Best motor oil for MB Sprinter diesel engine
I recently purchased a MB Sprinter-based moho with the diesel engine and would like to know from those of you that own one if you prefer a particular brand of motor oil and a particular viscosity. Mos...
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twodownzero wrote:Lynnmor wrote:Gulfcoast wrote:
I buy the BEST diesel oil for my rig I can find and change it every 5000 miles without fail.
Many will disagree but it's my motor and my $$$.
OK, how do you determine which is the BEST? :h
I use oil analysis from Blackstone Labs. I also learned that all of the oil I use is way better than I imagined, and that even after 14,227 miles, it didn't need to be changed.
I use Blackstone Labs for every internal combustion engine I own, other than the lawnmowers. I use them for transmission fluid too.
Lets see, the would be a diesel pickup, 2 gas powered cars, one Suburban and 3 diesel farm tractors, and yes the TBN's show that I can go much longer between changes than I actually do but oil is fairly cheap (I use Rotella 5-40 T6 in everything but then lawnmowers, they get 15-40 Rotella. I buy my T6 in 55 gallon drums delivered and the used oil goes in the empty drum that my oil supplier picks up when I get a fresh drum delivered.
