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The difference between min and max is often 1 quart and it's often about an inch on the dipstick. So this is quite possibly an overfill that needs to be corrected. If you can't find reference information to establish how bad it is, the safe thing will be to drain it. The filter removal is a...

Originally Posted By: Trav I said it looks like they are running away from it there and i still think that. If it was the preferred weight last year and now its not instead now a heavy 30w is preferred how else do you want to see it. I'd like to see Toyota's explanation not just how Mobil...

Originally Posted By: Trav If ford spec'd 5w30 last year and this year spec's 0w20 and left the 5w30 as just an alternative wouldn't you say they were running away from it? Come on now, of course you would because they are going thinner, thats progress and inevitable to many here. Taking a step...

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Originally Posted By: Trav Do you just make this stuff up to start trouble or what? I went to the Toyota Germany site but had no chance of retrieving any Prius information directly from Toyota. Some context on when to use the heavy 30 weight oil, the regular 30 weight oil, or the two...

Originally Posted By: Trav If it was the preferred weight last year and now its not instead now a heavy 30w is preferred how else do you want to see it. Originally Posted By: Trav You are always doing this. A thick 20 is like a 30w, a thin 30w is like as a thick 20w, thin 40's, thick 30's on...

Originally Posted By: mauric3 Would using 1 bottle (15oz) of Redline S1 every 5000k KM be a bit overkil for one tank of gas for a regular car/minivan which is around 15-20 gallons? If you use top tier fuel, in particular Chevron, you may not need the Redline. Otherwise, 5000km was the...

Originally Posted By: Trav I said it looks like they are running away from it there and i still think that. If it was the preferred weight last year and now its not instead now a heavy 30w is preferred how else do you want to see it. If ford spec'd 5w30 last year and this year spec's 0w20 and...

Originally Posted By: JOD While they may not be saying "one size fits all" with respect to kinematic viscosity, the hths requirements of the various certifications certainly do limit choice of oil viscosity. As far as BMW, all of the approved oils are in the 3.5-3.8 range, which is a similar...

Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL And before you say "how many are available in North America", well, how many 5w20 and 0w20 oils meeting Ford's specs are available in Germany? Exactly. EXACTLY!!!!!!! This is the point I was waiting for someone to make. The 20 weight oils aren't available in...

Originally Posted By: Trav Quote: Okie dokey. Hey you prowl around Mobil.de you tell me. An alternative is less then being preferred. So you accept it's in the alternative category, not the "Toyota is running away from it" category?

Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL As far as MB 229.5 oils available in North America, from that list, these are the ones I know we have, or can get: -Mercedes-Benz PKW-Synthetic Motorenöl MB 229.5 -Premium Synthetik Motorenöl -smart Motoröl 5W-30 -Castrol EDGE 0W-30 A3/B4 -Chevron Havoline...

Originally Posted By: demarpaint Originally Posted By: MarkStock Originally Posted By: demarpaint From the chart it looks like the CLK550 has a lot more oil choices than 2 in the USA. Does the chart tell you that? Or the spec sheet? Which ones are readily available? I'm looking at the chart...

Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL Quote: Seems to me that in the acid test, ie how engines have performed in real life testing during the last decade in the US, Ford, despite CAFE, got their oil spec's right, and the Germans got it badly wrong. This is Ford's home market. They took a progressive...

Originally Posted By: Trav Hey you say you own the car so you must have the owners manual. Why don't you post the whole page and lets see if there is anything different. Try asking MB why you cant run Castrol whatever above 86f they are the ones making the statement. You linked to it earlier...

Originally Posted By: Trav Quote: But this is really a ludicrous supposition that Toyota globally are running away from 20 weight oil in a country where oil is heavier for the autobahn Show me where i ever said Toyota was running away from 20w globally. Come on lets see it. So now you're...

Originally Posted By: demarpaint From the chart it looks like the CLK550 has a lot more oil choices than 2 in the USA. Does the chart tell you that? Or the spec sheet? Which ones are readily available?

Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL Well, Ford DOES have more than one spec WSS-M2C946-A is met by M1 5w30. The oil for the BOSS 302 and Shelby has yet another spec associated with it. Ford doesn't just say use 5w20 in everything, there ARE application specific recommendations. What muddies things...

Originally Posted By: Trav Quote: Look, Germans aren't the best communicators I see. I post the information from the owners manual you say is for your car in black and white and the the best you can up with is the Germans aren't the best communicators. Well you posted the chart without the...

Originally Posted By: Trav Call it back specing to 30w or minimizing the use of 20w whatever verbiage your prefer but they are still running away from 20 there in that car. Trav, if they still have 0w20 as an alternative, how is it they are running away from it? How does it follow that the...