Recent content by el_zorro

After the deep horizon oil spill in the gulf, I did some simple math on oil production in the US and it seems that either that was one monster well or the oil industry is throttling the flow of oil significantly or undereporting capacity and reserves. It is estimated that deep horizon was...

I bought a set in January before all of the heavy snow hit Michigan. It was tough getting a set of four as these tires are in high demand, I ended up buying two from tire rack and two from my local discount tire and then paying for the certificates instead of installation charge from discount...

You probably got a 07 or 08 vintage of the gold GC. Nothing special. I had a few bottle of that vintage and the only thing different about it appearance wise was it was a slightly darker gold than the newer stuff. If you have earlier than 06-05 then I would save it as it is probably the...

Ah, forgot the 4-wheeler and Lawn tractor 2007 John Deere X-340 25 HP Lawn Tractor 2 Qts Shell Rotella 30W, Supertech Filter 2003 Honda Rancher 4X4 350 2+ Qts Shell Rotella 15W-40, K&N Filter

Havent posted these in a while so I have multiples for a couple of vehicles. 2006 Chevrole Trail Blazer 4.2L 7.25 Qts Mobil Clean 5000 5W-30, Purolator Classic Filter 2007 Saturn Aura 3.5L 4+ Qts Mobil-1 AFE 0W-30, Purolator Pureone Filter 2008 GMC Acadia 3.6L 5.5 Qts Mobil-1 AFE 0W-30, Mann...

I remember when gas was over $4 and the main reason used was lack of supply and growing demand due to growth in China and India. I believe the demand part of this but after the oil well disaster in the gulf this lack of supply thing has got me baffled. From ONE well for 3 months almost a BILLION...

Forgot one 2007 Chevrolet Impala, 3.5L 4+ Qts Mobil-1 5W-30, AC Delco Filter

2006 Chevrole Trail Blazer 4.2L 7.25 Qts Havoline DS 5W-30, Supertech Filter 2007 Saturn Aura 3.5L 4+ Qts Valvoline Durablend 5W-30, Supertech Filter 2008 GMC Acadio 3.6L 5.5 Qts Mobil Clean 5000, AC Delco Filter 2000 GMC Sierra 4.8L 6 Qts Vavoline Maxlife Full Synthetic, Napa Gold Filter

I changed the oil myself on the next change and it had the wrong filter on it.

I have only paid to have my oil changed a handful of times (less than 5) because almost every time they did something to make me mad. Most times either the oil plug or filter were way overtightened to the point of stripping the plug when i tried to change it myself. Once at a Valvoline instant...

Im running it in a 2007 Saturn Aura 3.5L. It is decent oil but doesnt get much play here because the board doesnt like Valvoline much and there are straight conventional dinos that compare to it. I got mine on closeout at WM for $1.50 per quart so I considered it a decent deal for that price. It...

The only gun in my collection that I use grease on is my M1 Garand. M1s are always greased not oiled. I use CRC synthetic brake caliper grease (stands up to high temps) on my M1. You have buy this in small tubes that have a nice applicator tip for use on guns.

These big GM V8s like German Castrol GC year round in 0W-30. This oil meets both GM LL A 025 and LL B 25 which are much tougher GM specs that the 6094M in the US. So rest assured that this oil will protect your engine better than some of the 6094 oils that the engine specifies. You might want to...

The more I drive around the country and talk to old timers I believe these old rumors and also old loyalties are still alive and well today. In many parts of the upper midwest, Texaco was a top 5 distributor 30 years ago and longer. We had a Texaco refinery in my home town and I remember by...

Yea, the situation in Flint is pretty sad. The other day I heard there are packs of wild dogs that feed on the street people who are drunk, something like 50 street people a year are eaten by these packs of wild dogs in Flint. Its like that movie Wolfen. As far as GM letting these plants...