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Rapid-tap is a cheap, readily available, heavy cutting fluid that you could try. It does leave a slight odor when burned, but not nearly as offensive as tap magic. I would suggest trying a water soluble oil. The good ones, when mixed right "shouldn't" promote rust. Ballistol makes a good...

Thank you for posting this

I would choose the Accord. As a side note, the Ford Fusion seems to be good, too.

The Yakima bike racks you see on all the modded imports that no one uses.

Oils have a particular balance. Fuel economy, drain intervals, engine cleanliness, wear protection, etc. In order to acheive greater performance from any one of these characteristics, we must sacrafice another. If your ok with spending a little more money and changing your oil more often, and...

Originally Posted By: SnogardE55AMG Thax@ O.K. i respect your advice, but anyway could you tell me why should i not use Mobil 1 5W-50? It is OEM oil for SLR (which have almost the same engine as my E55)and i run my cars hard. I also avoid shiort trips and on top of that temperatures here are not...

Well, both 229.3 and 229.50 meet the ACEA A3/B3 spec. 229.3 is specified for up to 20,000km based oil change intervals with a minimum of 1.0% fuel savings. 229.50 is considered by Mercedes to be a "long life service oil", when drain intervals of up to 30,000km are used, with a minimum of 1.8%...

Wolf's Head makes a dexron III-H/Mercon fluid as well.

These two oils are the only oils that meet the 229.50 spec, which are of 0W-40 viscosity. Mobil 1 SuperSyn European Car Formula 0W-40 (USA) Mobil 1 Turbodiesel 0W-40

The closest place I can buy oil is my local NAPA (less than 2 minutes away), has Wolf's Head for $1.99 per quart, with plenty of stock. I can't find anything for cheaper unless I wait around for a sale. I've wanted to try it for awhile, allot of the old timers that I grew up learning from spoke...

Use any kind of ammonia based window cleaner, it will say not for use on tinted windows, well thats because it removes it. Spray it on and let it sit for a couple hours. Lay down towels to protect interior trim from dripping. You can then use a plastic scraper, the tint will come right off...

My local Kragen/O'reily's has valvoline dexronIII/Mercon in a gallon jug for about $13 From what I understand it's just that, plain old Mercon. I've been using it my old Ford trucks (and older GM cars that require dexronIII) and have no complaints so far.

I would get with the builder and ask what the bearings were spec'd to and pick an appropriate viscosity to meet the requirements based on your average oil temps/pressure. For a street car a 50 weight might not ever get hot off enough to "thin down" to the correcty viscosity, and you might be...

Great info thanks for putting this together for us !

I've had a leak on my somewhat recently acquired Bronco, first couple oil changes were with a synthetic high mileage formula. Saw the pennzoil high mileage on sale for $13.50 as well and couldn't pass it up at that price. I've been very happy with it so far as it has been more effective at...