Recent content by BenzFella

There have been many successful reports of fuel dilution being nearly eliminated in the Honda 1.5T world. Their solution is Castrol Edge 0w40 in the crankcase and 91/93 fuel grade in the gas tank. May be a good option for Mazda as well...

Late '90s K1500 with a fuel injected Small Block 350. As reliable as it gets, I know a guy who just got one with less than 160k miles for $1500. Only very light surface rust on frame. Body was rust free. SC vehicle though... That leaves $3500 for a plane ticket to South for a rust-free truck...

Originally Posted By: kschachn Considering that even at the same gas station the energy density of gasoline varies up to 4%, there is no way you can correlate an observed fuel economy change to one variable in the highly chaotic environment of real-world driving. Argue as much as you want but it...

Originally Posted By: kschachn You mentioned that "Since adding "Prolong" the oil level have not moved on the dipstick" but didn't say how many miles ago that was. In the original post I said that it has been 3k miles since adding Prolong into the crankcase. Originally Posted By: 28oz 1 quart...

Prolong did not pay me a dime unfortunately. A friend of mine got it from AutoZone on BOGO deal. Gave me the free bottle to try. Results speak for themselves. Those who hate the product - never tried it and go by their guesses and opinions. Fact is - it works, whether you like it or not...

Little background: The vehicle is 2007 Toyota Camry, 4 cyl, currently 120k miles. Since new it always had premium synthetics with occasional boutique oils here and there. Never more than 5k miles on a OCI, therefore the metal seen through the fill hole is as shiny as it gets. About 1k miles...

And I am not talking just about the famous 1MZ and 1ZZ engines. All Toyotas I have seen seem to cook the oil up a bit more than Honda, or Ford, etc.

Originally Posted By: Linctex AGREED. It doesn't look "that* bad, overall. If she had NOT run it out of oil, at 47,000 miles on that oil if the level had been maintained, it probably would still be running. It seems like Honda engines on average run a lot cooler across the board, as compared...

You can always skip the ad. But as far as the rest of the vid - believe it or not, but there are actually people who enjoy watching it. The guy disecting the engine is VERY good with explaining, analyzing, and keeping the video interesting. I didn't even realize how I ended up at the point of...

https://youtu.be/O0C-DhZnrhc

I know someone who was in a similar situation, with a 2005-2007 Toyota Avalon. Do not remember the exact year. He was 6000 miles away from a round mileage number. As a clean up he ran two 3000 mile intervals with SuperTech 5w30 High Mileage and one Fram Ultra filter for both oil changes. Then at...

Stout engine. Stout transmission. With proper maintenance of course. But random electrical faults and issues will leave you on the side of the road many times in the future.

New guy here chiming in. Kinda interested - would something like 15w40/10w40 Maxlife be more acceptable in the colder time of the year? Because 20w50 in January sounds like the builder REALLY wants to replace/rebuild your engine again...

I have signed up for this Pennzoil deal, and it is actually legit! To my surprise. I do not know what oil was in the vehicle up to this point, but the Pennzoil 5w40 that I received definitely made it feel just a hair smoother and quieter. Makes me wonder if appropriate oil was used in the engine...

Thank you for all the information so far! Definitely helps a lot! I really want to stay with a 40-weight oil, and there seems to be a lot of good options. Looks like AAP has a good deal on the CarQuest oil that meets the 229.5 spec. I never go above 5k miles, so I might try that. Seems like good...