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Originally Posted By: StevieC Originally Posted By: yuletak ... Another think you should think about is that the threaded part is pretty deep into the oil pan. It won't drain all of the oil in the pan. You'll have to remove it OR use something to put a notch into the threads so that the oil can...

I agree with Bill in Utah. I've got both w/ and w/o the nipple. On my Subaru, I've got a skid plate underneath, so I'm not as worried about the valve coming up against anything, but on my Civic, I'm thinking of raising the car a bit since it's sitting quite low. Imagine about another inch...

I'm not sure the brand they used. And I should mention that it was coffee black, as in I couldn't see anything through it at all in the bottle I had put it in. Any recourse if I brought it back to the shop? My brother has gone back to LA with the car already though. I think there's very little...

Hi, tried to do a search but couldn't come up with anything. Here's my story. My brother took his car to some local shop to get an oil change on Friday. I took at look at his oil level just because it's a habit of mine. Discovered there was too much oil, at least half a quart. I figure the...

I don't know if these pads are available for your calipers, but you could try to get a set of Hawk Blue pads to clean off your rotors. A common cause of the pulsation is being stopped in one place w/ the brakes applied when the rotor/pads are hot. In my case, I used the wrong pads for some track...

I have the 8k ones and they work fine for most of my needs. As bmwtechguy says tho, the stops fall out easily, though it shouldn't be hard to fix them in there. I find that if you use the ramps on a smooth surface, like inside a garage, the ramps will slip anyways. One solution I've found is to...