2006 E320 CDI Oil Change
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2006 E320 CDI Oil Change
How difficult (or easy) is an oil change on one of these cars? Any tricks to it? What oil does the car come from the factory with and what are the approved oil filter brands? The dealer recommended 10k mile oil change intervals but, that seems a bit high without bypass filtration. Thanks, Ed B
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2011 E550, 2013 GLK
How difficult (or easy) is an oil change on one of these cars? Any tricks to it? What oil does the car come from the factory with and what are the approved oil filter brands? The dealer recommended 10k mile oil change intervals but, that seems a bit high with bypass filtration. Thanks, Ed B
Dealers use an oil extractor to remove the oil. I don't know how easy or difficult it is to drain the oil from the crankcase. I use an oil extractor device (Topsider) to remove the oil from my E320. It's made for removing oil from inboard marine engines.
You should use oil filters that conform to OEM specs such as those from Internet sources or from dealers. I believe they are long-lasting fleece filters. Here is one source http://catalog.eautopartscatalog.com...Oil+Filter+Kit
I don't know if you can find these filters from sources like AutoZone or other local auto parts stores.
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2005 E320 CDI, 2003 SL 500 sold, 2008 CL63
How difficult (or easy) is an oil change on one of these cars? Any tricks to it? What oil does the car come from the factory with and what are the approved oil filter brands? The dealer recommended 10k mile oil change intervals but, that seems a bit high without bypass filtration. Thanks, Ed B
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Thanks. I am thinking 5k oil changes for the E320 as well. I use the same interval on my Dodge/Cummins diesel truck and have been satisfied with the used oil analysis. Different engines I realize but, I will start out conservatively and go from there. Now all I need to do is round up the tools. Ed B