Cost of SLS fluid

[motec6.9]

Hi Guys i have my silver 6.9 at tr&green in Beckingham here in Perth after recieving phone call that they could not get motor to turn over yesterday a bit of panic turned out to be starter motor anyway as my 6.9 has been sitting since 2005 and pump was removed by Kwinana performance when fitting the motor from goldie 2 i needed to replace my  sls fluid as the tank was empty bought 3ltrs over the phone from Deisel Motors at $62.25 ltr as im not in Perth and tr &green needed to be able to lift my 6.9 not really any choise or time to phone around turns out that deisel only had 4ltrs in stock and i bought 3 of them

[TJ 450]

Go to Lintrex in Bentley or Osborne Park. It is half the price and still the genuine product.

BTW; This is optional.

Tim

[motec6.9]

Thanks TJ i will keep that in mind for the future but seeing as i had to get some on the same day and im 2600km from Perth i figured i would just call Deisel Motors 

[oscar]

Sheeez, a local bloke made a few phonecalls for me a few years ago and added his cut and it got to $55/L. 
MBSpares was $20/L around the same time. 

We will all mostly favour Febi, Lemfoerder or rebranded Mercedes bottled fluid but 13B put up about Penrite MB15 SLS fluid which was under $20/L which I'm keen to try one day.  Just haven't had the need to swap yet.

[motec6.9]

hi Oscar i wanted to call MbSpares as i have bought a bit of them in the last couple of weeks but i needed the fluid on the same day but recently i have purchased from mbspares rear bumper rubber $95 left and right tail light seal $110 each front and rear brake pads $30 front $48 rear have been given the price off door rubbers boot rubber and window seal for when i paint my 6.9

[oscar]

but i needed the fluid on the same day

That's ok, just wanted to highlight the differences I found but I've been there before.  Sometimes you have to bite the bullet and buy on the spot.  Most laughable quote I had was for a new coil at repco.  $400.  That transaction didn't go ahead.

[WGB]

I argued with the parts dept at Diesels when they wanted about $60 per litre and they haggled down to nearly $30 - I bought 6 litres off them at the time.

I still have one litre for spare after doing the "oil and filter change.

They seem to have a time limit on stock and if it isn't for a current model and they have had it in stock for a year or so they will pretty well halve the price.

Bill

[koan]

They seem to have a time limit on stock and if it isn't for a current model and they have had it in stock for a year or so they will pretty well halve the price.

I asked at M-B if there is more than one type of suspension fluid and was told no, there's only one.

Is this not correct?

koan

[alabbasi]

Meyle brand sells the stuff for about $12 USD , exactly the same MSDN as the MB stuff but much less expensive.

[Big_Richard]

Meyle brand sells the stuff for about $12 USD , exactly the same MSDN as the MB stuff but much less expensive.

I wonder if much like their other products its "made in china" 

[alabbasi]

Mercedes Benz has a factory in China.

[CraigS]

Try Imparts. They are in most states I think and are considerably cheaper for most parts.

[WGB]

I asked at M-B if there is more than one type of suspension fluid and was told no, there's only one.

Is this not correct?

koan

I will have to go and have a look at the bottle but as far as I know it is called "hydraulic oil" and there is only one type.

Bill

[goldacre]

A long while ago a mate of mine had a 500SEL with a saggy rear end. He went to the family mechanic in Osbourne Park WA and the burly South African mechanic fixed it all up and gave him the spiel about the rear hydraulic suspension.

'This oil is very good stuff, i comes out of rocks, they call this shale oil but i say its rock oil'

Has anyone heard of this oil before? I remember a mine up in Queensland has a heap of that kind of stuff in it, a rock that weeps a special oil 

G

[motec6.9]

The only oil i can think off that is close to that is Kendal Motor Oil now called Brad Penn Motor oil its green in colour the same colour it comes out off the ground as in Pennsylvania but after paying what Diesel Motors charged for 4 ltrs as i had no choise last week i have found out thanks B13 that Penrite make the same oil MB15