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How to tell if your M272 engine is 'sludgy'?

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Old 08-20-2012, 10:11 PM
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I'm not sure if I would ever lease a car, and I don't know how many in this forum are leasing actually... I don't know how I would feel with it because the car won't be mine, so I wouldn't spend too much on it.

Anyway, I won't ever leave the engine die like the guy in the vid did.
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I'm talking about the 0w-40..

You can get a 5qt bottle of 5w-30 for 27$
NAPA. Google it.

But that was last year. And not 5W30. And, 0W40 does not come in the 5 qt. jug.
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NAPA. Google it.

But that was last year. And not 5W30. And, 0W40 does not come in the 5 qt. jug.
Excuse me?

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That's 5.1 quarts!
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That's 5.1 quarts!
Ok Ok... You're right...
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Ok Ok... You're right...
Just a little late night humor...
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That's 5.1 quarts!


I guess all those years in the auto industry have made you a stickler for detail...
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I guess all those years in the auto industry have made you a stickler for detail...
My wife would say I just found a good place for already being a bit eccentric!

I was also celebrating finding an opportunity to agree 100% with RLE!
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There are no fleece filters available for the M271. Does anyone know about the M271 Evo filters? I had two different dealers tell me that there was never a fleece filter for the M271 and they always used paper.

As for distortion or anything, no, no problems here. I use Mann paper filters and Mobil1 0W-40 and run 13,000 mile intervals. Oil last analyzed at 120,000 miles and it gets a great report. I have an analysis ran every other oil change so the next one is due at 146,000 or next month.
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I'll be damned. Never seen that jug out west, here. Where did you buy it and what was the cost again?
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I guess all those years in the auto industry have made you a stickler for detail...
Not if he worked for GM.
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I'll be damned. Never seen that jug out west, here. Where did you buy it and what was the cost again?
There you go:
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...=0w-40+mobil+1
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There are no fleece filters available for the M271. Does anyone know about the M271 Evo filters? I had two different dealers tell me that there was never a fleece filter for the M271 and they always used paper.
The previous V-6 used paper because the fleece version had not been introduced yet. The paper and fleece filters are dimensionally identical and are interchangeable. When I traded my 2001 C320 I had a couple of paper filters left and since I do 5K mile changes I used them up in the C300. I then bought a quantity of fleece filters from Autohausaz.com.

Fact is, my friend JB's '99 CLK 430 V-8 uses the same paper filters the W203 did.
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Thanks. That price is close to everyday retail (dealers charge $7.99) and that parts chain doesn't exist out my way.

Walmart is a possibility.
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I would use fleece for my car if they were available. So far, the paper ones work just fine even on long drain.
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