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You might try a heat gun to melt it a little, then use this special wheel on a drill. I used this to remove stickers from the car and it made quick work of it. I didn't have any problems with scratched paint using the wheel. One concern is using the wheel on plastic parts. You have to be very...

Originally Posted by Dave1027 OP, what were the other oils you used previously? All the previous runs on that uoa were regular M1 either 0w-20 or 5w-20 (usually whatever I could get on sale). I never felt a need to run high mileage or any of the higher tiers M1. I usually try to find the AFE...

Originally Posted by JerryBob Have you seen any consumption with the 20W oil? There's some minor consumption I notice after running more than 10k. Nothing I would notice if I ran the oil to only 5-6k.

Honestly, I was a little worried about running almost 14k on this run. I was comfortable averaging 10k. I got a little busy and didn't pay much attention to the sticker thinking this was another 11-12k run until I looked back at my last UOA and saw this was 13.8k. Either way, thankfully, this...

I would think some of the sludge would show up on his UOA as more wear, but this UOA doesn't look to bad other than slightly higher Al. With all the junk coming out, is there anything in his UOA that would indicate a sludge issue?

Simple way to find out if it makes much difference is run 2-4 runs of 10k OCIs with an OEM Toyota filter and then run another 2-4 OCIs with a Fram Ultra or other premium filter and compare the UOA. Make sure to use the same oil of course. I’m sure both results will be very close.

Thanks for sharing.

I have that too now that you mentioned it. Showing up on Chrome, but it's hidden unless I mouse over.

I had stainless steel lines on my Eclipse. The pedal was very firm after that modification. But I also had flushed the brake fluid, got new pads and rotors at the same time.

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm Speaking of,why is Honda still using a belt on their V6? Isn't everyone else using chains now? The Honda J series V6 dates back to the mid 90s. There are still some advantages of belts, like quieter, slightly more efficient, etc.

Isn't the fuel dilution coming from direct injection?

How much oil was your corolla burning? I have a friend with a Civic that has 300k and it burns a lot of oil.

I've had Michelin and then tried the LE2s on my Toyota Venza and are happy with the LE2s so far. I forget which model Michelins they were (might be obsolete), but weren't very good in the snow/ice. I haven't had the chance to try the LE2s in heavy snow and ice, but so far, wet, dry and light...

Originally Posted By: jaj Can you swap bulbs or ballasts from side-to-side? Try that - then you'll know if the problem is the bulb or the ballast. +1 I would try ^^^ first. Other thing you might try is starting the engine first and revving it a little and then turn on the headlights. If...

I usually do exactly the same as you do, 1-2 PSI above.