Recent content by akela

At TireRack, they do ice tests on the ice rink. I think this allows to have most of the variables to be decently controlled. Ice temperature, ambient temperature, how you polish the surface, etc. do you know what kind of snow is used for 3PMSF cert? Would make night and day difference.

Maybe because RT43 doesn't perform as great on ice? If we look at the TireRack's winter measurements: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/chartDisplayWinter.jsp?ttid=215 and https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/chartDisplayWinter.jsp?ttid=243 then, among other things, one can see that RT43...

Originally Posted by Triple_Se7en OMG! Most of the population hasn't the tools for thIs complicated and detailed work. Most of the population don't even know how to remove the headlight assembly. How about someone here offer a product that we can buy to apply with a rag and then wipe it off...

Running Fram Ultra for 2-3 intervals (about 5-7k each). Not worrying at all about changing 85-90% of oil instead of 90-95% - I believe there is no real difference.

Originally Posted By: SilverSnake Originally Posted By: akela Originally Posted By: SilverSnake After owning 87 different cars and trucks in my lifetime, I have found that adding exactly the amount of oil specified in the manual usually results in overfilling. How do you know it's overfilling...

I find the absence of "/SN" a little bit hard to ignore. This oil is not certified for gasoline engines, it implies. The statement about CK-4 being backward compatible with CJ-4 is true only in the context of diesel engines. It doesn't really apply to gas engines, sewing machines, etc.

Originally Posted By: SilverSnake After owning 87 different cars and trucks in my lifetime, I have found that adding exactly the amount of oil specified in the manual usually results in overfilling. How do you know it's overfilling? Any real symptoms (like smoke or leaks)?

Originally Posted By: otis24 Odometer broke so I do time based OCIs. You can also go with a schedule based on the amount of fuel consumed. Change oil after certain amount of gallons burnt, or simply after certain amount of fill-ups.

Originally Posted By: CT8 Throw a can of STP in the oil to thicken it up. I'd rather simply add 0.5..1 quart of 15w40

Originally Posted By: 4WD Well - I just got a text from that part of Bama on my mobile phone ... you mean, Mobil phone?

Originally Posted By: Garak Originally Posted By: akela CI-4 is still on the shelves. I am pretty sure CJ-4 won't disappear overnight either. You won't find any in the Imperial Oil warehouse here. It did disappear just about overnight. Never been in the Imperial Oil warehouse I'm talking...

Originally Posted By: copcarguy Would you mix brands of oil? I certainly would, if the engine is not particularly picky about oil. That means, not turbo, not DI, not a known sludger, and not of very recent design.

Originally Posted By: DemoFly Typically. There could be non-metallic organic additives that have detergency that don't show up in a UOA, though. Some add packs use Sodium, some add packs use Magnesium. There's really no scenario where you can apples to apples compare any two oils based on...

CI-4 is still on the shelves. I am pretty sure CJ-4 won't disappear overnight either.

Unlikely that new bottles will appear on the WM shelves tomorrow morning. Week or two later, maybe.