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Replying to: wantnusprinter (Jul 04, 2006 2:16 pm)
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Replying to: wantnusprinter (Jul 04, 2006 2:16 pm) |
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Replying to: robr2 (Jul 05, 2006 8:57 am) The US standards for headlights includes a requirement for much more side-lighting with the headlights because traffic and street signs in the US are not lighted as they are in most of Europe. Because of this difference, the HID (high intensity discharge) healights work great in Europe (narrow beam). They do not work out too well for on-coming traffic in the USA, where the increased (required) scatter is too bright when you are driving toward them. KenB |
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Replying to: kenbaker (Jul 06, 2006 5:31 am) Even after they begin importing them, you won't be able to buy a US spec unit in Europe - they don't sell US spec units there. |
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I just replace the air filter and I have 8600 miles it was very bad I notice that the filter had a foam glue in to the front of the filter and the replacement did not, is there two different filters? or the replacement is different. also I will like to know if there are synthetic oil filters that are better that the paper filter that I buy at autoZone.I know that syn filters do better that 8 micron, Paper do only 20 micron or worst. do you guys know something better.
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Replying to: nescosmo (Jul 08, 2006 5:24 pm)
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mobil fromula M 5W-40 For Diesel with (paticle filter) complies to US 229-5 229.51 particle emissiions you need at least a 3 to 5 mircron filter to trap particle contamination for full effect, lesser micron filters just blow the rubbish straight through its as simple as that Oils anit oils old castrol Add, you could try Mobil1 ESP Formula M 5W-40 US Standards for 5/5/06 Fuel is just as important High quality Low sulphur not Ultra low never ever use this fuel for current Sprinters, unless you want a burnt out valve or burnt Piston crowns and blown out engine seals Guaranteed.Highly corrosive. The oil requirment for the new 2007 Sprinter for Blutec systems US Standards: are Blutec Mobil Delavac XHPLE extra 10/40=228.51 for paticle emissions The oils do not quite make the standard for LA,PL, and NY etc but the new Blutec ststem does cancell out the particle emissions at the end of the exhaust, this is the most advanced revolutionary technology for cleaner diesels in the world today,thats desinged with the new engines from Damiler Benz to run on bio fuels all types of poorer quality type fuels,as to the high rate effective burn within the engine itself, However US manufactures such as DCX are still devoloping the sun Diesel concept for local production. its any bodys guess as to which system ends up being used in the US ploitics  Note: No Sprinters in Australia change filters before the 25 thousand Kilometer mark in most cases with the exception of high density traffic zones such as Sydney and Melbourne the original filters show little contamination at all , one could say they are good for a few more thousand KS' before a change is required, again its because our fuels are cleaner not in particle requirments to 115p/pm Standard Diesel not low sulphur which is lower, as per say, but in the fuel itself, delivered to the pumps! There is little or no contamination in the fuel of impure products, the same with engine oil, so the Sprinters do not have the problems you guys are having, then again look at BP in the US and ask yourself whats coming out at the pump that should not be in the fuel?
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Replying to: altered3 (Jul 08, 2006 8:41 pm)
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Replying to: nescosmo (Jul 09, 2006 10:09 am) Without getting into the politics of it all in the USA This dam problem your having is because Of DCX ploicy's in the US Mercedes sell the new filters at 3 micron, but need a few days to get back to you on this, I'll pull out a filter and see if there is a way to make one as you can by filters in the USA for one micron filter as a wrap, so I need to see if it can be modified as geting them from Germany will be a nightmare, Have you asked about the K  H filters as to what the filters have been set at? You could also log into mbcanada.com there are some great threads with guys that can help you find local distributors. apart from that I will reply within 48 hours. PS Does the delo 400 meet the same requirements as Mobil oil the one for the Mercedes /Dodge Diesel oil with the particle filter? Have a great Day.
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Altered, From looking at the MBSprinter website, it looks like the new model will we more family friendly (Insulation, DVD, GPS, Stereo, etc..) Do you have any insight? I would seriously consider the van over the traditional minivans that are so popular here in the States. By the way, I wrote Dodge requesting info on the 07's and I've pasted their response. Thanks! Johnny Thank you for your email regarding the 2007 Dodge Sprinter. We are pleased to read of your interest in the 2007 Dodge Sprinter. This vehicle is expected to arrive in dealerships in the fall of 2006. At this time, DaimlerChrysler has not officially announced the pricing and full product specifications for the 2007 Dodge Sprinter models. More information should become available to us as well as being posted on the Dodge website closer to the official release date of the 2007 models. We encourage you to stay in contact with Dodge.com and your local Dodge dealership as further information becomes available. Sprinter is projected to hold its residual value better than Ford Econoline, Chevy Express and GMC Savannah. To find out more on Dodge Sprinter, as well as pricing, incentives, dealer locations, brochure requests, and many more shopping tools, please follow the link below: http://www.dodge.com/sprinter/index.html If you would like me to provide you with the contact information for a dealer, or if you have further questions, please feel free to use the reply link below. You may also call us on our toll-free number at 1-800-964-0600. When you call, I can transfer your call directly to your preferred dealer if you wish, providing your call is during the dealer's hours of operation. Thank you for your interest in Dodge.
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