Recent content by Earls1st

You didn't state your age, weather conditions, moon phase (ambient light) or rural setting, this does not sound like a long-term observation and I can't cite the study (but I think the material may have come from a "55 Alive" State Farm Car Insurance class), but one eighth the retinal...

Are we talking Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon? Has the trail been reestablished since the rockslide/mudslide in July ‘21 or is there an alternate route?

Aren’t most of these driving habits (gradual acceleration, sustained highway driving at posted speed limits) said to increase OCI also driving habits thought to decrease fuel consumption? My 2007 Accords appear to have no noticeable time influence on OCI, which jibes with sentiment that “the oil...

If you are OK with being on the state dept of health's radar, call them for advice. I did not read the original post to understand if a local municipality has jurisidiction, but I've known one to require you fill your existing well after annexation or have a meter installed on the well so they...

forgot this one (a lot more than sparks): driving east on I-90 just east of Spearfish; because of road construction road compresses to two lanes, so oncoming traffic right next to us. I'm reading some elk harvest numbers from Colorado. The guy driving the Suburban I'm in says something on the...

sorry, no sparking involved 1) driving northwest on I-94 between St. Cloud, MN and Alexandria, MN. up ahead is single axle livestock trailer w/ the back end way up in the air. get close enough to see why: being pulled by a Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge minivan, bumper almost to the ground. I think...

I first (and maybe never since then until now) heard this from a Conklin distributor 25-35 years ago. I think the rationale was small, uniform molecule size in synthetics vs. varied, larger size molecules in dino oil. Still don't know if it has any functional significance or how you'd determine...

Are the combustion byproducts of full synthetic oil less likely to foul the catalytic converter and downstream oxygen sensor than that of Dino oil?

How much does caffeine increase stomach acid production? Your stomach is "wired" to maintain a pH around 5 and go lower to process some foods. What is the pH of your normal coffee? How about the pH of your alkaline water-brewed coffee? I think the consumption of foods and drink (and use of...

Fuel over-filling the coolant tank and present in engine oil. Approx 125000 miles on the motor. Does this require head removal to diagnose? Are injector sleeves and fuel cups both terms for the same thing? Can the old sleeves be removed and replaced without removing the heads? Is there some...

What could make the graph look like a nearly perfect sine wave with a period, of for all intents and purposes one year, except something I would say manipulated with intent/purpose such as fuel vapor pressure? His records were for several years as well. I keep the same kind of records (although...

air drag? air resistance? whatever the proper terminology is, in for instance, bullet flight. In a vacuum there is essentially none. We have an atmosphere on earth. Hence atmospheric resistance. Not wind resistance for purposes of this discussion as it is not reliability constant. So mean of...

Is atmospheric resistance the biggest factor or is fuel vapor pressure (summer gas w/ more "BTUs/gal" vs. winter gas w/ less "BTUs/gal") the bigger factor? Any other factors more significant than either of the two mentioned? Again, discount driving style. The professor's weekly drive was from...

Minnesota. What are the biggest factors in seasonal variation of fuel consumption? I think exclude driving style. What is left? My son and I were at a freshman (college) orientation last summer and a physics professor said as an aside, "who would think I could use my Pontiac Grand Am as a...