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skydiverbill
Senior Member
USA
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 Posted - 04/15/2008 : 2:41:42 PM
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I have heard they are having big problems with oil consuption. Anyone see anything on it? what are they doing to correct it?
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sambrutay
Advanced Member
United States
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Posted - 04/18/2008 : 04:36:44 AM
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skydiverbill
Senior Member
USA
50 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2008 : 08:32:44 AM
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gravity powered fun from 13,000 feet= skydiving |
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Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 04/20/2008 : 09:01:20 AM
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Yeah, there has been some oil usage issues. The head mechanic down home told me about it, he's having minor issues with his '07. The dealer says that it was a block honing issue that has since been corrected. Users can expect the oil consumption problem to stop around 20,000 miles as the engine breaks in. If customers don't want to wait, or if the don't see improvement, the engine will be swapped out for a new one.
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skydiverbill
Senior Member
USA
50 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 6:14:34 PM
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Originally posted by Thomasbus24
Yeah, there has been some oil usage issues. The head mechanic down home told me about it, he's having minor issues with his '07. The dealer says that it was a block honing issue that has since been corrected. Users can expect the oil consumption problem to stop around 20,000 miles as the engine breaks in. If customers don't want to wait, or if the don't see improvement, the engine will be swapped out for a new one.
Hope this helps you!
yea that's what I had heard, To bad this company just can't seem to get thier act togeather. |
gravity powered fun from 13,000 feet= skydiving |
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origcharger
Top Member
United States
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Posted - 05/08/2008 : 05:35:06 AM
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| I believe the production of the 2007 North American emission standard Mercedes engines was switched to Detroit from Germany. Hopefully they get things straightened out. |
Operating; Seven T444Es, One MaxxForce 7, One VT365, Four DT466s, One E-450 6.0 and one Mercedes in a C2. |
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thomasguy
Active Member
Canada
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Posted - 06/04/2008 : 1:15:49 PM
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| Every operator is doing a 3 month fuel to oil usage chart and we're faxing the reports to the dealers. They will decide in this summer if replacement is necessary. Some of the reports indicate less oil consumption as time goes on. That's a hopeful sign! |
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baptistbusman
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - 09/19/2008 : 8:03:29 PM
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| At work today we had a '08 C2 with 4k miles take 11 quarts of oil. That's not normal consumption there. |
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'07 C2 Oil consumption
