jptaylor

I have not felt good about the way my m156 sounded on startup for approx the last 800mi or so....for the 1st 25-45sec it would sound almost metallic and then it would just stop and tone down....well yesterday I bit the bullet and put it on the lift and changed the oil...not bad job at all esp with lift..

Walmart had 5qt jugs for$ 23.90ea



And Oreilly was able to get me the Made in Germany Wix oem filter next day for $16 so about $65 and I was great.

Old oil was PITCH black and smelled almost burnt....dissected filter and it looked phenominally clean however ( ZERO debris)

Immediately it was much smoother and quieter on startup (it was remarkable actually)...also, and it may be a placebo effect, but it even seems smoother while driving now....local dealer even told me that if I emailed them a picture of the receipt held beside the vin that they would add the oil change to my service history as an accepted service by outside vender.....really like my SA

***fwiw***
This pig took 9.25qt to get to the full mark....dear god that's a lot of oil!!!

Ingenieur

How many miles on the old oil?
An oil change is like when you were a kid and got new sneakers
That is cool of your SA

jptaylor

I agree about the SA and oil had about 4800mi on it (I had actually added a qt about 10days ago as it was just below bottom tab on stick