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It's not as bad as it sounds...That's a few days of commuting.....several times in that journey I'm stationary...that really brings the average speed down. Also a lot of that 12 mile journey is in 30 and 40 mpg limits. That's typical of my commuting mpg.....I get 38 - 40 on a motorway trip. Just got to keep the speed to 70 or less....and use that sixth gear as much as possible....which is easy when the little motor pulls top cleanly from below 40 mpg. Also don't forget that our gallon is a bit bigger than yours!
BOT. Today I change two blown tail light bulb (both on right side). Nice to see it not using the alternative tail light bulbs after a couple of weeks ignoring it and the dash warning!!! Clever how it switches bulbs though!
Changed the oil today using a brand new Mityvac 7300. Used Mobile 1 0W-40 Euro Spec (Walmart 5qt jug $23 x 2). Man that things works great. I'll never crawl under a car again to change the oil.
I've used mityvac for several years, and I think they're great to.... It looks as if they have made some improvements in the fittings and connectors since I purchased mine.
I'm old school and like to use the drain plug......In my mind there with always be sediment and crap in the bottom of the sump unless its flushed away by really hot oil washing it out of the drain plug after using a good engine flush! But I know main stealers uses a vacuum pump so I guess it must be fine!
heres what i did in mine, wasnt today but last week
Very cool....private road of course! Were you taking the photo too!? I have a photo of mine flat out...only about 145.....but some forums I'm on don't allow posts that show illegal activity...so I haven't posted it!
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Very cool....private road of course! Were you taking the photo too!? I have a photo of mine flat out...only about 145.....but some forums I'm on don't allow posts that show illegal activity...so I haven't posted it!
yea i took the picture, i wouldnt do that with a passenger in the car. She still had some room to go. She is solid at that speed,
Up on steel car ramps, dropped the oil through the pan, added Wal*mart same price like $23, but with the Mobil 1 rebate brought it down to like $13. swapped in the Mann filter & Done in 30min. Most of that time was fighting with the reset of the Service A indicator
yea i took the picture, i wouldnt do that with a passenger in the car. She still had some room to go. She is solid at that speed,
I don't doubt it! At 152 (gps) my 270cdi, late at night was incredibly firm and composed. That speed felt incredible. I couldn't imagine going any faster!
I don't doubt it! At 152 (gps) my 270cdi, late at night was incredibly firm and composed. That speed felt incredible. I couldn't imagine going any faster!
I take it your CDI is tuned to get to that speed...or you need a new GPS! Factory claimed top speed when new was "only" 142 and no tested cars at the time managed to exceed 140. My CLK200 Kompressor produces virtually identical power (power dictates top speed so your far superior torque has no effect on terminal velocity) and had a claimed top speed of 144 mpg. I've seen 150 on the clocks but that was about 140 on the GPS (average factory speedo error give or take) and there was not really any more to come....but she has done 142,000 miles...lol!
I have always used the suction method, but I did have to drop the lower oil pan on the CLK550 to reseal it. While I had it out, I cleaned it and there was ZERO contaminates or sludge in it. There was a bunch of crap in the pickup for the oil pump (thank you Mercedes Benz of Birmingham for your crappy work when you replaced the timing idler sprocket!!) But after almost 90K miles, there was nothing in the pan that would make me worried about using suction for changing the oil.
I have always used the suction method, but I did have to drop the lower oil pan on the CLK550 to reseal it. While I had it out, I cleaned it and there was ZERO contaminates or sludge in it. There was a bunch of crap in the pickup for the oil pump (thank you Mercedes Benz of Birmingham for your crappy work when you replaced the timing idler sprocket!!) But after almost 90K miles, there was nothing in the pan that would make me worried about using suction for changing the oil.
Good to know and i am surprised by that, my brother in law has a quicky oil change place, and they use the suction on the cars to make it faster. I never felt like that was a good way to do it, and we debate it all the time. The only thing i ever used suction on was when i had a boat with an inboard motor so suction was the only way. So i guess i was wrong, dont know if ill admit in to my brother in law though
08-02-2016, 03:02 AM
