andre2p

I am about to go on a 2,000 mile trip in 3 weeks. At that time, my E350 will be 1000 miles away from its 40k mile service. Should I do the service about 1k prior or 1k late? I don't know how conservative the MB service is regarding oil changes.

Thanks.
AC

Jerzeyjoe

Id do it early. Only for the fact of the long trip and you can correct anything that might be wrong before you are stuck somewhere.

noka

I'd do it early if you have time but wouldn't worry too much if there are no ongoing issues to be looked at. If waiting until after your trip, I would at least check tire pressure, coolant and oil levels before going. Have a nice trip!
MB is fairly conservative with 10K mi between oil changes. My BMW had "free" service, which also explained why the onboard service system used a ~15 mi oil change interval. I always felt that was pushing it.

Live Oak

I'd ask SA advice on this. He'll say, "That's OK, bring it in at ~41,000." Then document the discussion just in case the engine swallows a rod at 40,100 miles.

BeachBunny

Another vote for doing it early -- you can never change the oil engine too often. You definitely can change it too late. Had to clean out sludge from the GF's VW Passat engine after the previous owner hadn't been taking care of it. Nasty job. Not cheap either.

andre2p

I will schedule it for 4 days prior to departing. Thanks!