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Jack the car up
Circled red part is where you place your floor jack to jack up the entire front of the car



Take off the panel on the bottom



Find the Sump


Locate drainplug


Loosen oil filter housing and unscrew oil cap


Unleash the kraken


Remove old oil filter


Unpackage new oilfilter



Feed the beast


Oil filter cap 25Nm or 18.4 ft lbs.
Oil drain plug 30Nm or 22.1 ft lbs.

Oil filter cap is 32mm

CoolBDPhenom03

Bookmarked! Thanks for the write up

Fung63

nice DIY.

thanks

Merc63

Oil police: supposed to be 5w40 to limit lifter bleed down.

Quadcammer

it looks like you got a crapload of metal in that old filter.

whats going on there

Mort

Well done.

You should think about draining the oil cooler too.

tfthach13

Ok, so I've always known we're suppose to use this thicker viscosity. But every Mobil1 5w40 oil I've seen is for diesel engines? Am I looking at the wrong kind or is there another Mobil1 5w40 that's made for non-diesels??

tfthach13

Great DIY btw!

CoolBDPhenom03

You can also use Total or Royal Purple. I've heard they're equally good.

yooker

That's just reflection from the flash from my camera.

I do oil changes every 10k km, rather do it more often then to take the extra hour to flush out an extra 1l of used engine oil.

Rsquad911

+1 I don't drain the oil cooler either. I change every 8000kms.
Motul 300V 5W40 summer
Motul 8100 max clean 5W40 winter

Merc63

I think only the dealers have it.

opala

Mobil 1 ESP Formula M 5W-40

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...1189&ppt=C0252

andrew c230k

That is not the correct 5W40 to use in a C63... we use it in our diesels

You need 5W40 Formula M which can only be purchased at Mercedes Benz dealerships.

tfthach13

Ok, no wonder! I've been to every Walmart, Target, O'Reillys, etc. and have not found this oil. Well, it doesn't matter anymore since I've been using Redline anyways. But good to know where I can get it.

andrew c230k

Pretty sure it doesn't even show up on mobil 1's website either.

Jon2007E63P30

Well, I will stick with the 0W-40 which has a greater level of wear inhibitors. MB changed to improve life of the emissions system

One little interesting thing I found, is to make sure the filter element is well attached to the cap. If it detaches, it will not lift from the drain plug at the bottom of the filter housing and make a complete mess when the cap releases. I had enough paper towels to catch about half of what ended up spilling out. What a pain to remove another panel to clean up.

Good DIY!

DuaneC63

Anyone try Castrol 5-50w yet?

Paculdo

checking on the mobil 1 website, this is what came out for 2009 C63:

Paculdo

then a different one for 2010-2012 (Mobil 1 0W-40)

Paculdo

so what's the difference between: 2008-09 engines and 2010-12 engines? different type of oils? i'm confused

tfthach13

This may be a bit controversial as it has the potential of not being entirely true. It all comes down to the EPA and their emissions standards that changes every so often, and MB has to follow these guidelines. The oils/fluids that MB is recommending for their cars is in accordance with EPA standards, but may not be good for our engines. The main reason for this is that the additives that helps protect wear and tear or the engine is being removed due to EPA standards. An example of this is the transmission fluid that MB used to use which saw a lot less failure rates vs the transmission fluid that they use now which has a higher rate of failure.

I won't go any further with the details because there are a lot, but this is coming straight from my independent guy who worked as a master service adviser for MB for 20 some odd years. So the reason for the changes in oil may be the EPA stepping in and saying what is allowed to be used. Just my 2 cents...again, this may or may not be true.

Jons95c36amg

Also remember put in 8.5 quarts of oil to get right on full line.

Merc63

Maybe they started using the revised lifters in the newer engines and the heavier oil wasn't needed anymore.

Valvestud

This info is not correct. The 5W-40 ESP Formula M is the correct oil. This is evidenced by its compliance to MB 229.51, which is the current spec. for the M156 engine.

There are threads where all of this has been discussed.

Regards,

Joe