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I put these on my Camaro last Winter. There was some tread noise at the beginning, but no whomp whomp sounds Try a different tire shop, these come with a year of road hazard warranty from Continental. So a tire replacement shouldn’t cost anything

Ok small update. Now when the car is “cool” or sitting a few hours, then I can turn the compressor by hand smoothly. Before it was always stiff even new in the box. Maybe it broke in or absorbed some PAG oil But after running the AC for a few minutes, the compressor gets “stuck” I can’t turn...

I ordered Napa Ultra Premium brake hoses when I saw a crack in one of the my front lines Inside the box were Sunsong hoses. 3 years and 70K miles after, no issues. Apparently Sunsong is OEM supplier for some Japanese cars.

When I changed the spark plugs on my DTS at 100K, some of them required a breaker bar to remove. When I saw the threads, there was some brown rust residue on it So for the new plugs, I put a smidge of anti-size on the first few threads. Put them back and just tightened them with my 3/8ths...

On my Cadillac DTS, I get between 40-44F with the probe thermometer On my recently serviced Camaro (New Compressor/Full charge), the lowest I get is 44F Though when I used the IR laser gun thermometer on the Camaro, the temp showed 35-37. I’m guessing the compressor engages until the...

We did that. The sticker said there was 24CC of oil in it. But when we turned the pulley, nothing came out. It seemed dry. So we did the oil balance and added the right amount back.

Yes we added the right amount of PAG oil

I just had a new OEM AC Delco AC compressor installed on my car. The old one wasn’t internally bad just had a bad pulley and clutch With my mechanic, we took the new one out of the box, and noticed it was stiff but able to turn by hand Meanwhile the old compressor was easier to turn. You...

Nice! I ran the same filter on my Cadillac DTS a few times in 2021

I think the e-core filters can be a bit restrictive. On my old 1999 Deville 10 years ago, I installed a PF-61E filter. After 1000 miles, the oil light would flicker at idle sometimes After that I only used the original AC Delco PF-61 and the oil light never came back on the rest of the time I...

Shift quality is ok. It gets firmer the faster you accelerate but, graduall acceleration is smooth

Yes, pan drop is easy, it comes straight down. Unfortunately the actual trans filter is internal and can’t be replaced unless you remove the transmission. But there are some screens you can replace after dropping the pan The cap is the dipstick. But it’s a wide cap and the stick is short. Very...

I have a DTS myself. I bought my car with 80K miles and now have 185K. Never had transmission problems. However I did “cooler-line” fluid changes at 84K, a pan drop at 100K, and more cooler-line changes every 36K miles. Might be too much, I like the trans fluid smelling sweet and looking red

Same thing with my old 1999 Deville. The alternator went out and my mechanic put a Reman Remy. After 100 miles, it developed a bearing noise and only properly charged the battery when the headlights were off. Under load, the voltage would dip below 12.6V Eventually I got a chance to swap it...

I used to use Valvoline FS 5w-30 on my Cadillac DTS every 5K miles. I switched to Kirkland FS last year on both my Cadillac and Camaro. I had no issues. The engine sounds the same