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Originally Posted By: sciphi If it's really cold, both cars (when not assisted by pre-heaters) will get run for 10-15 seconds, babied until the "cold" light goes off in the Fit, or until the coolant reaches over 120*F in the Buick. Wait, the Fit has a "Cold" light?

Originally Posted By: 901Memphis Flash forward to present and i was talking to him and hes doing another oil change. I asked him why he just did one recently, he said he put 21,000 miles on it in less than 4 months time! You must have been talking to him while he was on the phone driving...

I don't know much about them at all. I can tell you that over at a website called Jalopnik they practically worship these old 240's. If I were you, I'd try to ask around over there about these cars.

Originally Posted By: Carson_Blocks Originally Posted By: mechtech2 Best to extract the oil? Why not drain it? Originally Posted By: Kestas Some Mercedes owners simply prefer the cleanliness and convenience of changing the oil with an extractor. Many people don't like to get on the ground to...

'02 Nissan Maxima SE 3.5l V6 4.5 quarts Rotella T6 5W-40 Supertech oil filter

Originally Posted By: ItsuMitsubishi Hey bohip, what's with you and your cars all using 1qt every 1K? It just seems like a trend I think you're referring to my sister's Mazda RX-8. The rotaries are known for using oil and in the owner's manual it even states the engine will definitely use...

Originally Posted By: CBR.worm If you go to the Nissan/Infiniti enthusiast sites, the majority of the VQ engined cars that use oil are manual transmissions - like more than 90%. In the G35 the MT cars made slightly higher horsepower (maybe). Some big difference between MT and AT cars is 7,000...

Well, tonight I put in Rotella T6 5W-40. We'll see how it does with this. I don't have high hopes though as even with regular Pennzoil 10W-40, it would burn as much as 3/4 quart every 1k miles. I know some of you are asking why even bother running synthetic at all in this engine. A good...

Originally Posted By: dkryan Rotella T5 10w-30 semi-synthetic? Give it a try and see if the oil burning issue continues. About $12 per jug at Wal-Mart. How many miles on your 2002? And can you find Max-Life full syn anywhere? That might be worth a try! It has 103k on it now. When I bought...

I'm currently using regular Pennzoil 10W-40 in my Nissan Maxima as it tends to use a quart of 5W-30 every 1k miles. Using 10W-40 has at least cut that number in half or more. The bad thing though is winter is coming and I'd rather not run 10W-40 during the cold months. My manual recommends...

Originally Posted By: ItsuMitsubishi Originally Posted By: kbohip72 Personally, I think the RX8's are some of the biggest pos's on the road today. It's been said over and over that a rotary engine just isn't for everyone. Yea, like people who want torque, reliability, un-suv like gas...

Originally Posted By: f2racer Originally Posted By: kbohip72 That's right, Mazda makes a car that floods if you don't run it for a few minutes after starting it, then they have their dealers "fix it" by installing new super expensive Iridium spark plugs. I know this was a problem with very...

Originally Posted By: ridgerunner Ok, I still have a ways to go on this oil. I was curious as to what (if anything) I should tell Blackstone when I send in the sample? Should I say exactly what it is and how old? Should I not tell them anything and see what they come up with? Should I tell them...

Originally Posted By: addyguy What oil did you fill it with? She bought regular Valvoline 5W-20 and a Purolator Pure 1 filter. If it were my car I'd be doing another oil change in maybe 1-2k miles in an attempt to flush it. I ran the car around the block after the oil change and by then the...

Originally Posted By: sunfire Is that a Motorcraft filter? Not too bad for 25K+. It was a Bosch oil filter.