I aquired a mb ml320 for a winter beater. I did a oc first thing but im pretty sure previous care was minimum. Would it be worth doing a short interval at first to help clean it up a bit?
Early oci on new winter beater
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How many miles on it, how long are you planning on keeping it and what oil did you put in?
What do you consider a short OCI?
What do you consider a short OCI?
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I changed the oil around 206k when i got it a few months ago with castrol 0w40. It now has almost 209k. I plan to keep it a year or so at least i dont have but around 1200 dollars in the car. The engine clearly has some carbon buildup and probably starting to sludge as well.
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Winter beater your keeping for 1 year and you care?
Keep changing it until it gets cleaned up a bit. I don't think you can ever get rid of a bad sludge IMO however changing frequently should help it.
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Winter beater your keeping for 1 year and you care?
You're right. I'd do some basic maintenance, air up the tires, change the oil, and make sure the car is safe, and drive it. I don't think I'd waste much time or money trying to clean up the engine internals.
Winter beater your keeping for 1 year and you care?
You're right. I'd do some basic maintenance, air up the tires, change the oil, and make sure the car is safe, and drive it. I don't think I'd waste much time or money trying to clean up the engine internals.
If you're only keeping it around a year I'd run a dino HDEO in it for full 3~5k mile oci's. Throw some Techron or Gumout in the tank at fill ups for intake/combustion chamber deposits. Who knows, you might decide to keep it once you've rehabbed it.
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What does the engine spec? If it's in ok shape I wonder if short OCI's on whatever meets spec is best. If it's in ok shape I wonder if you can flip it to someone else when done and if they'd appreciate knowing it got proper changes. Or if as Mad_Hatter says, you might decide to keep it. Oil changes are cheap, it's the other items that can add up.
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