Recent content by Bigvman23

If those are mostly all highway miles (and you'd think they'd almost have to be) the argument could be made longer intervals could apply as long as a good, high quality synthetic oil is used in the engine isn't just downright abused. Also, frequent oil level checks are done to ensure no oil is...

He's not dismissing new tech, at least it doesn't sound like that to me. Driving a manual is a skill, and a great skill to have, and becoming a more and more lost skill. And it sounds like he just wants his daughter to be able to have the skill to drive a manual. I've actually been teaching...

Hey, my wife is from Cincinnati (relocated her here to Central KY when we got married a few years ago) and my stepson is up there at UC. I had a former coworker who was a huge fan of those. I'll be on the lookout for your "flying brick" next time I'm up that way!😃

I THINK the older ones didn't/don't have the same issues, at least not nearly as common if I remember correctly. Somewhere around 2014/15 they made some slight changes I believe, in both design and manufacturing. Is yours a GDI? I know mine, a 2015 model year, was a complete redesign, but...

Yep. Again anecdotal for me too, but I recently went from 5w20 to 5w30 and measured a longish regular trip I make of several miles to see if I could actually see any sort of difference, even minimally. Though we all know other variables can affect each individual trip greatly...speed, wind...

I posted my car oil change a couple of days ago, but completely forgot the post my truck from about 3 weeks ago or so. 1996 Ford Ranger XLT 2.3 l. Somewhere around 250,000 miles. Out, Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5w20 and Purolator Boss PBL30001. In, Walmart Supertech 5w30 synthetic high mileage...

Yep, for sure.

I see you took the "viscosity up" route like I did, me moving from a 20 to a 30. I've not used anything lower than a 20 weight, but I've heard and seen on YouTube that 16 weight is pretty thin. And now Toyota and I assume some other manufacturers too have gone down to an 8 weight, which is...

Even just changing the shift points, under an average "load"/throttle input, eco mode wants to get to the next gear pretty quickly. Too quickly most of the time i'd argue, keeping rpm way down and really lugging the engine. That's not good for it and can lead to excessive carbon buildup...

I've also just put Valvoline Restore and Protect in my wife's 2020 Elantra. Though hers is the 2.0 engine and doesn't have the same possible issues as my 2.4 Theta, her model COULD possibly have a piston ring issue. We took it in to be bore scoped and evidently it was fine, but it has been...

Well, bought mine brand new, and I typically drive the wheels off of my vehicles. Other than the original engine puking out on me, it's a really nice car. The replacement engine has been good so far, fingers crossed. I'm also curious to see what happens. After just 3 days of having the...

I don't keep mine in eco around town any more. But on the highway I do. My Sonata immediately shifts down if going up a decent grade, the RPM won't get low enough to lug the engine. But around town it does want to upshift too quickly.

After doing some research I believe the TBN additive package in the Ultra was a little better if memory serves, so went to it. And before Valvoline Restore and Protect came out, THE hot oil at the time that was getting all the rave reviews was Pennzoil Ultra Platinum. I was also running it in...

Quaker State Ultimate Durability was the "recommended" oil in my 2015 Hyundai Sonata and what I started off using. And the research I did at that time pretty much stated it was a very good oil, and it was usually cheaper than competing brands too, so good all the way around. However I...

Oh good gosh.🙄. Well, there goes my marketing career down the tubes.☹️