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    Dumping Factory Oil Fill Early ?

    http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
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    Honda Pilot VCM Sludge

    Originally Posted By: Marco620 Could be moisture and short trips. My ex had a Ford Escort that went half a mile each day to work. After we drove it long distance and used Redline SI 1 occassionally and used synblend and changed PVC is was way less milky looking. That is it! I had the same...
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    Do you get depressed between oil changes...

    I found myself suffering from severe depression and didn't know why. One day I did an oil change after 45K on convenience store dino and started feeling good about myself . I realized it was the oil change that did it, so I started changing my oil every other day . Now the depression is back...
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    Mobil 1 Q&A. You're kidding--right?

    What surprises me is that the boyz at M1, knowing there is an ever increasing knowledge base that is aware of the high iron situation, just doesn't design the situation out of the formula. I know that most people are blind to the facts but those that are in the know certainly are the squeaky...
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    exxon superflo

    I remember when it first came out. It advertised that it contained a "friction modifier" and at that time (in the 80's) it was a premium oil.
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    Boron vs Sodium

    I got a salt shaker hovering over my oil inlet port just waiting for the answer.
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    Honda has developed a 0W-10

    -30W - 0 is the only oil for me. Great fuel mileage and no wear at start up. After the first start, no wear at all because the engine will never start again.
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    That's it.

    So good ole' Fred always gives me the business about changing my own oil. He takes his heap to Wally World and has them do it all the time. I pull up to his house one day and he is on his hands and knees scrubbing the driveway and I says, "yo, what-cha doin'" and he sheepishly looks at me and...
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    10 Year old castrol

    Higher zinc and phosphorous count than today's oils.
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    No more enjoyment changing my own oil..

    This site is peppered with horror stories of quick change joints doing simple oil changes that have gone bad. Doing it yourself is the way to go if you respect your vehicle.
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    Fresh rebuild and oil usage - Acura D16a1

    In general, engine smoke at start up signifies worn valve guide seals. You didn't mention if you replaced them or not.
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    Calling out Toyota 1MZFE owners.............

    I believe that Toyota isolated the cause of the sludge problem to under sized oil return ports in some critical parts in the engine that caused the oil to overheat in those "local" areas, thus sludge. They corrected the problem in the newer engines but the reputational damage was done (as can...
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    Oil Change - Hot or Cold

    I got an idea. Since this topic has not referd to any scientific studies that prove one or the other way is best, if you do it hot at one oil change then cold at the other, you could only be half wrong. Right??
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    Single weight or multi-weight, which is best?

    Originally Posted By: AEHaas All oils will eventually thicken with time and use. I may have misunderstood but I was under the impression that as multi-viscosity oils age with use and time they thin out. EG: A 5W-30 may go to a 0W-20 or a 5w-20 ????
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    The Worst Car you ever changed oil on?

    Originally Posted By: Truck&Cycle Dodge Viper. Near impossible to get to the filter even though it was visible and when it finally did get removed from the mount, I had to thread it down the side of the engine to the transmission before there was enough room to drop it free. Same but reversed...
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