Recent content by Steverino

One of the best ways to clean the combustion chambers is water. Find a way to introduce a trickle amount of water into your car while its running (top of carb, vacuum line, etc) Bring the engine up to operational temp. Rev the engine and introduce the water. Keep that engine reved up and...

If your really concerned about coking, install a post lubrication system. There's a ton of them out there. http://www.dieselproducts.com/turbosafe/turbosafe.html http://www.pre-luber.com/preluberkits.htm

In addition, since you're installing a bypass filter, your tranny fluid will stay clean and last a very long time. Is there a recommended tranny fluid change interval from Toyota?

With only 11,000 mile I would save my money and not bother with a flush. Your fluid is going to be pretty clean. The bypass will clean out whatever little amount of stuff that may be in your fluid. Save your money and flush it after you have put some more miles on it.

Yep, that's been discussed and it makes sense that a high detergent dino oil (such as those for diesels or big trucks) would have the greatest cleaning effect. People also talk about putting on the largest filter that will fit to catch as much crud as possible.

....Or another way of looking at it is that ARX softens up a lot of the "baked on" deposits. During the rinse phase, the new oil with its fresh detergents removes these softened deposits.

I have a 90 Doge colt / Mitsu Mirage with 220,000 miles. It used to smoke from the valve stem seals. I started using regular Valvoline Maxlife, NOT MAXLIFE SYNTHETIC, and the smoking went away. I'm interested in doing a ARX application and keep using regular Valvoline Maxlife as the carrier and...

I don't even know if this is applicable, but my little Dodge Colt / Mitsu Mirage had a problem with the torque convertor lockup clutch endlessly engaging and disengaging. The solution in my case was to unplug the connector to the lockup mechanism. I lose maybe 1 or 2 MPG because my torque...

slalom44, I sent you a private message yesterday. Did you receive it?

The oil is dark. Its not black, but it is dark. I don't agree with the Trasko website showing pictures of how "clean and clear" their filter can make oil. Maybe its true, but its not my experience. I moved recently and haven't dug out my most recent UOAs I do have a scan of my 34,000 mile UOA...

Oh, and the Jetta itself has 157,000 miles on it.

I should add that its a 95 VW Jetta with a 4 cyl 2.0L engine. Its a daily driver. Driving style is normal, no extreme driving.

50,000 miles on the oil. Trasko filter changes and UOA every 10,000. I consume about 1/2 to 3/4 quart every 10,000 miles. This includes toping up filter and keeping engine toped up. I also reuse the oil that I drain from the Trasko during filter change out. I try to use as little new oil as...

More specifically the recommended filter change interval is 10,000 miles. So far I have 50,0000 miles on my Mobil 1 oil. I send off a sample of oil for analysis before my filter change. So far, so good.

Do the TP oil filters have flow restrictors or orfices in them? I seem to remember the Gulf Coast TP filter having an orfice but I can't remember the size. I think that if one wated to use it for certain different applications, the orfice had to be drilled out. Of course I can't remember what...