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    Never use Dex Cool!

    I think your mistake was coming here, new as you are, with that big fat attitude you have growing out of your backside. I think I was doing all the stooping ... and now it looks like the bar's a little lower yet. Well, the great Shelby agrees with me. Thanks, Shelby. I'm honored.
  2. K

    Never use Dex Cool!

    Are you 8 years old or something? Geez. Admins, I humbly suggest that this topic has been explored *to death* here and in a multitude of other threads, that this particular thread is adding nothing of substance to what has already been covered here and elsewhere, and that the continuing posts...
  3. K

    Never use Dex Cool!

    Is there some unpublished rule that says we have to forget we ever had this discussion and have someone come and start it up again every month or so? Please use the search feature before starting a topic like this. We've killed this horse 14 times. With that out of the way, I begin my standard...
  4. K

    100% GASOLINE

    "Reformulated gas" is a term that cuts a wide swath. Reformulated with what? Ethanol? MTBE? In what concentration? More/less than 10%? As I said, In and around Chicago, 10% ethanol blends have been *mandated* for as long as I've been driving. Every car I've ever owned has run on nothing but 10%...
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    WHAT oil consumption???

    I used to worry about my Saturn consuming oil. It started around 50,000 miles. But, 230,000 miles later, I'm learning to relax.
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    100% GASOLINE

    If you live within 100 miles of Chicago ... in fact, I *think* if you live in the state of Illinois ... you will have no choice but to run 10% ethanol. It's mandated. You'll get a little less mileage, but that's it. It won't hurt anything. Won't help anything either, but it certainly won't hurt...
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    Best dino crud/sludge cleaner?

    Any modern formulation, change it every 3000 miles, and never drive the car for less time than it takes for it to get completely warmed up. Still sludging? Something else is going on.
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    Saturn Oil Consumption w/ Pennzoil Platinum

    Saturns use oil. The usage usually begins in earnest around 50,000 miles. You'll easily drive it to 200,000 miles and beyond regardless. Just get used to checking it every day and carrying a couple of quarts in the trunk. The switch to synthetic didn't do anything magical in terms of "cleaning...
  9. K

    Heating up VSOT prior to mix?

    I always just pour one quart of oil, then the VSOT, then the remaining two-and-a-half quarts as a chaser into a non-running engine. If it's a problem, it hasn't presented itself as one yet. I make sure the VSOT is reasonably warm (i.e., keep it in the car with me on the drive home from work)...
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    Ethanol Gas

    The point is, at 10% concentration or less (can't control "unscrupulous" gas station owners that would put more than that ... or for that matter vodka, chewing gum, wood screws, cat litter, or anything else in their gas), any car built after 1990 is going to be fine.
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    Ethanol Gas

    If you lived in Chicago ... or anywhere near Chicago ... you'd have been using 10% ethanol gas, and nothing but 10% ethanol gas, in your vehicles for nearly 20 years now. All the gas has it: it's illegal for stations to pump gas that isn't 10% ethanol. It's been that way since I've had a...
  12. K

    is synthetic really better

    The question isn't the same as it was 10 or even 5 years ago. Engines are better, and oils are better. While I think it was a no-brainer a few years back to say that synthetics were absolutely the way to go, I'm not convinced there's really much difference now. You'll likely easily reach 250,000...
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    Dexcool No Longer GM Factory Fill!!!

    I just don't get all the DexCool bashing. All the (admitedly anectdotal) evidence I see says it is in all ways superior to every other coolant I've had experience with. My Saturn has nearly 250,000 miles on the stuff: only replaced the water pump once, and that because of a bad bearing. Coolant...
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    Castrol 5W50 in a 1ZZ-FE

    ekpolk: To your point, one could indeed just as easily say "why bother" as "why worry": They're probably both valid. I can't speak to this particular application, but can only point to my 99 Saturn, a 95 Civic, a 95 Integra, two Escorts (one 91 and the other 93), a 90-something Tempo, and a 91...
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    Castrol 5W50 in a 1ZZ-FE

    ekpolk: Agreed, you *definitely* want to stay within the manufacturer's guidelines during the warranty period. Any excuse they can use to wiggle out of warranty issues you can be sure they'll find and use. (Amazing how many Dodge Caravan drivers "abuse" their automatic transmissions! What is it...
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