Recent content by CrackyWainwright

Hello, folks. I'm familiar with the Toyota & Lexus cartridge oil filter setup and how difficult they are to loosen, but our 2016 RX 350 has an additional element I haven't seen before. In the picture below, it's the metal tab or stop that you see at about the 11 o'clock position. What does that...

We've gotten ourselves a 5-year-old Toyota Highlander V6. The first oil change after we got the car I had to hire out because I couldn't get the filter cartridge to break free. Now that that's under control and not torqued to 300 foot-pounds, I have another small issue. I noticed as I did the...

That Hyundai will run several more years because the mechanic put in a bottle of Lucas Oil Stabilizer to give extra oil protection. He said so near the end of the video.

Originally Posted by bullwinkle 320K, no more than 16 years old, means 20K per year minimum. Likely a LOT of highway miles, if it was maintained-I believe it would be possible. You are correct. Chris drives over into Mississippi from our town in Alabama every day for work. That's a 90 mile...

I posted recently about wishing I could get a car or truck to last more than 200,000 miles with just careful maintenance. That discussion went all over the place, of course, but what became obvious is that precious few of us will ever find a shop that's good at rebuilding front suspension...

Just from reading years of this forum, one can gather that finding correct and quality suspension parts + finding someone who knows how to install them properly is usually a difficult process.

I'd say you got a smoking good deal. I paid a lot more than that for my J-Series Honda t-belt replacement just to have it all blow up in 5000 miles. I don't say that worry you. You'll probably be fine. The guys on this forum say that t-belt jobs on those engines usually give no problems.

Having paid close attention to cars and pickups for more than 30 years now, one thing I've observed among a lot of people I know (my family included) is that while we always think that engine or transmission problems are the essential end of life for a vehicle, almost as often that moment of...

Originally Posted by kschachn Originally Posted by CrackyWainwright Here's a really odd thing, Mr. Clinebarger: I had a premonition three or four years ago that my beloved Accord would die from a broken timing belt. About 2015 or 2016 my wife says I began talking about how concerned I was about...

Originally Posted by clinebarger Either you got a lemon or have the worst luck in the world! I do have very bad luck with vehicles. I love cars and trucks, and I take very good care of mine. But I've never had vehicles that would last very long since I started driving in 1987. And I don't...

Originally Posted by Alfred_B Anything German should be able to do it. Their engineering is legendary.

Originally Posted by Srt20 I think you need a better mechanic. I cant think of any vehicles that CANT make 200k with just basic maintenance. This is a valid and interesting point. We have no good independent shops that are open on a regular basis within 50 miles of my house despite the fact...

I really care for my vehicles with fluids maintenance, alignments, tire rotations, and inside and out cleanings, but I've NEVER gotten more than 200,000 miles out of any brand. I hope one day to make it to 201,000 miles! Even back in the 80s when I was a teenager, I greatly admired people in our...

312,120 miles on that F-150 so far. That's incredible. I wish I could just get tires to last as well as his first set did.

I owned Mustangs years and years ago, but I haven't studied Ford vehicles at all for a long time. I honestly just today noticed that Ford is putting a small 2.7 V6 Turbo engine in their full size F-150. Is this a gimmick engine that will be worn out or dead at 70,000 miles or is this something...