ggms16

So I had an incident with my toyota tundra, I bought the truck used at 50k miles, put another 49k miles to it servicing at the dealership since I bought it...

To make a long story short, the tundra blew the engine a couple weeks ago at 99k miles... Nobody understood what happened until a valve cover was pulled up...



So. Since that day I live frustrated about my used cars engines... How did that happen even getting oil services every 5k miles after only 50k of previous ownership???

The thing is, I own a C300 I also bought used... The day I got it I replaced the oil and filter myself and used mobil1 0w-40, just to be sure it has a good oil in it, yesterday I changed the oil again, another mobil1 0w-40 liquid with mobil 1 filter... At only 4000 miles.

I don't feel comfortable still and I need the advice of the experts...
So...
How do I tell if there's sludge in a M272 engine?

ggms16

I think I got my answer here:


I don't have any of that...

LILBENZ230

Holy frijoles! Did they never change the oil? I run Mobil1 0W-40 in my 2005 C230 for the full 13,000 mile drain intervals (with paper filters, as no fleece is available) and have it analyzed on a regular basis and it always gets a great report - usually telling me I am good to run it even longer.

Your car calls for what, 10K or 1 time a year? Just go with that you'll be fine.

ggms16

In the tundra the services were done every 5k miles. But that only since it is mine, I don't know what happened before so that's why I was willing to see how can I tell if my benz has been serviced correctly by the previous owner.

C300Sport

It's this type of thing that makes me more than happy to pay extra to own a new car vs. a "barely used" model.
I feel for the poor guy that buys this one off lease thinking that he is getting a good deal...of course, this could be exactly what happened with your Tundra as well.

Glyn M Ruck

Pity we don't know the mileage. 15K drains - I'll bet that car had the wrong oil in it as well - what a mess.

RLE

When MB went to 13K changes they mandated fleece filters. Soon after, they reduced the interval to 10K miles. I can't imagine going 13K miles with a paper filter, analysis or not.

RLE

Why aren't you using the MB recommended filter?

nyca

That's way more then "exceeding the 15K interval" - they must have exceeded it by alot, and probably didn't use the correct oil either, for it to get that bad.

And indeed, use the OEM filter. Get it from a dealer, get it from amazon, but get the OEM filter. Why mess around to save $5?

kevink2

How does the paper filter look? any sign of distortion?

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kevink2

No oil changes? Too bad for the ~rare manual trans .

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ggms16

I trust a lot in mobil 1

ggms16

My c300 says that the service interval is 13k miles.. Should I change it at 10k? What do you suggest/do?

RLE

MB changed it to 10K some time ago. Using the correct fleece filter.

Your manual is now out of date.

C300Sport

I have to agree with RLE on this one. Even though the manual states 13K, that was really pushing the limit. I would advise using the latest 10K recommendation or less. I have been doing 8K/8 months since new.

C300Sport

Is a Mobil 1 fleece or paper filter? Whatever brand you go with, stick with fleece.

C300Sport

I meant to quote from post #2 showing the gunked up MB motor...as in "too bad for the guy that buys that car".
Mine gets frequent changes and is happy as can be.

kevink2

Now it's obvious, sorry for my mis-read .

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RLE

Amazon shows this one;

Mann-Filter HU 718/5 X

Which is the correct filter. Their price is $10.17 and it looks like if you buy three there is no shipping cost but there may be sales tax.

J__

no matter what the intervals say on newer cars, I still do an oil change every 5k kms, max I wait is 7k km. a few hundred bux every year is more than worth running an oil to the limit and facing consequences.

ggms16

A few hundred bucks and a few hundred oil gallons to the planet... Doing 5k km (3k miles) changes is, in my opinion, a bit exaggerated. I think 8k miles is OK when using fleece filters and a good oil.

Glyn M Ruck

Oil sample analysis has time & time again shown that 10K drain intervals with 229.5 oils & fleece filter on M272/273 engines to be ultra safe.

These car have large sumps & excellent air filtration so the oil charge is not stressed.

RLE

What does M1 cost in your part of the world and where is it packaged? I have recently paid $5.67 US per quart, on sale.

ggms16

The 5qt bottle at AdvanceAutoParts is 37$.. That's 7.4$ each, also at walmart you can get it for something like that.

Where did you get it for 5.67?

ggms16

I'm talking about the 0w-40..

You can get a 5qt bottle of 5w-30 for 27$