Recent content by Daverino

It depends on how much short tripping you are doing, versus normal warmed up engine driving. If the engine oil never has a chance to warm up, and it is started in cold temps, then you are likely to get condensated water in the oil. You can see this when it gets bad on the underside of the oil...

If it was me then I would go by miles alone and ignore time as a factor in making a decision to change the oil. Short tripping of course does require more frequent OCI in my opinion An exception to this would be under manufacturer warranties where they will be looking for any reason to deny a...

In this video Lubrication Explained is talking about Alkylated Naphthalene, and he mentions that they both (AN and Esters) have good seal swelling ability, unlike PAO which does not swell seals. And we know that HPL uses a lot of Esters. I would be surprised if High Performance Lubricants made...

I sent a message to High Performance Lubricants asking if their is any difference in cleaning ability between their oils. I have a 2010 Prius which has begun to burn oil, and I am hoping that a good cleaning oil will unstick the rings. I very quickly got a message back that they all clean...

I was passenger in a sedan with a J-Series V6 before and after a valve adjustment at 97K. It made a noticeable difference in idle quality. I often see used cars with J-Series V6 engines for sale with mysterious misfires and rough idles that I suspect is due never having had a valve adjustment...

Gimpy1; Raxles only seems to do car axles, mostly Hondas. It is funny that businesses that specialize in CV axles will further specialize by type of axles that they work on. CVJ is a company that does Toyota 4x4 axles that I have seen mentioned more than once. If the axles die any time soon I...

Sorry for the late reply. I have been working on this frantically for the past few days. I finally got it done but there were more than a few touch and go moments. I did buy the Lisle boot pliers. They worked great, although I did use a rubber mallet to get as much crimp on there as I could. I...

I have the Toyota CV Boot kit (I forgot the part number buts its all OEM stuff). It comes with grease in the kit from Toyota. Do you think that the grease from Toyota is Ok, or should I try to get the Redline CV-2?

Thank you to everyone who commented. I thought that there would be something more obviously wrong with the boots, and was unsure what to do. I now see that the boots are not as defect free as I had first thought, as Audiman pointed out. I think that replacing the boots with new OEM boots...

There is a leak in the CV Boots of my new to me 2007 Toyota Sequoia with 214,000 miles on it. It was mainly driven on the highway in Texas, if that makes any difference to the possibility of contamination of the axles. I have already read on here about the idea that OEM axles and boots are...

The timing belt was done by a Honda specialist here in Texas. I try to do as much as I can myself but decided that potentially messing up the timing belt wasn't worth the risk for me. The shop uses OEM parts only, and they weren't interested in hearing about the well received Aisin kits. It was...

The engine is a 3.2 liter V6, Honda J-series with a timing belt. This interval was done on almost entirely interstate highway, very few heat cycles. But desert dust and wildfires were common. The oil used was Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5w30. My engine calls for 5w20. I tried this due to...

https://www.geartechnology.com/issues/0812x/blake.pdf This article takes a look at a process of treating / polishing a steel surface by extreme polishing by tumblers. The tumbler machines look like larger versions of those used to clean small parts and shell casings for the reloading of...