Oil change
I’ve read a million posts, am I over thinking this? My sprinter calls for mb 229.51 oil spec. P.o. Used pentosin hp 2 5w-40. It is no longer available in 5w-40. In fact, I can’t find 5w-40 locally, wo...
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BurbMan wrote:
The lower viscosities lower internal resistance in the rotating assemblies and help with MPG, but the engine has to be designed to use them. I would call the MB dealer and ask what they use...you can't have the only 2008 Sprinter on the road.
FCA spec'd Pennzoil 0W40 for my 2016 Challenger, and while you could buy Mobil 1 locally in 0W40, Pennzoil brand was the only one that met the FCA specs, so I had to order by the case from Amazon.
I would also keep a couple qts in the rig for topping off on trips since you know you can't buy the stuff locally.
And yet, my 06 SRT8 clocked over 150k miles, almost 100k of it with 15W40 dino diesel oil in it. No idea what the original owner ran, but they had it serviced religiously at the Chevy dealer, so maybe it got Chevy oil, lol. Burned no oil and ran like a top.
2016 6.4 SRT been getting a steady diet of 15W40 or 5W40 diesel oil as well. Under 50k on it still , but don't expect issues.
Point being, you aren't going to hurt the engine with any diesel rated oil and if you want to continue with synthetic, that's no an issue.
Not a chance you can go wrong with any quality 5W40 or 15W40.
