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Short version, you're not buying a country of origin, you're buying a name brand, or lack of same. Having worked for several global Fortune 1000 aerospace firms, I can assure you that a filter made by a Fortune 1000 firm in their overseas plant will meet the same engineering and quality...

Glad this proved helpful to folks. Now if only someone would micron rate the particles in my hazy India Pale Ale...

PART 3 OF 3 MAHLE – 2020 50%@13-18u, 75%@24u, 90%@28u MANN – 2016 50%@20u, 99%@>50u MANN – 2018 50%@14-20u, 99%@36-50u MOBIL 1 – 2015 99.6%@25u MOTORCRAFT – 2007 80%@20u MOTORCRAFT – 2011 93.7%@20u PUROLATOR BOSS – 2021 80%@23u, 90%@26u, 95%@28u, 98.7%@33u, 99.2%@38u PUROLATOR BOSS –...

PART 2 OF 3 AC DELCO – 2011 95.4%@20u AC DELCO – 2015 98%@25-30u AC DELCO GOLD – 2021 90%@16u, 95%@19u, 98.7%@24u, 99.2%@29u AC DELCO GOLD / ULTRAGUARD – 2023 98%@25-30u AMSOIL – 2007 98.7%@15u AMSOIL – 2011 98.7%@20u AMSOIL EA – 2014 98.7%@20u BOSCH PREMIUM – 2015 and 2023 99%@20U...

PART 1 OF 3 OIL FILTER MEDIA EFFICIENCY SPECIFICATIONS I had time on my hands last week, so I compiled a list of oil filter media filtration specs pilfered from the InterTubes. I opted to not take the time to spreadsheet the data. A few notes… 1. CURRENT AND HISTORIC SPECS The specs below...

True dat on the eventual API opportunity to standardize. Much needed then! But it seems that for a LONG time -- a decade at the least -- they opted for "acid trip" instead.

The skinny from that 1969 Popular Mechanics article: Post WWII in the late 1940s the three industry oil ratings were "Regular, Premium, and Heavy Duty." Beginning in the early 1950s the "M" system was introduced, still in effect in 1969. MS - MOTOR SEVERE SERVICE The default oil choice since...

As I suspected it might, my use of parentheses there (MM, MS or ML) was a bit confusing. In theory -- just speculation -- the lid may have included anywhere from zero to all three of the M's..? I didn't readily find an API "SC" era green lid Quaker State can to compare to, so I used info from...

More trivia... In the video it is suggested there's no API service rating or viscosity listed on the can, understandable since the top lid is rusted and unreadable. But the info is (or was) there, as is the case with all of the hundreds of vintage oil cans I've encountered along Route 66. There...

FYI, I came across an April 1954 Quaker State ad in Popular Mechanics that states, "Specifically designed for today's modern motors." So if you can find it on EBay, you should feel free to use that vintage Quaker State in your 2020 Corvette Z51. That's probably as modern as it gets.

I'll wander off the reservation here and dive into this oil's history rather than its performance. 'Cause that's how I roll after four Sierra Nevada pale ales. I spend a lot of time delving into Americana and vintage items, Route 66 visits and history, etc, and will immodestly claim I've gotten...

Originally Posted By: rjundi Originally Posted By: Pablo Did you read the FBI report? Who gives a c r a p . This thread is about prayers not a completely unrelated event. Think positive. For one, I give a c r a p, mainly because a partisan lie was being spread in this thread about a very...

Originally Posted By: Pablo Prayers for the relatives and friends - so terrible. I don't know if the shooter was really ignorant, but regardless he was evil. Glad he was terminated with extreme prejudice. What I don't understand is why this is called "domestic terrorism" and the Ft. Hood...

Short version: I'd suggest that adding a retail bottle o' juice to a tank of generic gas won't make up for using a non-name-brand gasoline (not that all generic gas is of poor quality), but if you're mainly concerned about detergency, etc., I guess this couldn't hurt. Personally I'd never use...

Adding relatively "large" (I'll decline to define that) amounts of kerosene to motor oil for short periods to clean out engines is old-school and not crazy at all. I'm not saying "Do it" or "Don't do it," but just that it's something that's been done to a gazillion engines over the decades...