Tuesday, October 25, 2011

380SL Mercedes Benz 1984 Oil Filter help!?

When I change the oil filter on a Mercedes benz 380 SL, i read somewhere that I have to crank the engine to full oil pressure before starting the car. How do I do this?



Does anyone have a web page or something with a full procedure to change the oil filter?380SL Mercedes Benz 1984 Oil Filter help!?I personally dont think this is nescessary,Ive been a mechanic for 30 years and have only cranked an engine to raise oil pressure when its been totally rebuilt.If your just changing the oil and filter fit the filter and change the oil and start the engine, oil pressure will be up in a few seconds.If you feel uncomfortable with this and want to go by the book youll have to disable the engine firing,to do this you will have to disconnect the king lead from the distributorl or disconnect the low tension circuit from the coil.Then crank the engine untill the light goes out ,reconnect the ignition circuits and start normally.If you need the full procedure i recommend getting a haynes manual.380SL Mercedes Benz 1984 Oil Filter help!?the best way to do this is before fitting the new filter ,fill the new filter up with clean oil .

and start the car but dont rev it ! let the engine tick over until the oil warning light goes out .380SL Mercedes Benz 1984 Oil Filter help!?that is a bs theory. i worked in a lube shop for 14 years, never did that, unless the customer asked me to. and i never had a problem. the theory is this. an engine gets most of its wear due to low oil pressure at start up. after the oil is changed it takes a little bit longer for the engine to develop oil pressure. it does not matter if the ignition system is firing or not, the rings are still going to move in the same fashion.

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