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Anything wet that I buy is cut with water, especially if it is sweet. I drink a pint of Gatorade daily added to a pint of water in this heat

sounds like a rough bearing. Trouble with them is the"while you're in theres"

My BMW E 28s had both low oil and low coolant lights. The float switch for low coolant was a piece of junk, but 15$ every couple yrs was cheap compared to a meltdown.

A major cause of low oil pressure is low oil. That said, the low oil level light was dead accurate at a qt low on my 528e. Camrys don't use much oil in the 5K mile OCI I observe

None of my mowers was made in this century. All of them are resurrected freebies. I have enough Lawnboy F series mowers to play with should the present one expire. Ditto with the Suzuki 4 stroke powered Toro. I have a 2000 Craftsman 1750 with a 42'' deck that mows 95% of the lawn. Plot is...

My DIL's '99 CRV burned an exhaust valve. Being as she was putting #1 son through law school at the time. I loaned them my car and proceeded to R+R the head and to replace the bad valves in #4 cyl only. It was a PITA, noob experience, I should have left the manifolds on. Once I had it apart, I...

What is the cheapest, easiest oil and filter within specs you can buy for your car? Use it for 5K miles, less if you're a worry wart. The rest is advertising. Came here 21 yrs ago looking for a potion to magically get the cat to pass emissions. What I learned here is that life is waaay too...

I have 5w30 in the snow blower and the 6.5K Predator. It rarely gets below 10f here anymore. I keep a couple qts of 20W50 for the genset figuring that I could put that in during a re-fuel. If you check oil, you should be able to stay ahead of any loss. IIRC, both engines have a low oil...

First visit to PCMO page in ages. As far as PCMO goes, we are in the golden age. I can go ANYWHERE and buy a 0w20 that will give the engine in my 2016 Camry adequate lubrication for the 5Kmiles or whatever the car tells me to service engine. That means oil and filter and a glance at the pink...

Can it be replaced with a metal plug? Or does it snap in? Oh well, I don't like 0W20 either. How much is an extraction thingy? Ive got 50$ tied up in special use Camry oil filter tools, so I can relate.

Make an appointment. I went to the web site of a local Town Fair Tire. I chose a set of some brand I nevr heard of before and can't remember now. 205 65 16s for my 2016 Camry They were the 3rd cheapest. Store opens at 8AM, I asked for a 9 AM. 1hr and 10minutes of reading my latest book and I...

Fillin my stuff with 87 E10 blue Stabilized 9/24 and stored in a pressurized can. 4stroke mowers get a glug of MMO and a dash of Berrymans, '88 Toro 20611 started on 3rd pull. Craftsman sitdown is running on last summer' last fill.

Please post a follow up. I once replaced a ruined piston with a used piston/rod from a junked motor. Re-used original rod inserts drove the Datsun another 50k miles.

the 2stroke is a 1988 model 2073. 4 stroke is a 200?

#3 backup is a Lawnboy walk behind with Tecumseh flat head. Great for tall weeds, rocks and rough areas. Prime doesn't work. A sniff of carb cleaner on the air filter and it starts 1st pull. It is the last item on my to do list.