Recent content by Mokanic

Neither are stellar in terms of MPG. Both are reliable but cost of maintenance will be cheaper in the long run on the CRV.

Originally Posted By: MolaKule I would not use any additive that contained chlorinated hydrocarbons. Pops, I would also not use any additive that polished parts. Polishing of parts infer wear, and that's what I want to reduce. MMO is simply a number of solvents that will clean, but it will...

This story is getting more typical. Many shops(don't know about fast lubes)will not even try to sell needed maintenance anymore. Regardless of how maintenance free the manufacterers claim them to be, they still have to have service. Try selling that service to the adverage woman or even man that...

Besides, it too stinking cold to whistle at deer. Man, have you tried sitting on the hood at 60mph in 16F weather. It's hard to even pucker much less whistle.

Originally Posted By: sangyup81 Havoline Deposit Shield holds up to 10k+ mile OCIs? Search the UOA section. There was one recently on a Camry that went about 9K and looked so good that some were trying to find reasons why a grpII OIL JUST COULD NOT GO THAT LONG. By the same token some of M1s...

It does not matter as to whether the base oil is majority PAO or not. As an example, Havoline Deposit Shield consistantly puts up numbers as good or better than the M1 5W30 product and havoline uses grpII+ base oils. Havoline also did not switch their base oils to a lower priced base oil after...

You can ask any of the major players(except EOM) and they will tell you that any amount of chlorine is a bad idea. You'll not even see the stuff too much longer due to health risks associated with it. I know that in the 80s chlorine was big in some magic oil additves but not much anymore. I am...

Many of these recalls are rediculous. 20 years ago it would not even have made a blip on the radar screen. Customers need not whine when the price of new cars continues to climb.

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah Okay folks. Its getting personal and off subject. PLEASE KEEP it on SUBJECT and keep the insults out! I wish (and really do WISH) that folks would get beyond what an oil is made of and get really worked up on how the oil PERFORMS. Millions and millions of...

Originally Posted By: demarpaint Originally Posted By: Mokanic How can chlorinated hydrocarbons mixed with water reduce acids? Any technical info to support that? So how much Chlorine is acceptable? Why not ask them? I didn't make it up. Mixing anything in a crankcase with water isn't good...

Popping the valve cover off will the fastest way to see what's going on. If you see no obvious signs of catastrophic wear up top you know you need to pull the oil pan.

Though I don't currently use a majority PAO based oil, I can say that Mobil 1 thinks a high PAO content is important enough to formulate their EP line of oils the way these used to formulate all their "synthetic" oils. Their hypocrisy stinks to high heaven. They went for blood on BP/Castrol for...

How can chlorinated hydrocarbons mixed with water reduce acids? Any technical info to support that? So how much Chlorine is acceptable?

It's the smell that sells it. Find me one oil chemist or tribologist that is for using chlorinated hydrocarbons in any crankcase oil. An engine by it's very nature produces water in the oil. Mix that with Chlorinated hydrocarbons and you get a really nice acid. We can argue all day about whether...

Honda tried bringing a diesel Accord to the USA. To make it meet silly smog regulations would have brought reliability levels lower than what Honda wanted for their engines. It just was not worth the extra costs to produce in such low numbers.