Recent content by Jake_J

I can think of one thing... gas stations. During this whole pandemic/supply chain issues period I've had zero issues filling up my gasoline powered car.

Moses Lake, Washington - September 1, 2011 SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (SGL ACF) – a joint venture of SGL Group and the BMW Group – today officially opened its new state-of-the-art carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. The new facility is strategic for the manufacture of ultra...

Here's a little blurb about Volvo Penta VCS from Volvo (see page 9): Volvo Penta coolant VCS (Yellow) This coolant is yellow in color. It is an organic additive technology (OAT) type of coolant specifically developed for the material used in newer generation of Volvo Penta engines. It prevent...

I don't know about it being the best. There's many millions of cars on the road with modern all aluminum engines and heating & cooling systems that contain no silicates and they work great (and they don't have to worry about the silicates precipitating out). The fact that the European and...

You want something to coat the terminals like a grease or dedicated spray. You're preventing corrosion on a bare metal by adding a protective layer like paint on metal. You don't want to use an oil which is too thin and can get between the post and the terminal.

Leaking battery acid generally is only an issue on old batteries, most batteries will not leak acid but all lead acid type battery's produce hydrosulfuric acid (which is a gas) when charging which can then settle on the bare metal terminals and cause corrosion to form. Adding some sort of...

Grease is not a conductor, the OP's problem was that he put an oil on the terminals which is too thin and it can get between the posts and the terminals where it will just add resistance to the connection. The proper way to do it is to connect the post and terminals dry and then put grease over...

It's not uncharted territory, you're adding an Euro Si-OAT coolant to an Asian P-OAT coolant. The latest and greatest coolant (recently adopted by BMW and Volvo) from Glysatin is G64/G65 which is an PSi-OAT coolant, which essentially is what you get when you mix BMW blue coolant with Mazda FL-22.

Washing your vehicle more frequently in the winter (or for some folks at all) helps a lot when it comes to keeping rust down.

You already bought it, so put it on and try it. A lot of even reputable name brand parts are now made in China so I wouldn't get too hung up about that.

All the automakers are facing issues with the chip shortage and supply chain shortages, there's no universal way to gauge demand although dealer inventory and days of supply are the old school metrics which aren't that helpful when dealing with Tesla for instance. Also government incentives are...

I'm just going to go ahead and presume that Tesla will have Uncle Sam fitting the bill for at least the vast majority of very large cost of building a bunch of chargers that won't earn them any money.

Let's keep this in perspective they're recalling 258 vehicles in total. Most recalls involve tens or a few hundred thousand vehicles, Takata recalled 67 million airbags in comparison.

Yes GM is notorious for badge engineering, but your example isn't badge engineering. The upcoming 2024 Chevy Equinox EV will be built on the same BEV3 platform as the 2022 Lyriq, however it won't be a badge engineered Lyriq as badge engineering a $30,000 Chevy SUV from a $63,000 Cadillac SUV...

The Maxima has been hanging out in no man's land for a long time, so it's not a surprise to see it get the axe. There used to be a market for premium sedans from mainstream brands, but now there's barely a market for sedans period.