My wife recently acquired a 1974 Super Beetle and I just did the 1st oil change on it using Valvoline racing full syn 20w50 VR1 due to its high zinc content w/a WIX spin on filter (her bug has a spin on adapter added) Wally world has this oil down to $8.66qt online. For the last 10 yrs I had a...
My Pontiac does that too sometines, as mentioned take the coolant level sensor out and either replace with a new one or just try cleaning off the crude on the end of the sensor and reinstall, that HAS worked for me in the past too. YMMV
Originally Posted By: RISUPERCREWMAN
For the money Motorcraft!
Recognize that screename from f150online forums... I use OE brand filters; Motorcraft for my ford, Nissan for my Nissan, Delco for my GM
I picked up 6 qts of this over the weekend after an atf fluid wild goose chase, why is mercon v so hard to find?
Also, this product has a strong odd odor, anyone ever notice that?
Some useful links I found while looking for a coolant temp gauge for my brute force 650
http://www.eddie-sanders-racing.com/product_p/temp%20guage.htm
http://www.jtatv.com/category_s/2.htm
http://www.gaffrigperformance.com/Products/moreInfo.cfm?item=71&prdt=11006
And fwiw, F150 owner here too...
On a side note: our tC is a 2005 and other than one rattle, the car has performed flawless for 100k miles since we bought it new, you scion owners have the same experience?
FWIW-we run Castrol "green" and a toyo oil filter.
Or do like I did and dump dsl for vdsl, I get 10megs now and NO slow down at night during peak rush hour times :)
I use att u-verse, super pleased thus far.