Recent content by keith

Last 2 cars I bought new in 2022, Toyota's, near the height of the "covid shortage", paid under MSRP. Had to drive 250 miles to get the price I could tolerate. Local dealers, forget about it. Don't be starstruck by big numbers. If a loaf of bread was $100 at the nearest store, but $2 across...

Cardboard end caps and pressed steel 'spring'. I switched to Wix 57055XP (2017 Forester 2.5L).

Been using Pennzoil Ultra Platinum for many years, but, my newer Toyota cars need 0W16. Tempted to use 0W20.

Brilliant, terrific success for the 1st launch of booster 7 / stacked Starship. The much improved booster 9 will launch in approx. 2 months. Multi engined rockets may be able to launch with some engines out, as we saw today. More fuel can be pushed through the working engines, or, ascend with...

Morris Minor, overloaded with family, flat out on the M5 until the engine seized near Worcester. My uncle let it cool a bit, then took off the head and put it in a stream to cool it down. He thought he knew more about mechanics than he did. Poor car, it wasn't built for that kind of abuse. A...

I picked up 24 qts. too, can't go wrong at $4 each. Free delivery too. Our Town & Country is about due for a fluid exchange, so this was timely.

The shift quality on my wife's new 2007 Elantra started to go south at about 40K miles. Did a fluid exchange and put in ATF+4, probably SuperTech, whatever was cheapest. Shifted like new again. Now up to about 160K miles total still on the same ATF+4, still shifts like new. No plans to change...

Originally Posted By: mattwithcats Here is an H9 LED bulb... www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/daytime-running-lights/led-product/1279/2953/ Yikes. Compare the position of a real H9 bulb filament to where the multiple LED's are. That LED bulb would be a complete disaster if used as a H9...

Hypothetically, you put this new juice in your under warranty Hyundai. The tranny dies. Hyundai says your unapproved fluid caused the fail, warranty denied. Lubeguard says the fluid is fine, it wasn't the cause. Then what? Did I mention how expensive lawyers are and technical expert testimony is?

Originally Posted By: pbm Keith: What year Elantra did you use ATF+4 in? It's an '07. Just checked it last week and the ATF+4 is as bright and fresh as the day I put it in, after approx. 6 years and 100K miles. At 30K miles, the SP-III was in bad shape. SP-III is junk.

Originally Posted By: il_signore97 I understand what you're saying, and I can appreciate Amsoil ATF being made specifically to cover multiple specifications from the ground up, but you have to wonder that for such a universal fluid to even be possible, the different specs and OE fluids can't be...

Another vote here for the H11 to H9 conversion, and the Philips bulb from Amazon. You get a 50% brightness boost, same beam pattern. You won't get anywhere near that brightness with any legal H11 bulb. Generally, the H11 55W to H9 65W power uptick won't cause an issue, YMMV. The H9 bulbs will...

Originally Posted By: martinq It is for sure, but it's also one of the most dated specs still being used (1998). There are plenty of better performing fluids available. The fluid goes 100K miles with ease, and I've had zero transmission problems, even with the older Chrysler 41TE. There comes...

If your moms car still has the factory warranty, put SP-III in it. ATF+4 works great on our Elantra. My wifes '07 Elantra has had ATF+4 in it since 50K miles, and its nearing 140K miles now on the same fill. I'll do another fluid exchange at 150K miles, just as routine, because the fluid isn't...

Originally Posted By: threeputtpar If you are using that approach, let the fluid cool to ambiant temperature and then measure the volume. If you measure it when it's at operating temp or near, it will have expanded and the volume will be larger and you will underfill the trans. If you remove...