Originally Posted By: Trav
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thy did the tests...and the tests won.
But but i need to check the oil pressure. I cant drive a bloody test.
If you're following me with a view to commenting on threads I start or comment on, then please restrict yourself to making helpful comments, rather than just being saracastic.
There is nothing at all wrong with me looking at the numbers.
Firstly, I'm looking at whole host of numbers because I'm interested in keeping my 9 year old car in good shape as well as making sure nothing is amiss with my Mercedes before the 4 year warranty expires in a few months.
Secondly, this particular vehicle has run both 30 weight and 20 weight oil. Regardless of the weight of oil, wouldn't oil pressure be worth monitoring for any abnormalities that I would be in a better position to pre-empt before they turn into a bigger problem?
Thirdly, I'm curious to see what happens when I move from the current 5w30 to 5w20.
Fourthly, I have some concern that my engine doesn't deliver as much power nor rev as freely as it might. I'll post up some numbers and you're welcome to comment on those. I'm relatively inexperienced at this but my common sense tells me that I should look at every indicator I can.
Lastly, while the engineers certainly could have done a better job with things like the transmission, I'm more worried about what all the mechanics whose competence I trusted, and who turned out to be incompetent, might have done as they guessed how to perform work, rather than rely on learning their trade and reading instructions specific to different models.