[diesel_mercedes] Re: Dextron VI Valvoline. How long. in a 240D?

 

I am a T-1 certified Amsoil dealer. Amsoil recommends running their ATF for 100K under normal conditions, 50K with severe (towing ect.) Their 15-40 diesel oil is good for 3x OE recommendation or longer as determined by oil analysis. I have been running Amsoil in my duramax GMC since it was new doing an analysis once per year. I got 100K miles out of the first oil batch before the analysis recommended changing the oil. Pretty impressive.

My suggestion, always use the recommendations of the oil company. The should have tested it and going longer could be trouble.

If anyone wants to purchase amsoil, I can set you up as a prefered account and you get 20% off of retail.

Nick

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Lawrence Rhodes <primobassoon@...> wrote:
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> I heard from a mechanic in San Diego that he let a tranny with Ames Oil fluid go
> 100k. I'm using Valvoline Dextron VI full synthetic. Has anyone gone the extra
> mile with this fluid. How far could I go safely? Normal fluid is 30 to 35k I
> think. Lawrence Rhodes.....
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Dave here in s..e Ind. mb gen set.

 

Yeah, that's a lot of it.  Certainly, there's a marketing angle.  By the mid-'50s, Mercedes, and other diesel manufacturers, had been trying for nearly 20-years to make diesels cars more acceptable to the public.  An OHC engine, of any type, was considered pretty racy stuff when the OM621 replaced the OM636 in 1959, and helped to dispel the notion that diesels were slow, low speed engines suitable only for trucks and stationary applications.

To give an idea of the state of engineering in the US, both Chrysler and Studebaker were STILL selling cars with flatheads going into 1960.

(AND, one can still buy a brand-new pushrod-engined car right off the Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge/Ram lot today.  But you'd better hurry; the Jeep Wrangler's getting a new engine for 2012.)

Mark in Lakewood, CO

From: "Bobby Yates Emory" <liberty1@gmail.com>
To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 2:45:46 AM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Dave here in s..e Ind. mb gen set.

 

Brian, It may just engineering one - up - man - ship. It does make
it easier to put the intake on one side of engine and the exhaust on
the other. The valve train is lighter, so the valve springs can be
weaker, which reduces wear on the valve trian components. Small
increases for the increase in cost. That is why USA manufacturers
stayed with push rods so long. On gas engines, allows higher revs
(not much use on our 3000 rpm diesels). Bobby

On 6/28/11, briankk <briankk@att.net> wrote:
> How come Merc went to an OHC for their diesel engine?  What's the advantage?
> bk

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