Recent content by Chris_H

This is good to know, I have always wondered about this. I regularly buy there Valvoline WB 5w-30 4.73L for $13.88 The strange thing is at that price its a better deal then there Tune-it Walmart brand which I never notice on sale?!?!? And yes the Tune-it is the Canadian Walmart brand, But...

Ok so this maybe a dumb question but we all know Walmart almost always has Conventional Valvoline WB, Pennzoil YB or Castrol GTX in 5w-30 and 10w-30 on sale. Here in Canada its always $11.88 to $13.88 for a 4.4L or 4.73L jug. Normally priced the oil is $25-$30 but for a 5L jug rather than the...

Well I went out and picked 3 filters (2 L14612's and one PSL14612 i found at the bottom) all the filters are date coded "E" from 2013, they always got 5,000 to 6,000 kms OCI's on 5w-30 conventional. the blue synthetic may have seen rotella T6 but i dont know, the records went with the car the...

It occured to me this morning I have a bucket i deposit my old filters in. Im gonna go find 2 random samples of these L14612's that have previously been used and see what shape they are in. I will post some pics later I have seen the Wix/NapaGold 57712 my only problem with them is they have the...

Ok well when i got my First 2006 Subaru Impreza N/A in 2011, At that time I did a bunch of research and found that the Blue Honeywell OEM's had a big recall and that Purolator and Wix filters were the top pick at that time. Subaru Spec'd a 23psi BPV, the Purolators had a 14-18psi BPV and the Wix...

I rebuilt this old Honda CB450 a couple years ago and haven't found a oil that works well yet, Im hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. The only important mod on the bike is I have ditched the centrifugal oil filter on the end of the crank with a modern aftermarket paper...

PCV valve is fairly new about 12k kms on it so Im not to concerned about it, will probably check just to be sure. I just had the engine torn down to a short block to replace head gaskets,upon inspection everything was in surprisingly good shape , not a lot of varnish, cylinder walls still had...

Alright I have a 2006 Impreza 2.5i its a higher mileage vehilce at 238 Km. I just resealed the engine completely and after eliminating all leaks have found its consuming about a liter every 1250-1500km. I want to play with oils to see if i can reduce that hopefully to zero but any improvement is...

Ok i checked it is a dry sleeve type cylinder liner. the 12 year old TSB's call for: • Texaco Long Life Coolant Anti-Freeze both regular and pre-mixed Product codes 7991 and 7998 • Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant. Product code 7994. • Dex-Cool Long Life Coolant. This product is...

my father bought a new boat and is looking to be changing all the fluids in the little yanmar 2GMF diesel engine. he asked me what kind of coolant to use. Because its a diesel I dont really know? the manuals and TSB's are old and outdated and there "recommendations" are the same and have long...

the only problem with a 3000-3500 mile interval is id only be changing the oil like once a year, Not sure what im gonna do as of yet there isn't much riding left this season anyways. Also the bike has known oil related failures like cam followers which are almost impossible to replace. So even...

you know i have been messing with the pennzoil yellow bottle and quakerstate green bottle oils in 5w30 and im finding the pennzoil seems to stand up a bit better and i have less oil consumption especially at the end of a 5000km OCI on my old beat up 94 corolla

Possibly the Rotella 5w-40 is the ticket, i was trying to avoid synthetics as i don't feel there's much benefit in such an old bike. Also the OCI's are short like 1000 to 1500 miles max, I was also trying to cut costs as much as possible, but thinking about it the 5w-40 rotella is still cheaper...

This is my CB450 based cafe racer, the bike is a ton of fun around town! I was just trolling around here looking for some insight on cold weather oil. Anyways i will share a bit; I find if there tuned and setup good they don't vibrate that bad its when the ignition and the carburetor sync gets...

Ok its getting cold up here in Canada its getting into the low 40's with it dipping below freezing at night and the 15w-40 rotella conventional I have been running in my vintage 1971 Honda CB450 is starting to worry me on cold mornings. these old honda twins have oil flow problems to begin with...