Well I picked up my panzer from Good Year tire shop hour ago where I used to work long time ago. It was suppose to get tires rebalanced (New Hankook Optimo h727) since vibrations got worse after left front toe end assembly replacement( it was bent and boot was torn) and alignment at local MB dealer.
And also chassis lubrication.
So when I got there GM was like " all done, we re-balanced it,lubricated chassis and changed your oil with synthetic".
I said that I didn't request any oil change and that they don't have right oil anyway.
He apologized and told that I can bring right oil and they can change it if I want to.
Anyway It got SynPower 5w-30 by GMs words or 10w-30 by papers.
I wonder how how long should I keep it there? I'm almost sure it will be fine. Manual allows GC 0w-30 and similar oils.
Previous oil was Lubro Moly Top Tec 4100 5w-40 and LubeGuard engine protector added about month and half ago. FSS was showing that I have 5300 miles left out of 10k. It had 6545 real miles on it with 3000 miles from summer trips across US mostly HWY. I was going to dump it in June-July( 1 Year) regardless of miles.
Oil filter they used probably is Carquest brand, which seems to be good quality (http://www.carquest.com/webapp/wcs/store...7240?acesApp=1#)
So what would you guys say go by FSS/1 Year, or dump it earlier?
Car will not be driven much and will be short tripper till mid summer for sure, so thinner oil should be better for that purpose.
Pressure gauge seems to jump little more around when idling, than with 5w-40 oil. It is around 2 Bar reading when oil is hot, lowest 1.5. And it instantly goes to 3 Bar when you press pedal. So not much difference yet.
And also chassis lubrication.
So when I got there GM was like " all done, we re-balanced it,lubricated chassis and changed your oil with synthetic".
I said that I didn't request any oil change and that they don't have right oil anyway.
He apologized and told that I can bring right oil and they can change it if I want to.
Anyway It got SynPower 5w-30 by GMs words or 10w-30 by papers.
I wonder how how long should I keep it there? I'm almost sure it will be fine. Manual allows GC 0w-30 and similar oils.
Previous oil was Lubro Moly Top Tec 4100 5w-40 and LubeGuard engine protector added about month and half ago. FSS was showing that I have 5300 miles left out of 10k. It had 6545 real miles on it with 3000 miles from summer trips across US mostly HWY. I was going to dump it in June-July( 1 Year) regardless of miles.
Oil filter they used probably is Carquest brand, which seems to be good quality (http://www.carquest.com/webapp/wcs/store...7240?acesApp=1#)
So what would you guys say go by FSS/1 Year, or dump it earlier?
Car will not be driven much and will be short tripper till mid summer for sure, so thinner oil should be better for that purpose.
Pressure gauge seems to jump little more around when idling, than with 5w-40 oil. It is around 2 Bar reading when oil is hot, lowest 1.5. And it instantly goes to 3 Bar when you press pedal. So not much difference yet.