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Hello, folks. I'm familiar with the Toyota & Lexus cartridge oil filter setup and how difficult they are to loosen, but our 2016 RX 350 has an additional element I haven't seen before. In the picture below, it's the metal tab or stop that you see at about the 11 o'clock position. What does...

We've gotten ourselves a 5-year-old Toyota Highlander V6. The first oil change after we got the car I had to hire out because I couldn't get the filter cartridge to break free. Now that that's under control and not torqued to 300 foot-pounds, I have another small issue. I noticed as I did the...

That Hyundai will run several more years because the mechanic put in a bottle of Lucas Oil Stabilizer to give extra oil protection. He said so near the end of the video.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by bullwinkle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">320K, no more than 16 years old, means 20K per year minimum. Likely a LOT of highway miles, if it was maintained-I believe it would be possible.</div></div> You are correct...

I posted recently about wishing I could get a car or truck to last more than 200,000 miles with just careful maintenance. That discussion went all over the place, of course, but what became obvious is that precious few of us will ever find a shop that's good at rebuilding front suspension...

Just from reading years of this forum, one can gather that finding correct and quality suspension parts + finding someone who knows how to install them properly is usually a difficult process.

I'd say you got a smoking good deal. I paid a lot more than that for my J-Series Honda t-belt replacement just to have it all blow up in 5000 miles. I don't say that worry you. You'll probably be fine. The guys on this forum say that t-belt jobs on those engines usually give no problems.

Having paid close attention to cars and pickups for more than 30 years now, one thing I've observed among a lot of people I know (my family included) is that while we always think that engine or transmission problems are the essential end of life for a vehicle, almost as often that moment of...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by kschachn</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by CrackyWainwright</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Here's a really odd thing, Mr. Clinebarger: I had a...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by clinebarger</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Either you got a lemon or have the worst luck in the world! </div></div> I do have very bad luck with vehicles. I love cars and trucks, and I take very good care of mine...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by Alfred_B</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Anything German should be able to do it. Their engineering is legendary.</div></div> <img src="/forums/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by Srt20</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think you need a better mechanic. I cant think of any vehicles that CANT make 200k with just basic maintenance.</div></div> This is a valid and interesting point. We have no good...

I really care for my vehicles with fluids maintenance, alignments, tire rotations, and inside and out cleanings, but I've NEVER gotten more than 200,000 miles out of any brand. I hope one day to make it to 201,000 miles! Even back in the 80s when I was a teenager, I greatly admired people in...

312,120 miles on that F-150 so far. That's incredible. I wish I could just get tires to last as well as his first set did.

I owned Mustangs years and years ago, but I haven't studied Ford vehicles at all for a long time. I honestly just today noticed that Ford is putting a small 2.7 V6 Turbo engine in their full size F-150. Is this a gimmick engine that will be worn out or dead at 70,000 miles or is this something...

Oh Lord. That looks worse than my recent Honda t-belt disaster. There's no way that won't self destruct 3,000 miles after installation.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by hallstevenson</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Cranky just knew the engine was toast and had moved on from the car, sentimental value or not. I realize that he, like most people, don't have the skills <span...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by clinebarger</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The mechanic that did the job should have offered to at least try putting a belt on it......And, I always add a dab of loctite to the tensioner idler nut & re torque it. 18 ft...

The main problem here (besides the fact that I may have gotten Chinese-made parts packaged to look just like Honda OEM parts) is that I don't have the mechanical knowledge or the tools to follow all the suggestions for fixing or testing my dead Accord in the days after the belt broke: "slap a...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted by Sayjac</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So as I read this, the new owner claims the tensioner bearing nut was not tightened to proper spec from the factory? "If" true and it was really an OEM part, inexcusable...