Recent content by Norse

Originally Posted By: adamrc Thanks for the suggestions. I'm probably going to try the White Shepherd Oil Stop Leak or the Lubro Moly Motor Oil Saver. They are both available locally and reasonably priced. I am going to stick with 5w-20 oil. I'm thinking about staying with the Motorcraft...

Originally Posted By: KrisZ I hope people ragging on Chinese made parts realize that the quality of the parts made has absolutely nothing to do with the location of the factory. The specs for these parts just get lowered to maximize profits and guess who requests these lower specs? Certainly not...

Originally Posted By: JHZR2 The only plastic headlights that have not pitted and yellowed are on my chevy truck... At least they do coatings right. YUP! Same here. I was looking at a newer model Taco head lights that looked like they were pis's stained and thought to myself GM did a great job...

Originally Posted By: MaximaGuy Made in USA/Canada means nothing thesedays. Maybe to you. But, for me I won't even buy Levis anymore because they were off shored.

Originally Posted By: daves66nova My money is just sitting in savings,getting around 4-5 bucks a month on around 10,000. Buy SOME gold coins through someone like Blanchard.

Originally Posted By: daves66nova Buying state bonds a good idea? Not in a state like California!

Originally Posted By: WilliamD Is Toyota pulling a fast one? Well, I’ve seen stories on the news about it happening unintentionally and quite often to boot.

Originally Posted By: Anies No way of knowing without running it for a specific amount of miles and tearing her open and looking at the internals. I am a firm believer that it really doesn't matter what you run so long as it: 1- Meets the requirements of the manufacturer. 2- Is changed at a...

Use White Shepherd. It works. http://www.usasealants.com/products/white-shepherd-oil-stop-leak-conditioner/

Look real close at the underside of the water pump you will know then.

Look real close at the underside of the water pump. You will most likely see on the right side lines of dried coolant. The problem is the pump gaskets. Get a set of Fel-Pro gaskets put them on and your leak will be gone.

Originally Posted By: Johnny248 Here are some pictures of an engine.. Anyone want to guess what happened to it? and it is not any of the normal things one would expect to see... Uhmm... Somebody Barbequed a pig in it?

I've used CarQuest Blue Ceramic and the Wagner happy with both. Like someone else said Wagner is running a special right now.

Originally Posted By: Char Baby When I had wheel bearings go bad(usually in domestic FWD cars), the noise inside the car sounded like an off road P/U truck with aggressive off road tires. This noise isn't quite like that but each case is different. If the noise that we're hearing is the...

Does this have the 5.3 V8? How many miles?