Recent content by Starving Electrician

I think I am going to follow the crowd and go KYB like seems to be the vote. I looked at pricing and they have a reasonable price point and I don't see us putting but maybe another 50K on the vehicle. By that point my boys will be bigger and we will probably look to get a bit more room. I say...

Okay that is the sort of advice I am after. The CRV is in semi retirement as it's only used when the whole family goes somewhere as my wife drives her Acura to work. I have my Civic Si, and the CR-V just fits 4 people and luggage better. I will look into KYB thank you sir.

I definitely see the logic there but even if the struts last half as long as the OEM that is still 100K out of them which at this rate is 10 years of use.

So during the latest oil change on my wife's 2013 CR-V I noticed the drivers side front strut was leaking oil. No big deal as the car has a bit over 200K on the original struts. I am going to swap them very soon, but wanted to see if there are are any brands that I should lean toward. I...

Yeah I had the car out of action for about 3 weeks doing the clutch job. So I did the rear main, throwout bearing, slave cylinder, pressure plate, and flywheel so I didn't have to go back in. I am not trying to dog on the cars they are fun, but they aren't trouble free or super reliable. That...

This isn't in any particular order nor a comprehensive list. Had to get a new cylinder head because a spark plug blew out of the head taking the thread with it and the head developed a crack. Both of those are very possibly related to the next issue. The lower radiator hose adapter cracked...

They are problem children to no end. Had a 04 Cooper S back when I was young and single. Super fun to drive but a pain to work on and prone to failure. You just have to stay on top of everything. The engine in those is a Puegeot (might be spelled wrong) 1.6. So its a British car, from a German...

I am a Honda fan boy to my core. My wife drives a 13 CR-V with 265K on it and its flawless, but with that said a GDI Turbo 1.5 with a CVT in a vehicle that big is asking for trouble. So I say Rav4 all day everyday twice on Sunday. Again thats from a Honda fan boy I have 5 cars in my stable all...

Modern fuel injected engines dont need and its actually detrimental to have long warm ups at idle. Even more pronounced with GDI engines. Best warm up practice is to hop in fire the engine let it run 15 to 20 seconds then start driving moderately until it warms up. Moderate driving warms the...

Well for some fevers thats the only prescription.

As far as a filter with a better rating? I think the Fram Synthetic Endurance is rated at 99% at greater than 20 microns. So equal efficiency on smaller particles.

First as far as facts go you are doing some Gabby Douglas levels of mental gymnastics to avoid accepting facts. Second no very little "reading on the internet". Well I suppose the API website is on the internet but as they define the base stock groups and are an official source im not going to...

Ahh a fellow man of culture hahaha. I have the same issue I have a 3 car garage a car in each bay, and I still have a car in my driveway lol. So I say it 100% counts. Don't think I am mister money bags the most expensive car in that "collection" is my wife's 2013 CRV EX.

Fair I will admit they don't specifically say this is a mineral oil this isn't, but how specific does it need to be for you to say refined crude is still refined crude. Group 3 oils are not lab created like group 4 which are synthesized in a lab from ethylene gas i.e. not crude oil its generally...

That is probably at factor the age thing. I have one I think its patriot brand or something its not bad to set up solo, but I usually get my wife to lend a hand. The fan though total game changer. Working on stuff in June, July, or August isn't a borderline no go for me anymore. Project cars...