Recent content by Scooby214

My first oil change with Dad was on a '64 Impala with a 283 engine, back in 1987. That engine had the old style canister filter on the bottom of the engine. I remember having to be careful about lining up the gasket properly on the canister, or else the thing would leak profusely. We later added...

My suggestion is to use Valvoline Maxlife. Its seal conditioners are not as aggressive as the swellers you find in some high mileage oils, such as QS Defy. Maxlife doesn't seem to be as thick as some high mileage oils. I picked up a low mileage 1999 Mercury Villager a couple months ago that had...

Originally Posted By: DB_Cooper 10w30 should be fine. Really the better choice would be a HDEO with some strong ZDDP numbers. Try 15w40 this summer or better still 5w40. I use 5w40 Rotella T6 and it works well year round in a VW Vanagon and Porsche 911. I actually considered going with T6 for...

The old VW mechanics tell me I should run a straight 30 weight oil in my VW. I did so for years. I installed a full flow oil filter on the motor a few years ago, and decided to try out some Valvoline Synpower 10w30 in the motor. To me, the motor runs fine. Oil consumption hasn't changed, and my...

Originally Posted By: Ducman I had a petrol engine that was cleaned up over a relatively short period of time, which was totally gunked up with "compacted sludge" in places that were about 14 mm deep (true), and naturally as one would expect, it was seriously varnished up all over the place as...