Recent content by kjbock

I use 0W-30 and 5W-30 in my 2019 Honda Civic 1.5T for the last 20,000 miles or so. Runs great and I get 32-34 mpg with around town driving (same as I did with factory oil). I smell gasoline on the dipstick every once in awhile, but it looks like they fixed the fuel dilution issue by the 2019...

My Honda mower runs the same. I've abused it several times over the years (skipping oil changes) and it never phased it one bit. I've had mine around 18-19 years and the only issue I have is cold starting when temps are ~50-60F. Takes a few extra pulls to get going. I've thought about putting...

Isn't the internet already buzzing about it? jk :) I would imagine this is a permanent change (unless sales tank, which I don't see happening). Based on some of the comments, it looks like they can produce the XG on the same lines as their other filters (i.e. TG), so they closed down...

Maybe this will suit you better. Fact: Accountants don't design oil filters Fact: Accountants don't re-design oil filters

Very true. Something like this change was the work of engineers. Engineers learn ways to cut costs and maintain performance of a product, which is what Fram was trying to do here. Accountants just put numbers in columns and do simple subtraction/addition. A lot of speculation going on that this...

Jeep changed to 5W-20 in 2013, but I would stick with 5W-30 per the owner's manual. I just bought a 2012 with 76,000 miles from someone and the vehicle had pretty much sat for the last 14 months. I went ahead and had all the fluids changed (differentials, transfer case, oil, coolant, brake...

I still have ~1/4 a quart remaining from my stash, since I just used ~3.7 quarts in my latest oil change. I had bought 9 quarts a few years back when they were going for $0.25/quart on closeout (cleaned out the store).

I just bought a brand new 2019 Honda Fit for ~20% off. They also gave me "excellent" value for my 11 year old, 140,000 mile trade (sight unseen). Used cars 2-3 years old, with 30,000 miles plus were not much less in price in my search (several were even more expensive).

Not necessarily true. Sometimes Honda/Acura will warranty their factory tires. The Michelin tires on my wifes MDX were covered by warranty. They wore out in ~25,000 miles. Contacted Michelin, they told me to go to any authorized seller and get them replaced. I went to Discount Tire and got a new...

I owned a 1997 Acura Integra years ago and one time on day a trip with my wife and mother in-law we left to start heading back home and the low fuel light came on. Well there weren't any gas stations close, so we got on the interstate and I was going to stop at the first one we could find. Well...

Lawnmowers - went through two or three cheap ones, bought my Honda and it has lasted 15 years and still going strong Grills - see mowers above, bought my Weber and it is 10 years plus and still runs like new Vacuum cleaners - wife would go through them every 2-3 years until we bought a Miele...

Originally Posted by Char Baby And all of this time(since 2016), I was under the impression that the new gen of Civic was a quiet(er) car than the previous gen. My daughter has a '15 LX sedan and it's pretty quiet and I was understanding that Honda addressed some noise issue in 2016. Hmmm! I...

Originally Posted by brages the car has already "lasted a long time" anyway... For coolant, the "best" would be either Honda coolant or any aftermarket "Asian Blue" coolant. I have some kind of generic green coolant in my Odyssey and it's fine though. For oil, again whatever. Power steering...

I bought a 2009 Honda Fit for my daughter, which she has driven for the last three years. It had 110,000 miles when we got it and it now has 134,000 miles. I got the maintenance records with the purchase and it has lived on 5W-30, 5W-20 and 0W-20 over its lifetime of various oil brands (Kendall...