Recent content by kevperro

I've tried this and found great results. On my last oil change, I used: 6.1% Apple 5W-30 6.0% Microsoft 5W-30 3.0% Amazon 0W-20 2.5% NVIDIA 10W-30 1.8% Google 15W-40 1.7% Meta 10W-30 1.4% Tesla 5W-20 1.3% Birkshire 10W-30 1.0% Eli Lily 5W-30 And then I topped it off with some...

I've done it in all of our vehicles. I didn't experience any loading of the filter in any of them. They all look like normal oil changes. My fleet uses mostly Kirkland 5W-30 and I've mixed in some M1, Penz, and ST over the years.

Go for it I say... you only live once.

I didn't pull the valve cover but ran EC30 in my Dodge Caravan (Pentastar 3.6) with about 75,000 miles and kept it in there for 8 months on a standard OCI (for me..around 5000-7500 miles). It came out looking like any other oil change and the filter showed no signs of plugging or holding gunk...

2016 Dodge Caravan: About 80,000 miles now: Out: Kirkland Super Slick 5W-30 Out In: Kirkland Super duper slick 5W-30 In

I swapped out my Hyundai Elantra (with 60K miles on it) for a used Bolt EV with 35K on it. There is the $4000 rebate on used EVs and Chevy replaced the battery under the flaming Bolt program so it had a new battery when I bought it. It was about an even trade, I spent no money out of pocket once...

It is so cheap and easy to change that I do mine regularly. If you listen to the companies/engineers who design transmissions (Aisin) they give a different story than the manufacturers of the cars that use them. Why? I can only assume that the car companies are incentivized to show lower...

I'm in the same boat looking at my next car purchase. I'm driving a 2020 Hyundai Elantra with a 2.0L port-injected engine on their CVT. I was really concerned about the CVT but it has been flawless to this point (60K miles). My only complaints on this car to this point are the key fob (poor...

I have had seven Kia/Hyundai NA engines and never had a problem with any of them. The newest one I'm driving is the 2020 Elantra with the CVT and I love that powertrain. I only have 60,000 miles on this one but I have had several in the upper 100s before swapping them or handing them down to a...

I'm not an authority but I buy cheap rotors but not cheap pads. I don't live in the rust belt so I don't see much if any benefit from the coated rotors. I think OEM pads are probably best if you are keeping a vehicle but I admit to buying cheap ceramic pads for cars where I don't want to throw...

I just did rotors, calipers, pads, and brake hoses for my daughter's 2014 Kia Rio and it was about $450 total in parts, and I have about 5 hours of DIY labor in all of it. I understand why shops charge a lot because there are a ton of callbacks on brake work. If I were a mechanic I'd take the...

Definitely a red flag. I'd check your other options on the dating scene because, at this point, that is the cheapest fix.

Lake Speed Jr. Sounds like he should be cast in the remake of Smokey and the Bandit.

But all the grandmas who just drive to the grocery store once per week are another story.

It is SP-rated, low calcium so LSPI is not an issue. In fact, it is lower than the Mobil ESP 5W-30 and within a whisker of the viscosity too.