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    Sneak-peek @ Auto-RX PLUS cleaning after 1,400 mi

    Originally Posted By: demarpaint Originally Posted By: Artem I couldn't care less about the compression. I'm out to find an engine cleaner that cleans, period. Someone else can do back to back compression tests. I hear ya. Clean is a 'visual' thing, you expected to 'see' results. Had those...
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    After buying PYB on sale...

    Originally Posted By: FoxS Imagine I'm Morgan Freeman playing Lucius Fox in The Dark Knight when that young executive has found out Batmans identity and wants millions to keep quiet: Let me get this straight. You think that your PYB oil, one of the most respected conventional oils in the...
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    Interesting developments on Boston bombers

    Originally Posted By: mechanicx Quote: If they had seen few towelhead being dragged out of the house, they would be cheering. They would had no problem if the lockdown was applied only to "them". When they see people like "us" getting pulled out of the house, that is when they they have...
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    educate me on filters

    Simple Buy major name brand Change as per manufacturer interval That's a good starting point and if you want to ask simple questions then that's an equivalent simple answer You can easily learn more through previous threads. Depends how you value your time. After a lot of learning, many...
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    Sneak-peek @ Auto-RX PLUS cleaning after 1,400 mi

    Well that's great to have the success criteria on record (so many times from one poster). So if PU does not clean the soft build up under Artems valve cover, then the verdict from this group should be that Pennzoil are just as bad as Auto RX with their product claims that relate to cleaning...
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    Good cleaning oil.

    Originally Posted By: Bandito440 Is it going to go another 27k? Amsoil Signature Series and one of their filters. Will you see him often enough to do 7,500? PU. Can you do some 3k changes for him? PYB. Either way, beat him with a stick. I like your thinking, including the last point.
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    Sneak-peek @ Auto-RX PLUS cleaning after 1,400 mi

    I wasn't even responding to you. What gave you that impression?
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    Sneak-peek @ Auto-RX PLUS cleaning after 1,400 mi

    So you all seem to know how to take compression readings, just like you know how to take tire readings. Anybody taking any reading with any instrument can make mistakes. But you all seem to know how to avoid making mistakes. Are you saying others can't and their compression readings are wrong...
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    After buying PYB on sale...

    Originally Posted By: Kuato Checked the oil level yesterday after about 1000 miles on the oil, and found about 1mm of pasty crud on the dipstick, on an area about 2cm long. This is the same waxy buildup that I noticed when using Pennzoil back in the 70s and 80s. I guess I should have learned...
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    Things heard in court

    ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? WITNESS: Oral... Could not stop laughing at that one
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    Hard data on synthetic vs dino oils... >>

    Originally Posted By: BalancePoint Perhaps this has been asked before, if so I apologize; but with the prevalence of used and virgin oil analysis and with sponsors like Blackstone, has anyone ever presented data from a reasonable sample of similar test results that: [list] Quantifies the...
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    SRT-8 road trip :D

    Originally Posted By: OVERKILL Originally Posted By: FoxS Originally Posted By: SLCraig Glad you enjoyed it. I am jelly, I would love an SRT8 Challenger w/6 speed manual. What a great car. You are jelly? It is slang for jealous. I thought it was autocorrect gone Ron
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    Tire shopping

    I do extensive research and always seem to end up with Bridgestone although Michelin is usually right up there. A few things about tirerack. 1) The reviews with more mileage and for your vehicle are more meaningful. 2) Match your criteria against their individual tests. Eg Conti DWS is ranked...
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