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I am trying to repair a Kenmore Elite front-load washer. The drum is two plastic halves clamped together with about two dozen metal clamps as seen in my attached picture. What tool removes and installs these? If it's just a hand tool it will need to open the jaws when the handles are squeezed...

The most recent sample (sample 2) is Castrol Edge 0W-30 European Formula in my 2010 Mini Cooper with the base motor (not turbo or super). OLM claimed I was good for another 10k miles when I sampled and changed this oil. Wear numbers of course look great, and the oil looks to have lots of life...

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix Originally Posted By: nicrfe1370 The same size filter without zig zag pleats would have a media surface area of 83.25 square inches. It's a unique filter, but on a filter the same size with straight pleats, there will probably be quite a few more pleats. The...

This is a Purflux L358A cartridge filter, sold in a Mini branded box at American Mini dealers. It was in use for 5153 miles and about two and a half months. I used Castrol Edge 0W-30 European Formula for this whole interval. I sampled the oil at this change but I don't have the results back yet...

Alexander, in regards to the oil analysis report you showed us, which was from 3000 miles prior to this failure, iron was reading very high at 101. [If you haven't spent any time exploring the Used Oil Analysis section of this forum, you would learn a lot there.] The lab claimed that all numbers...

Thanks for the VOAs agpatel! The Castrol and Pennzoil both seem to be great oils, according to the data and results we've seen so far.

micmac, can you confirm the reported viscosity of this oil? Your post says 4.6 but the other posters are talking about it being 7.6.

Thanks for contributing this VOA!

Hey cad, I too am a Mini Cooper owner (2010 Base Hatchback). I would follow the recommendation of Merkava at the very least (but check all four plugs), and I would follow the advice of the Mini forum users over the manual or other less helpful users. The Mini owners don't recommend making those...

The used one has 4129 miles on it using Mobil 1 0W-40. The thread for the UOA done at this change can be found here: http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb..._1_0W-40#UNREAD

There are a couple subtle corrections from the report. The actual sump capacity is 4.5 quarts, and the amount of makeup oil is 1/2 quart or less. I bought this car this past fall with about 51k miles on it. The car runs perfectly, I have never had any check engine light or any other code thrown...

Paul, let me run down a list of some ideas for things an ER would bill her for in a scenario like that. -Simply checking into the ER can cost her money, like javacontour mentioned. Easily a few hundred to a thousand bucks. -If they send her to a room then she gets charged for her time there...

Wow, it looks brand new in there!

Wow! That is about as dirty as I've ever seen a filter, and at only 20k miles?! What are the details of your driving environment? Is there anything upstream of this filter, like a PCV inlet, that could explain the color and dirtiness level? This looks like the engine air filter; how did the...

Nice pics, thanks for sharing! What did it look like in the middle of the filter where those collapsed pleats are?