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If you check some of the older posts, a number of people seem to think it is beneficial as a top cylinder lubricant in small quantities (2.6 oz / 10 gallons of gas or 500:1 mix ratio). The owner's manual for my Stihl string trimmer and Toro snow blower suggests throwing any unused gas/oil...

Decided to visit an AutoZone today and lo and behold. They had German Castrol. They weren't giving it away (>$6/quart), but I picked up all that was out on display (12 quarts).

I got the Neutra in the gallon Jugs and have been using the website information. The datasheet on the website says 3 quarts (32 oz/quart x 3 quarts = 96 oz) per 200 gallons of gasoline. That works out to: 200 gallons/96 ounces = 2.083 gallons/ounce = 0.48 ounce/gallon. A twelve ounce bottle...

The UOA looks really great. Other than slightly elevated Silicon and Sodium, which I assume are part of the additive pack for this oil.

Mark, Thank you for the response. Since putting the "shock" dose into my Avalon I have noticed a small, but perceptible increase in power off the line from a dead stop. I started noticing it after about 100 miles of using Neutra treated fuel. I am very pleased with the results. I typically use...

I am a first time user of Neutra and have been pleased with its performance. I could not find anything in the Scheaffer literature about maintenance dosage after initial treatment. I did a search on old posts regarding Neutra and saw some recommendations of about 3 ounces/10 gallons of gas for...

You are driving around 19K a year. If your mileage is spread out equally month to month and you are looking at 2 OCI/year, you will be looking to run the oil out to 9500 per OCI. The Schaeffer 7000 is a synthetic blend, but I have no idea if the blend will handle those kind of OCI's. You would...

Exactly the point. For the past 40 or so years we were on a light oil is bad kick. When Ford and Honda started recommending 5w-20, the doomsday crowd started predicting everything from destroyed engines to baldness and frigidity of the bowels. Fast forward 5-6 years and it ain't happened yet...

I found a site with a bunch of literature related to old automobiles. One of the items there was an owners manual for a 1940 Chevrolet. The interesting thing about the manual was that it pretty much recommended 20W oil year round with the exception of very cold weather when 10W was permitted...

Can you provide a little more information as to your requirements? All the choices mentioned here would work for you, but if you have some specific requirements some may be better choices. For example, if you have a large hand and want a big guns, than the Beretta M92 or Taurus 92 would work...

If you catch the leak while it is still small, stop leak can be useful. I had a power steering leak in my Avalon about 18 months ago that I cured with about an ounce of BarsLeak. I put in the BarsLeak and ran the car for about a week checking the fluid level regularly. When I was satisfied the...

John, I agree with you in part, but I do beg to differ on the point of Sanow and Marshall study and the use of ballistic gelatin as a suitable test medium for bullet performance. Sanow and Marshall DID back up their finding with police reports and autopsy reports from hundreds of shootings. As...

I have not kept up on ammo developments the past few years, but the Hydrashock was a proven design and has led the pack in many calibers. I don't know if the book is still available, but a couple police officers by the names of Evan Marshall and Ed Sanow did a study of various calibers involved...

Thank you for the reply. I have had mixed results using most of the commercial nitro-powder solvents such as Hoppe's or Shooter's Choice and some homebrew ones such as Ed's red. Carbon fouling when shooting lead bullets seems to be the worst. I'll give your suggestion a try and thanks again.

Hi, I was wondering if anybody has considered the use of LC20 as a gun oil additive, or its use straight up to clean, lubricate, and protect firearms. Based on the manufacturer's description it would seem to have use in removal of carbon fouling from smokeless power and it's touted...

You describe a perfect example of something that was properly designed from the start (S&W 1076) vs. something hastily retrofitted and put on the market (Colt Delta). Reminds me of the GM auto diesels in the 1980's. People paid big bucks to get what amounted to a gasoline engine with a half-a$$...

I believe Norma also had a 200 grain load that was pretty stiff. The 10mm was originally developed for the Bren 10 pistol made by Dornaus & Dixon. It did not stay on the market very long, but was followed quickly by Colt with their Delta Elite pistol. I had read some gun rag reports the original...

Yes Mike, you are right about the problems with the 4 cylinder engine as well. I think both went through changes in 1997 to fix some emissions problems. It is interesting that before those changes the same engines were trouble free. The use of a full synthetic or synthetic blend will help these...

I believe the sludge problems are the result of some design changes Toyota implemented on the 3.0L engine starting in 1997. If that is the case, you will need to keep following strict maintenance or you will have problems. I know for a fact that the 3.0L V6 in my Avalon runs very, very hot. That...

ARCO had a graphite oil back in the late 70's early to mid 80's. I only know one person who used the oil and he seemed to swear by it. ARCO folded up the tent in my neck of the woods several years back. I don't think they make the graphite oil any more. Maybe it had poor sales or there were some...