Recent content by johnmyster

I have not had issue getting it threaded on mine. It seems to be the easy part of the process. Maybe my arms are long. I seem to recall using my left hand to shimmy the filter up until I can get my right hand under it, at which point the right hand does the spin while lifting move. Perhaps...

Get a $8 amazon filter plug and don't look back. We've had our 2014 truck a year. Three oil changes and exactly zero drops spilled. Just park long enough prior to changing to allow filter draindown and then use the plug.

With your OCI, nothing wrong with any of the major players in 15w-40. My preference would go to Delo XSP, and then Delvac Extreme. Both affordable at WM, and Delvac has done two rebate cycles per year for the past couple of years. Can't go wrong with the LF16035 but the Donaldson DBL7349 gets...

When the tech mounts tires, he's using a regulated line to seat the beads and perhaps also to leak check. It's a part of the process and doesn't hurt anything. Usually pressure gets left there unless they take the time to air down after putting them back on the car. I know, the "correct"...

If the vehicle is equally efficient at all points on the power band, then in theory, sure. I know for ICE towing this is very much not the case, where even for our turbodiesel that has the torque to maintain a gear at steady speed, BSFC takes a dump at each end of the power band.

Our Venza (same front suspension) tends to wear similarly. Higher air pressure on front helps even things out. I generally run +5 psi over sticker on front. I recently had a trusted alignment tech put it on the rack, as it hadn't bee aligned since it was made 16 years ago. Tech said...

Duh.

You'll find lots of products that claim or recommend for a specification, which is what the boutiques do, which makes them no different in that regard than universal fluids that claim many specifications but certify to none: Valvoline Maxlife. It's different to certify to the specification and...

I'm not the only person that looks past the grade designation. People that come to you have already committed to buying an amsoil-reccomended-amsoil product, regardless of certifications, because marketed as better has already sold them. Those that care about a cert already know the answer and...

But think of all the Rotella skeptic 5w-40 Ford PSD customers Amsoil would have if they would submit for the certification they already know they would (hypothetically) pass. This is a business opportunity for them.

So Amsoil's stance is that oils on the list are on the list because they meet (but do not exceed) the requirements? Exceeding the requirements banishes you from the approval list? So why attempt to gain certifications? Teacher says passing score is 70%. I know I'd get a 95% or more on the...

Rotella was $68 a case this spring from sams with a $40 rebate, and donaldson p502503 is $59 for a three pack from cross filters, so there's your ~$55 14qt full syn oil change. YMMV based on sams club membership and filter choice, but for instance, and for me that would be 100% delivered to my...

Peak Final Charge Pro is the new hotness, it's available...everywhere, and rotating specials on concentrate at NAPA. The 50/50 mix is even on the shelf at walmart for $14. Peak is still making the global so that users aren't up a creek and forced to transition. The Pro is in my truck. Cat...

Well, the OPs signature indicates the model year and weather, so that gets one half way there. Post #3 indicated weather and alluded to OCI. To be clear, I pointed the OP to Ford's list of oils meeting the specification and not to any one, particular brand. To some extent the manufacturer has...

Lowest price ever at Amazon is still >> real time present price at wally mart. 34.88 / 6 = 5.81 26.50 / 5 = 5.30