Recent content by cnl64590

I drive the car maybe 10 minutes to get from my apartment to my destination. Before the change, I let it idle for about 10 minutes, the temp was about 50C when i did the change.

Brilliant! That is a great idea. Thank you!

I noticed there was a definitive point on the fill spout where it was regular liquid oil and not yellow cream. Good point, I hadn't thought of the breather hose.

Thankfully, exactly where it should be. I thought of that too when I saw the oil cap.

I think I just have the perfect storm: Infrequent trips, Washington wet, cold weather, and I have an obscenely stupid driving style. I accelerate as smoothly as possible to make the trans shift up at or below 2,000 rpm. My fault entirely; looks like I need to stick some lead in my shoes!

I cleaned it all off as much as possible with shop towels. No way was i letting that banana custard hang out in my engine lol.

Hello BITOG experts, I changed my oil today (2003 Merc c320) with the usual stuff, Mobil-1 0w40 and a Mahle polyester filter. The shock and horror came when i opened the oil filler cap and found this: This is my theory on it: The OCI for the car from the manufacturer is 10k miles and...

Well, I must admit I have been reading bitog for a few years now. I must adnit I love the site and all the info. So thank you. After reading that oil viscosity article a few times, I came up with this perhaps naive question: Why would the averae syn user ever not use a 0wXX oil? Since all oil is...