Recent content by Omahaug

Anyone happen to know this? PP doesn't use a foil seal on their 5 quart bottles, every time I take the cap off these it comes off without breaking the collar seal thing, it's not as effective an anti-tamper measure as I thought, which is really stupid. I'm starting to get paranoid I'm...

All good responses, I think now that I'm getting older and the risk for cancer increases with age, I'll just take small sensible steps to minimize exposure to less than what I'm used to lol, like stepping away completely until it's fully drained or not being down wind of it. I've always worn...

Title may be a bit extreme, but I was pondering this while changing the oil the other day, had just driven it on the highway for 20 minutes so everything was cooking, while I was waiting for the oil to finish draining I can smell the scent of hot used oil and I began to wonder if the VOCs from...

Not to harp on that point but if you suspect it's the original because you see pitting alone, that's not really a reliable indicator, plenty of reman calipers will have pitting under whatever weather coating they feature, the reman companies get cores in all kinds of grades of corrosion, all...

I can't believe the guy stood there holding onto the truck, that was an insane thing to do, I would have expected the back end to whip around right into him

I thought I was the only one, I'm sure the fuel filter in the dispenser will handle it but I don't know the state of their filters (if there's a hole in it) or if the station just doesn't use them, stranger things have happened, it's just one of those bad juju things so if I see the tanker I...

Definitely the radiator petcock, I used to own an 8th gen Civic (2009 to be specific) and I did the coolant change on there and that's it. What it's doing up there though... LOL

For rubbers I usually check "rubber compatibility" charts, there's a good one here: https://www.minorrubber.com/compatibility-chart.html Brake cleaner is usually perchloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene, both of which has mostly unsatisfactory ratings against most rubbers, especially the kind...

Thanks for all the responses! The backstory on this, I recently (like a week ago) replaced a dented oil pan, the dent had clipped half the pickup opening which basically pushed it in a little, the end result is the pickup mouth is now about 50% narrower than it should be (based on reference...

Can someone with knowledge on fluid dynamics educate me on this? Let's say the size of the mouth on an oil pickup was reduced by about 50% due to an obstruction, the oil pump's rotation is usually linked to the rotation of the crankshaft, with one revolution of the oil pump's internals, how does...

Thanks for the replies guys, I'll try to fit the split flange and if it works it works, otherwise I'm going to call it quits. FWIW originally I told them to take it to an exhaust shop or an indy garage, to have them blow the studs out with a cutting torch or weld a new flange on. They don't want...

In a bit of a predicament, would appreciate anyone's experience with this issue. The Y pipe on a 2008 G35x has rotted to the point where it needs to be replaced. My problem is with two exhaust studs pressed into a cat flange (there are two cats), there are supposed to be nuts on the Y pipe...

I don't get it. You complained because you got GF-5 versus GF-6? LOL. Did they advertise it was GF-6 on the listing? They approved licensing on May 1st of this year and no vehicle is scheduled to require it until 2021. Did you expect that in a month or two, they would dispose of all unopened...

If the oil hasn't soaked in and is just on the surface, just wipe the excess off, then use a little bit of diluted dawn or an interior cleaner to remove the residue.

You didn't say what type of material it was on. Glossy plastic? Matte plastic? Vinyl? Leather? Alcantara? On most materials Dawn will work, as well as any interior all purpose cleaner/degreaser or even an interior cleaner like Meguiar's Quik Interior which contains some diluted isopropyl...