Recent content by Whammo

No, I'll just take it to the next shop I called 1 mile up the road who said "of course".

Honestly, I'm easy to deal with. If somehow the OEM parts website sent me the wrong part, I'd simply have the shop supply the right part (even if O'reilly branded) and I would return the part I brought. Again, I only brought OEM parts in this instance because I don't want universal transmission...

Appreciate the replies. I agree with a lot of them. I would not expect a warranty. I also understand shops that are skeptical of taking customer parts as I can imagine the Amazon crap they get (not to mention when it is the wrong part, etc). On the other hand I can see how it would be convenient...

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Even in my specific scenario above?

Lucky for me, there's probably 5-10 shops within a 20 mile radius that will gladly take my business.

I have a vehicle that doesn't have a dealership in the area so I often order OEM parts to bring to a shop so I'm not dealing with their O'Reilly / Autozone crap. I called and asked if they'd swap my transmission fluid and filters (with brand new gasket). They said they'd only do the service with...

It's worse in warm weather, yes. Never happens when the engine is cold. There are no codes. The only thing I have had done (that I know about) are those things I listed. I think he said he had the scanner plugged in when he did a test drive but he didn't mention anything abnormal.

I've done multiple tanks of 91 just to see. I could try 89 but my bigger question is, is running higher octane fuel the only solution?

I have a Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0 that is pinging when it gets warm. I can hear it when giving it light gas, especially on a slight incline. Running on 87 made it sound like it was really bad for it. Putting 91 fuel in it seems to pretty much make it go away, although I can very faintly hear it at...

Will GF 6 help with engine detonation more than GF5 or do these specs (or oil in general) have no relation to that?

He pulled a silver Fram off a Thunderbird and basically was saying Fram is the worst thing ever and to only run Wix. From what I understand the Toughguards (silver) and ultrasynthetic (gold) filters are very respectable. You have to wonder what Wix is paying him.

I do not but that's a good idea.

Hello, 2014 Mitsubishi Lancer all the sudden didn't crank on Friday after work. All the electronics came on, blower came on, but no crank. I attempted cranking it sporadically for about a half hour and it finally started up. Next day the same thing occurred but it cranked after just a couple...

What is this document trying to say? There is an asterisk next to a few that says "low viscosity ATF (Valvoline is high viscosity)". Are they still saying it is safe to use for these applications? https://www.filters.gr/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CVT.pdf