Recent content by zeroptzero

There were lots of great companies involved in this , all gobbled up by a private equity group that had no hope in hell of making money after they convinced people to finance the deal with gigantic debt and led by incompetent managers. It was doomed from day one, I bet the middle managers of...

seeing as the entire matter involved shady practices and potential fraud, I think the new owners of the companies can likely turn it into a profitable deal. This was an equity group scam and people were left holding the bag as the managers got away with fortunes. The new way of making...

Thanks for the reply. I figured my daily driving cycles are pretty good, good constant speed and enough to keep oil temps at a good level. I will see if I can measure viscosity and if I can get a used oil analysis. I once had a 2016 Honda Civic, and it was Honda's first DIT motor...

I think that will be my OCI as well, I will do one at half of the recommended interval myself, and the other by the dealer at the recommended mileage, that will be about 6,000 miles for me. Thanks for the reply.

Ah okay thanks, that is helpful to know. I guess I will monitor fuel in the oil on a future change and UOA, I will be changing oil on a shorter interval than the manufacturer spec, which should help.

I had to dump a bit of oil today as I slightly overfilled the sump on a recent oil change. I wasn't a harmful level but I wanted to leave a bit of room as my 26 VW Taos is a DIT engine. I got a slight smell of gasoline in the oil, but I know from other vehicles I've owned in the past the...

^ as you have experienced, you have a better chance of being struck by lightning than crashing in a commercial plane :) You are living proof of that statistic, lol.

^ I once asked my sister to give us a ride to our local airport to save us parking there for a week, it was 3:00 am in the morning and we had to make a 6 am flight. She convinced us that she had great vision, but she couldn't see worth a **** at that time of morning. I thought we were...

Very nice, good job flying for so long, that is a great record. I'm not afraid to fly, the take-off gives me a bit of concern but once I feel the plane getting lift I am happy.

Yeah that's what I am doing. You are right I doubt oil change places will change the bolts or keep them in stock, or they would charge you a large amount if needed. I checked that the bolt is 14 x 1.5 , and I may pick up an aftermarket one in the future which uses copper washers.

Factory fill of a 26 VW Taos - 1.5 L Turbo motor- was dumped today at 1000 miles after break-in completed. Refilled with Castrol Euro Car 0w20. The old oil looked darker than I would have expected. The engine seems quieter and smoother with the new oil, but it could all be in my head...

The most dangerous part of the trip is driving to the airport.

I dumped the factory oil right at 1000 miles today , refilling with Castrol Edge Euro 0w20 . I will flush out the old oil as much as I can with some spare oil I have sitting around.

Well yes that is the reason for my original question as to why the dye was used. No further questions, casual observations, or comments on this .

I have a strange curiosity about the colour of various automobile fluids I use on my vehicles when they differ from the normal amber colours.