Recent content by Lonnie

You are being smart about this situation. Getting the wrong type of nuts can lead to problems.

If this question is not in the FAQ's it should be. Mobil 1 prices are usually a bit higher. You must consider that buying Mobil 1 means that you are helping the racing teams supported by Mobil 1. With PP they are doing the advertising by giving rebates. I like that system much better. I do not...

Good choice. Now, are you going to send a sample to Dyson? It would be interesting to see if you have any fuel dilution. It appears that going to Blackstone may not get you accurate dilution numbers. Now all you have to do is suffer the drop in status for not using the poster child oil of...

Tell us the different brands of oil and viscosities you have been through for a single vehicle. I'll start, 84 Civic wagon, purchased new by me. Factory fill about 100 miles Castrol GTX 5w-30 for about 2 years Red Line 5w-30 and up to 20w-50 (for oil consumption) for about 20 years RLI BioSyn...

Second attempt failed. Zelda stayed out all night and came back this morning. My 4 dogs and Zelda went through a greeting ritual and she is now sleeping under my desk. I'm happy to hear that Blue Jay did not get hit.

Thanks for the responses. And the comment about the SS and junk mail are well received as is the comment about adding layers to the process. In that vein I would like to share something that might help with unwanted phone calls. Based on a conversation with a company that wanted to hire me to...

I was working on an engine prototype project and spent some time working with a German firm that was doing some of the work. Three engineers applied for one opening, a mechanical engineering position. All had fine resumes and cv's that any young engineer would be proud of. What did the director...

I had a 66 R8 Renault that I purchased new. The seats were perfect. I have yet to ride in a car with seat that approach the comfort of the seats in that car. I have an 84 Civic and the seats are a bit too firm. In fact the seats are about the only think I would change in this car. I have 492k...

And if you can keep the oil level in the ballpark you should drive that big pump real slow, gear it way down and be careful not to get anything in the pumps way if you don't have a relief valve. Positive displacement means just that. If the pump interferes with the oil level you will defeat all...

That's a boat load of miles in a short time. 10k miles/month = 50 months for 500k miles. This is one situation I'd like to know more about.

Have you been adding more make up oil than in the past?

Today a degree is worth a lot, several hundred bucks and you need an Internet connection.

Two things. One, your reports show consistency, good. Two, your columns don't line up, bad.

If dealing with insurance companies isn't bad enough you have the permit processes to get threw as well. There are people here in S/Cal that have not completed the process from the 03 fires and got burned out again last month. I've been back to the Gulf Coast recently and there is a lot of...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071103/ap_on_re_us/freeway_pileup This kind of stuff happens every year. Everyone is in a hurry and the place to make up time is on the highway. After all it's your car and you have got places to get to.