Oil Change (I am lazy)
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From: Fleriduh
W212 E63S Wagon - GSL580 - E63 - E350 - C300
Oil Change (I am lazy)
My current dose of LiquidMoly 5-40 is due to be drained....save me some time...what next?
Oil Solenoid removed....if I am not mistaken, the next was 10-40?
@CaliBenzDriver
Oil Solenoid removed....if I am not mistaken, the next was 10-40?
@CaliBenzDriver
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MY'14 W212 M276 3.5NA @60kMi
JUMPING UP
My current dose of LiquidMoly 5-40 is due to be drained....save me some time...what next?
Oil Solenoid removed....if I am not mistaken, the next was 10-40?
@CaliBenzDriver
Oil Solenoid removed....if I am not mistaken, the next was 10-40?
@CaliBenzDriver
okay, your upgrade choices may be :
15w40 ; 05w50 ; 10/15w50.
The last one is the target viscosity, priors are intermediate cleaning/adaptation steps.
Remember your stuck piston rings need to seal.... Oil alone does not seal rings when they are stuck by old oil carbon.
Personally I would not rush into feeding good viscosity.
I don't think the cylinder imbalance should damage your engine because you drive it around gently.
--> The VVT positioning will be confused at first but will zero in on target over 500Mi.
--> the shift points will be confused then improve to much better matches
>>meaning: driveability is going to get worse because it improves skipping over a giant viscosity step.
>> RIP CANCEL TIP:
Do clean or renew the OIL FILTER CAP as its bypass valve is thought to act as a storage for contaminants and with effective viscosity may see more duty ie. greater chance to ingest stored junk from dirty cap.
15w50 lubricant will cancel the "extreme heatsoak" right away the very first Mile. TT Powertrain ECU+TCU will improve every Mile thereafter as mis-adaptations self-tune.
Pls report you test experience.
Clutch shift adaptations not impacted by viscosity only shift points are improved as the engine becomes more predictable below 2000.Rpm.
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