Recent content by northshore_paul

Thanks JRed, we will give that a try.

I am having the same problem with my son's 2017 Hyundai Tucson that started consuming the same amount of oil at about 55,000 miles. I've heard of people doing a cylinder soak from the spark plug opening and using compressed air to force it down around the ring lands and letting it soak for a day...

Did Toyota replace the rings for you since it was a defect in design engineering?

Good information, thanks. On another note, I see in your list of vehicles you have a 07 Prius you identify as "Formerly known as the Devourer of Oil." I have a 2016 with 80,000 miles and no oil consumption between the recommended 10,000 OCI using the recommended 0w/20 Mobil 1. How much oil...

How is it hold up? I was thinking of one from the local Tractor Supply Store but after reading the reviews I am hesitant about the engine and the mower itself. There were many complaints of engine problems and poor mowing, such as leaving streaks down the middle of each cut. Any experience like...

But what is winter??? I know it starts December 21 but we can have 80 degrees...is that winter? I think the W is just a way of separating the the two numbers, any letter, asterisk, or a dash could be used to separate the two. W is just a letter that was at one time used to denote that was the...

I enjoyed reading this so far, quite enlightening for me, a neophyte, on all the nuances of lubricants and their classifications. One thing I take away from this is the quibbling over the "W" as in 5W/20. For many years I believed it stood for weight and I see others here believe it stands for...