds reasonable. When I bought my 2006 Mercedes E320 CDI it came with a suggested 13K OCI. It has an 8 quart oil capacity and a fleece oil filter. The BMW probably is equipped with a fleece filter as well. I did several UOAs and they came up fine. Good luck with it! Ed B

Zaino's x3! The protection lasts longer that anything I have ever used. Ed B

I use Zaino's on my 2006 Mercedes E320 and have never seen any hazing.

The Mercedes is a 2006 I6 model. It is not a BluTec. Ed B

Two in the family here. After several years of driving/riding in my Dodge diesel truck the wife said she wanted a diesel car. She didn't like the Jetta so she got a Mercedes E320 CDI. Truck: 23mpg, car: 31mpg. Ed B

I switched the wife's 2005 3.7l Dakota to Red Line 10w30 at 10k miles. We run 10K mile OCI with a 5k filter change. No problems have surfaced. Ed B

Also, I run Rotella T 15W40 in the truck. If you do decided to run synthetic oil wait until you have 20k miles to do it. Ed B

The general consensus on the Dodge Cummins boards is to do the first oil change around 1000 miles. I have a 2005 CTD and the oil does get black real quick. I installed a Frantz Bypass Filter and it cleaned the oil right up.

I bought a Dodge 3/4 ton with the Cummins. I don't need a diesel, just wanted one. When my company picked up the Chrysler purchase plan I couldn't resist. 31K for a decked out diesel truck. The reason for the Dodge decision was that the wife and I have driven Dodge/Jeep vehicles for the last 15...