Recent content by oldiron

I agree, but in my situation, it didn't work well for me in my two cars, both had start up rattle with it, both SuperTech and Mobil 1 were 5W-30 synthetic oils, I can run 5k with Mobil 1 with no issues, no burnt oil, and the oil don't look like yesterday's coffee. With the SuperTech oil in the...

I get it that how it feels between your fingers is far from scientific but I've been around trucks my whole life, worked for 35 years in a dealer shop. Mobil 1, is slick to the touch, if you dip your fingers in it then try to pickup a flat screwdriver by the blade tip, its not happening, but...

I don't know if it cleans better or not but with Mobil one the oil doesn't get that burnt smell at 4k. The Supertech smelled old or burnt, as if it had been in there for 10k or more. With Mobil 1 there's nothing to 'clean'. I had my doubts if the Supertech was really pure synthetic. It doesn't...

I've used both SuperTech and Mobil 1 in my cars, in my Crown VIc, with the 4.6l engine, the Supertech gives the motor a different sound, it clatters a bit when first started after its sat for a while, it don't do that on Mobil 1. SuperTech also gets dirty faster, at 4K its well past its time for...

It came in small vinyl blister tubes, you cut the end off and squeezed the contents into the gas. The color was dark green but slightly florescent in light. In the tube it looked almost black. It was super slick if you got it on your hands, it didn't wipe off easy, kind of like how silicone...

Way back when I had a two stroke street bike one local dealer that sold Moto Guzzi and Moto Morini and varous other Euro imports was pushing a new synthetic oil that they sold both in gallon jugs or in small 3 oz pillow packs where you tore of the top and dumped in two per 5 gallon gas can. It...

Electricity takes the path of least resistance. This truck has at least four ground cables on it. There's one from the battery to the alternator, one from the battery to the frame and engine block on each side from each battery and one from the head to the firewall that looks like a braided...

So the consensus is that Walmart's Super Tech AF is a fraud? I find it hard to believe that they sell millions of gallons of coolant and oil and its all subpar snake oil. If they were selling automotive fluids that were dangerous to use they'd have been sued out of business years ago. I can...

Your right, I was checking continuity not voltage. I tried it again but only on the two trucks here, my town car, and my girlfriends new Bronco Sport. Using several meters I get roughly 1 volt below battery voltage on every vehicle and the positive lead bubbles when it hits the coolant. The one...

I've changed my oil every 4 to 5k, it makes no sense to dump out oil that still looks new. If it goes bad sitting then what I'll put in it isn't any newer. It all came with the truck or was bought in bulk at that time. The same with the the Motorcraft coolant that everyone says to get rid of...

Neglected? Its only got 12,000 miles on it. Its due for its third oil change soon. I did the last oil change, full synthetic at 8,500 miles in 2016. At the current rate of use it'll have 20k on it about the time I turn 80 in 20 or so more years. Its never been more than 10 miles from the house...

It really wasn't like that, as a driver we got paid by the stop, and they paid me an extra $100/wk to come in 1/2 hr early to start all the trucks and check the oil, antifreeze, and power steering fluid, and do a quick walk around on the truck I drove and two others that left before daybreak...

I was working for a company up to last year that had a dozen or so heavy trucks. The one I drove would use some antifreeze every so often. It had a ton of miles on it so they just added coolant as needed. Since the trucks were parked a few miles up the road from the terminal I would carry 3 or 4...