best oil for 500sel
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From: Kansas City, MO, USA
1989 560SEL, 1999 S600, 2005 S600, 2008 S550 4Matic
Amsoil is truly awesome. Most of my cars run on Amsoil, the only exception being the Euro 500SEL - it leaks quite a bit of oil and until I repair the leak, it will just have to do with $0.66/quart oil off the Wal-Mart shelves. :p
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Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 109
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From: Orange County, CA
380 SEL 1982
63,888 miles,a virgin car
this is what I am running on all of my cars of varying mileage:
20,234
33,453
51,983
63,888
104,366
202,xxx
http://www.amsoil.com/products/afl.htm
let me know if the url works or not. Amsoil has a preferred cust program where you can save $$ if you buy a couple of cases, which a 126 can swallow quite easily. I used to run Mobil 1 15-50 in my 1988 911 but two kids swayed me towards anything UPS can deliver to my door. Amsoil scores better in the wear ball tests but I doubt it is anything you would notice in the real world. Mobil 1 is factory fill in many high end cars including Porsche, BMW M5, etc.
Porsche recently (2001) recommended all cars switch to Mobil 1 0-40. The recent trend has been towards cold pumpability the lighter weights can accomodate most efficiently.
20,234
33,453
51,983
63,888
104,366
202,xxx
http://www.amsoil.com/products/afl.htm
let me know if the url works or not. Amsoil has a preferred cust program where you can save $$ if you buy a couple of cases, which a 126 can swallow quite easily. I used to run Mobil 1 15-50 in my 1988 911 but two kids swayed me towards anything UPS can deliver to my door. Amsoil scores better in the wear ball tests but I doubt it is anything you would notice in the real world. Mobil 1 is factory fill in many high end cars including Porsche, BMW M5, etc.
Porsche recently (2001) recommended all cars switch to Mobil 1 0-40. The recent trend has been towards cold pumpability the lighter weights can accomodate most efficiently.
