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Do you have a reason to believe that it's sludged? How many miles are on the car? What is its maintenance history? I don't think that motor is a known sludger, and if regular oil changes have been done there shouldn't be any big problems. Bandito440: My wife and I bought the car brand new in...

Great article. I think that I've found another typo. "A more familiar viscosity term is kinematic viscosity, which takes into account the fluid density as a quotient of the fluid’s dynamic viscosity and is usually reported in stokes (St) or centistokes (1 St = 0.01 cSt)." Aren't there 100...

Bandito440: I'm interested in learning how oil actually functions in a vehicle. I'm assuming that the oil has a maximum carrying capacity for keeping particulate matter in suspension. I understand that it works with the car's oil filter to constantly clean the big stuff out of the oil. But, if...

05LGTltd: Immediately after arriving home, I turned off the car and checked my oil level. It was at the hole just above the "H" on the dip stick. I'll check it again later and measure it once the oil drains down. But, there's no "notch" in the 2001 H6 dip stick. There is are engineered twists in...

Bandito440: Thanks for the suggestion. I measured the distance between the High and Low holes in the dip stick. It is 5/8". The oil level was 7/8" above the High mark on the dip stick. So, I was probably more than a quart over. Followed your advice. Bought 10' of 1/4" OD tubing and siphoned off...

Originally Posted By: Bandito440 Where is the oil level? Bandito440: According to the Field Service Manual, the 2001 h6 takes ~ 6 quarts. When new, the Low and High marks on the dip stick represent 5.1 and 6.1 quarts respectively and therefore the distance between them is one quart. I'll...

Originally Posted By: Thermo1223 Don't forget the front & rear diffs too! Good gear oil will go a long way to keeping them alive. Thermo1223: 2 weekends ago, I changed front and rear differential fluids. Put in Red Line 57904 (75W90) Synthetic Gear Oil. All: I also changed out the old power...

Guys - I ultimately went with M1 AFE 0W-30. Picked up two 5.1 quart containers from Walmart. Wanted to try PP but the store wasn't well stocked and didn't have any 0W-30. Also, picked up a gallon of Subaru coolant from the dealership. Did my 2nd of three ATF drain and fills. It took me too long...

Bandito440 - Thanks. In the beginning, it's hard to distinguish the "signal from the noise". I will give a 0W-30 a try. My reasoning on the 5,000 mile OCI is that I read in the "Motor Oil University" that cold winters in the North kill oils by "permanently thickening" them and that one should...

Hollow; Danno; Norm Olt; John_Pifer; Lubedude13; Bandito440; HangFire: Thanks for the feed back. I'm trying to learn so ... 1. Why is 0W-20 too thin for my vehicle? One of the conclusions of the "Motor Oil University" was that Bob switched one of his vehicles to 0W-20. But, he was just driving...

Hi. Thanks for creating and maintaining such a great site! What a wealth of information. This is my first post. I need to change my oil and I want to switch to a synthetic. According to the post titled, ""What oil should I use? What is the BEST oil?" by d00fd00f in the "Passenger Car Motor Oil...