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    Post a photo of your oil on dipstick (with miles)

    it's not unburned (like running rich) its partially burned, if that makes any sense. and because its a solid instead of a gas some machines don't measure it
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    twin-turbo pickup truck issues?

    turbos like clean oil and not too much heat. they will last a very long time if you dont go pulling trailers as fast as you can. dirty oil is what kills many turbos, and heat cooks the oil and makes it dirty and causes coking issues. so no high boost for long periods of time and good oil an...
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    Post a photo of your oil on dipstick (with miles)

    its not blow by, its soot from unburned fuel. with direct injection fuel droplets can make it into the cylinder and get burned before they evaporate, and since you cant get air mixed into a droplet like you can with a vapor it makes soot. this is also why diesels smoke sometimes, too much fuel...
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    Valvoline Restore & Protect

    if his voice was less annoying yall would love him or if he had a drawing and other info of the specific cleaning molecule they use
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    Post a photo of your oil on dipstick (with miles)

    its a 5.9 cummins i think common rail injection too they hold like 3 gallons of oil
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    Lubegard "red" - just because ?

    i didn't know lexus's came with trans brakes
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    Valvoline Restore & Protect

    mobile 1 👁️ 👄 👁️
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    Valvoline Restore & Protect

    probably 20,000 miles is the shortest run that you would see good cleaning in sorry i meant 20,000 miles of running r&p, (2-4 changes) not a 20k oil change interval
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    2016 Mazda 3 Automatic Noise Diagnosis

    is it like a clattering noise? i cant hear much in your video on my friends mazda3 the serpentine belt tensioner bit the dust, so at idle the engine vibrations would make the belt jump around. only at idle, in gear. once you started moving or at higher rpm it wouldn't do it anymore
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    What are you working on today?

    i have a chevy motorhome with a 350 tbi. it runs great even though the stuff in the tank looks and smells like horse piss i should probably drain it but i dont know if you can hurt the tbi system
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    Mitsubishi FWD F5A51: Jerky shift 3-->4

    What fluid are you using? What year Mitsubishi is it? The v5a51 for rear wheel drive cars is picky about fluid, i don't know much about the f5a51 Maybe give jatco a call?
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    What are you working on today?

    No i know its for mpg or something because older cars don't have transmission thermostats
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    Another Turbulence Incident.

    That's what I figured. Every landing I've been on was smooth and gentle deceleration, so I wasn't sure how much they were capable of
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    What are you working on today?

    Pentastar? Those electrical connectors look familiar
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    I Hate the New Youtube Layout

    And then there's juno webmail I don't think they've updated that ui since like 2005 but it works
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    Another Turbulence Incident.

    Tap the brakes hard enough to knock them over but not enough to hurt them is what I do I don't have kids, but I do this to my siblings because they don't listen to me But they might listen to the back of the seat they just smashed into Can airplanes stop suddenly or are they too heavy? I...
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    Another Turbulence Incident.

    To be fair there's less stuff to hit in the sky so it might be less dangerous than at 55mph in a car I'm not saying it's a good idea to take your seatbelt off, but it might be a less bad idea
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    VW Automatic Emergency Braking

    Ahh and this is why I like not having cars with extra safety features. I can't get in trouble for turning them off I think my montero got 0/5 stars on the pedestrian crash test so I guess I better just be careful.
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    Transmission pulled from my Civic and in the house for rebuild

    Watched I Always enjoy a good kitchen counter rebuild
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    What are you working on today?

    what's the point of bypassing the thermostat? does the thermostat block flow to the converter or overheat it?
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