Recent content by newoilguy1

I have some rare earth magnets for hobby work from Harbor freight. They’re pretty darn strong. I wonder if covering the outside of the pan would help. Magnetism travels a bit.

This guys other videos say he was in transmissions.

Yes, original

2001 RAV4 125k miles. The transmission fluid is dark, but doesn’t smell burned. Since it has a dipstick and I have a fluid extractor, what would be the downside of just trying to drain and replace as much fluid as I can reach through the dipstick? Some reasons for Mickey mousing this is The...

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I worked with someone who was willing to DIY anything and everything when it came to his house. Framing. Roofing. Drywall. Plumbing. You name it. But he said he really hated working with car fluids, and it was worth both his money and time to pay someone else no matter how simple the job.

My sister in law is coming up on 100k on her 2018 atlas 2.0 bought in 2017. She’s followed all dealer recommendations including 7k oil change intervals. AFAIK the oil cap says “504” not “504/507”. The car still runs like new. I scanned it recently and there were history codes with the cabin...

Thank you for the Idemitsu suggestion but they all appear to be third party sellers and there’s no way I trust Amazon with parts or fluids unless I’m explicitly looking for counterfeits. I’ll check out RockAuto and others though.

I messed up the thread title and the correction. This is what I’m waiting on with no ETA. Genuine Toyota e-Transaxle Fluid TE 4 Liters P/N 888681986

Sorry typo in the title. should be “FE fluid” not TE

Dealer says there’s no ETA for the fluid used in newer e CVTs. Just curious if anyone knows if that’s normal since these are fairly new transaxles after decades of ATF WS, or if this is part of the synthetics supply problems due to nothing happening in the Middle East?

So the more I research the more I am reading that Euro approvals are more stringent in some ways than API certification. My question is: could I use this Valvoline Euro XL in: 2001 RAV4 118k miles 2023 Corolla Hybrid 29k miles 1998 Camry 170k miles ? The Corolla calls for 0w-16 but I’ve...

I saw that was from a third party seller with mixed reviews. Is it legit? I have had really bad experiences with third party sellers on amazon.

I’m still an amateur at this but AI has me convinced that the larger amount of viscosity improvers means it will “shear down” faster in HPFP / diesel. I suppose since I’m not doing extended intervals that should be fine…but I already ordered lmao

Thank you. Just stocking up because nothing is happening in the Middle East and wanted to simplify to a single oil as possible. Direct from “Valvoline Global Operations” was a buy 4 or more get 20% off, no shipping charges.