Recent content by 350Rocket

I'm sure I haven't read every post in the 8 pages and I imagine that statistically the people on the 2 max 8 crashes don't mean anything (except to their families). I wouldn't be surprised if another Boeing (whether it be a max or a 787) eventually goes down due to quality control. Based on the...

Interesting information...but could that be because 99% of "incidents" are minor issues that aren't caused by poor quality control? Or are they talking mainly just major incidents such as engine failures or missing fasteners etc? How do you feel about the fact that Boeing just admitted to...

Well it's going to o be hard for any of us to believe any of your story when you're saying a water pump that's external leaked coolant into the oil system which it isn't connected to. It's physically not possible. There is a tsb about a check valve that can cause the water pump to fail but it...

I added it to my truck this year and it's 19 years old. Realized I couldn't find a similar replacement for much under $10,000. And it was dirt cheap to add even with rental coverage.

Exactly. And those parts are part of the many costs of building the engine, transmission and the final product. So the margins would be high on the individual parts but not so much on the engine and even less so on the final vehicle.

Thanks for that info. Canadian Tire carries that too right? If so I have bought that filter in the past for my wife's Hyundai. I assumed it was a rebadged Fram like almost everything else on the shelf.

But it's $4465 according to his quote.

Well they're supposed to be really good filters, but if you end up with one that's not built correctly then yes it's basically a rock catcher. What's recommended these days? I don't mind paying extra for a good filters. My truck drives through construction sites that are like the dessert in a...

Yeah I've been using the m-107 on my truck and Oldsmobile. Not anymore. Other than that I use Fram ultras. Maybe I'll go back to wix. That's what I used to use when I worked for an auto parts giant that owned a Goodyear store. I could order whatever Wix I wanted.

The only recent work was the oil pressure sending unit back in February. Yeah I'm not really sure because it's such a small amount over a lot of engine hours. If it's leaking a small amount in I will probably get it repaired. I actually have 2 extra 5.3 engines with only 130k on them. So I could...

I've topped up the coolant a couple times over the past year. It gets slightly below the level I filled it to after a few months at least.

They were just the easiest one for me to get here in Canada, and the biggest reason I'm doing it is to check for coolant. I will try Napa next time since someone mentioned them. I'm basically just concerned about coolant intrusion as if that happens I need to make a decision on replacing head...

Thanks I will look into them.

Just came back to post that the hours were roughly 215 for that OCI. So 23mph average, despite having a lot of longer trips mixed in. I didn't want to go further than 0% and my busy schedule and ocd about draining oil hot after a highway fun meant this was the time to do it.

Just took my first sample....I haven't done one so far as I always change early (at least by bitog standards). Just under 5k miles, around 4.5 months and down to 6% oil life according to the olm. I've always wanted to do one but it will cost me about the same as an oil change so I would prefer...