C350 oil and fuel filter recommendations

[Petrol Pete]

This has been discussed many times. If you use the correct specification oil and filters then the normal manufacturer specified oil change intervals are not an issue regarding engine life unless you are operating the vehicle in very arduous conditions.

Probably true on most MB engines , just don't tell it to the folk with wet belt engines an those blessed with certain Ingenium engines

 

[merc07]

Probably true but the oil that comes out of mine every 10k is like water, guess it's diluted by the diesel ??

No harm doing it at 10k or 15k as you say.

I have one on 220k and one on 155k

What are the issues with mann filters, can't say I have noticed - actually just bought one for an oil change this coming w/e

 

[DSM10000]

This has been discussed many times. If you use the correct specification oil and filters then the normal manufacturer specified oil change intervals are not an issue regarding engine life unless you are operating the vehicle in very arduous conditions.

Probably true on most MB engines , just don't tell it to the folk with wet belt engines an those blessed with certain Ingenium engines

I think they fail early regardless!

 

[ALFAitalia]

Personally I think most engines WILL benefit from shortening up the OCI bit.
Do you honestly think that they really want their cars to last forever?
And of course you and me are a small part of the business.... they are more concerned about the massive fleet market which is all important. The saving between an oil change every (for example) 20,000 miles and every 10,000 miles could be all it takes to swing deals their way. It could mean quite a saving for a fleet manager running several hundred cars.
ALFA all but admitted they had done this when they seriously reduced OCI and miles and nearly halved cambelt change mileage on the 916/156 ranges, after they realised they had pushed it too far in the hunt for fleet business. At the end is the day changing the oil more frequently can only do good... and it CERTAINLY can't hurt your engine....just maybe your wallet a bit!

 

[toteimerced]

Oil generally starts to loose its viscosity around the 5k mark, I change mine every 4K, but that’s just habit and I only do 4K per year, the engine internals may be fine, but the turbo spinning on old 10k plus oil, isn’t ideal, oils cheap, metal ain’t, as they say.