Recent content by KCJeep

For my 50-something year old eyes neon orange seems to work better than anything else. Neon yellow is probably equally effective and will work a little better in low lighting IMO.

Conservative German automotive styling not only looks great to me but definitely ages well.

Looks fantastic.

I don't see where you are going to gain any measurable benefit switching between 504 oils, they are all really good. If you feel the need to switch a look at some tempting 40 grades would make more sense to me especially since you are thinking of a tune. Nice car.

New tab worked thanks. Not sure if I'd be happy with that iron or not, certainly not alarming despite Blackstones comments it seems a bit above average. The oil itself appears very stout and a great choice in a VW 508. I don't think I've seen a 508 yet that made a poor showing. Still...

Looks great. The car sure has fallen into the right hands. I saw a Saab 95 wagon last week, been a long time since I've seen a Saab wagon you don't even see Saabs very often much less wagons. I tried to get a pic but I was driving couldn't pull it off.

The Penz Platiunum oils tend to run on the thin side of grade and are formulated to be LSPI friendly. The Pennzoil Euro oils are thick for grade (in 30) and use high calcium formulations (not LSPI friendly).

Anything approved VW 502 will be full saps.

If Valvoline is using Ti that would be news to me. Castrol's the one using Ti the most, and they use it in place of moly. You don't usually see both.

It is thought that none of the 0w40s can meet the latest oxidation requirements of LL-01. They are still a great choice for your BMW though. If you want the LL-01 on the bottle there are a host of 5w40s available that still have it.

That is an excellent choice IMO, the Euro L is LSPI friendly and a heavy for grade 5w30 you are on the right track for your Hyundai. Fuel mileage between that and a 5w20 would be so minor that you'll not even be able to quantify it.

We've only one Mazda in the family, a 2009 Mazda 6, but it's at over 200k and suffered many years of young adult neglect and abuse without a hiccup. The only time it's been in the shop while we had it was for a broken serpentine belt at around 150k. That and several recalls, none of which...

You forgot Castrol 5w40. :D

Back to the same old thing "I can't hear it so you can't either" which is the way this discussion goes, every time.

No, it would take 1000 to 1500 miles. But if I had been subjected to a blind test, I would have gotten it right 100% of the time. It was that apparent. UOA's were excellent with both by the way, I've never thought it had anything to do with wear.