M157 Oil Change Question.
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M157 Oil Change Question.
Hey everyone,
So instead of taking my car to the dealer and them charging me a rediculous $600+ (CAD) for an oil change, I think it will be time to do it myself.
Now just for clarrification, if I pickup a Mityvac MV6412, 9 quartz of 0W-40 Full synthetic Mobil 1 oil, and one oil filter with o-rings then I should be good right?
No need to crawl under the car and replace the drain plugs and washers?
Any special steps I should know, aside from heating the engine up to about 90Degrees?
First time Oil Change diy here.
So instead of taking my car to the dealer and them charging me a rediculous $600+ (CAD) for an oil change, I think it will be time to do it myself.
Now just for clarrification, if I pickup a Mityvac MV6412, 9 quartz of 0W-40 Full synthetic Mobil 1 oil, and one oil filter with o-rings then I should be good right?
No need to crawl under the car and replace the drain plugs and washers?
Any special steps I should know, aside from heating the engine up to about 90Degrees?
First time Oil Change diy here.
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Hey everyone,
So instead of taking my car to the dealer and them charging me a rediculous $600+ (CAD) for an oil change, I think it will be time to do it myself.
Now just for clarrification, if I pickup a Mityvac MV6412, 9 quartz of 0W-40 Full synthetic Mobil 1 oil, and one oil filter with o-rings then I should be good right?
No need to crawl under the car and replace the drain plugs and washers?
Any special steps I should know, aside from heating the engine up to about 90Degrees?
First time Oil Change diy here.
So instead of taking my car to the dealer and them charging me a rediculous $600+ (CAD) for an oil change, I think it will be time to do it myself.
Now just for clarrification, if I pickup a Mityvac MV6412, 9 quartz of 0W-40 Full synthetic Mobil 1 oil, and one oil filter with o-rings then I should be good right?
No need to crawl under the car and replace the drain plugs and washers?
Any special steps I should know, aside from heating the engine up to about 90Degrees?
First time Oil Change diy here.
Regards,
Joe
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Had a MityVac and didn;t like it. Bought this and used to change oil on my car. Works better IMO.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Regards,
Joe
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Regards,
Joe
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So they qoute you about $800-1200 for Server A, and then for oil change it ends up being around $650ish, so it looks like a deal.
Dealerships here really try to rip you off, which is crazy.
Dealerships here really try to rip you off, which is crazy.
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Yeah that's crazy. Did stand-alone oil change in December for $125. Last weekend they had a special for $109 US and I live in a high income/high hourly rate area.
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Thats a MB recommended tq spec 30 nm or 22 ft lbs. When i first bought my E63 at 15k miles and wanted to do an oil change, the drain plug was on there tighter than 50 ft lbs... And that specific dealer charges 300$ usd for an oil change, when i asked to clarify the price point they told me its “special AMG oil” LOL
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Thats a MB recommended tq spec 30 nm or 22 ft lbs. When i first bought my E63 at 15k miles and wanted to do an oil change, the drain plug was on there tighter than 50 ft lbs... And that specific dealer charges 300$ usd for an oil change, when i asked to clarify the price point they told me its “special AMG oil” LOL
over 50 ft. lbs. is how you strip threads. That's why I hate having a shop change my oil because 9 times out of 10 the guy uses an impact gun to buzz the drain plug on. Better off doing it yourself and getting a little dirty.
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I really urge everyone to do oil changes the way MB and AMG calls for via the drain on the bottom of the pan to get all the oil out and particles out.
This is fine for normal Mercedes engines according to Mercedes via their tech sheets, but this is NOT OK for AMG engines as described in their AMG oil change information tech sheet.
Every AMG engine should be using the drain screw on the bottom of the engine to drain the oil.
This is fine for normal Mercedes engines according to Mercedes via their tech sheets, but this is NOT OK for AMG engines as described in their AMG oil change information tech sheet.
Every AMG engine should be using the drain screw on the bottom of the engine to drain the oil.
Last edited by Lumi; 10-29-2019 at 06:08 PM.