Recent content by paulbike

Thanks for the help. I'll offer something unrelated that might help someone. Recently, I changed 4 tires and it felt like I was going slower than before on the highway. So, I downloaded a GPS app and then another to see if my speedometer was accurate. I discovered that I was going a full 5mph...

First, thanks everyone for your help. It's hard to know what's working without looking inside the engine, but I bought the car at 60k and it now has almost 120k. I'm not sure if it was well maintained previously, but I started right away with full synthetic. Toyota specifies 5w30 so that's what...

I've been using 5-30 Platinum high mileage full synthetic on my Solara in South Florida. My mechanic suggested that I switch to 5-40 instead of the "high mileage" version. I don't think Pennzoil makes 5-40. Is it available and if not what would be the reasons to use 3w30 high mileage vs...