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Here in PA for me it's a yearly inconvenience. Having only one vehicle now and the closest trusted shop being too far away to walk to or from, if it ends up raining that day I have to arrange a ride because the walk to / from that shop is too far from a buss stop. At least I get that shop to...

When you adjust valves, after adjusting them all, turn the engine at least one revolution and check them all again. The next size up should still be a no-go, the proper size have slight resistance, and the next size down easy to insert. If you have to, adjust again, then repeat turning and...

Just a guess, the filter drain back valve is intermittently or slowly allowing oil to drain out of it when sitting thereby adding to the sump as it drains out.

The intake valves get loose and noisy, but the exhaust valves get tight and will burn if they get too tight. So noise or no noise does not matter, you can have exhaust get too tight and no intakes making noise. And it only takes one being too tight to cause major problems. If an exhaust valve...

Ai will grow at a similar curve of fully autonomous vehicles. Just like there was a lot of hype about vehicles being fully autonomous from the getgo of the concept, it's taking much longer than originally expected by most back then. Fully autonomous would not require any input from occupants...

If injectors become clogged so less fuel is turned into find mist, then having a lot of not fine mist fuel that does not burn fast can be the source of how fuel washes oil from cylinder walls.

If the cabin aircfilter is old, replace it. Anytime a system is apart it's a great idea to replace the orifice tube with screen and desicant dryer. It's standard practice by most refrigerant techs, and prevents the kind of problem you report.

We may, where are you located, as in what are the average temperature ranges that last battery saw in summer and the rest of the year. Temperature has a huge affect on battery life. Anyone who comments on battery life should definitely include the temperatures the battery is exposed to.

Our 2001 Impala turned into a giant money pit in 2018 and I had maintained it very well regarding all fluids. Every month or 2 it was sink another 400 to 700 or even a thousand into it. Pittsburgh winter salt did not help in its longevity. Maybe some place that vehicles don't rust MAY have...

The older small Hondas have the smaller 4 cylinder engines of 1.6 L and up. All Honda 4 cylinder engines are remarkable if given proper oil changes, and ( valve adjustments and new sparkplugs every 100 K miles ). Honda had a few years of bad transmissions. I think that was mostly their larger...

Ya put hundreds of vehicles each made from thousands of parts each manufactured at the lowest possible cost and pack them in a big metal box in a way that if even one of them self ignites it spreads to practically all the others. Yea, great idea. What could possibly go wrong with that. And if...

Hi everyone. Have any of you experienced problems recently with any companies being unable to conduct normal business in the United States because that company says their computer system has been down for an unusually long time? I had some house damage from a major storm on April 29, 2025...

I'm in a similar situation. I bought my vehicle with 19,988 miles on it and dealer oc's by the previous owner. I've been running PUP for 4 oc and am at 43,300 miles and about due for another oc. VRP is tempting, but it uses about 3/4 of a quart in about 3,500 miles, so it's not excessively bad...

Sorry, it was an honest typing error that I did not see because the text on my phone is small.

Defeated. Op was too old.

Ya know the common problems of all the vehicles of all of your relatives and friends.

Easy answer. A true BITOG'er has both.

Brothers harass you about how many times you quote something that you saw on the blob is the oil guy website, to the extent that you say I saw something on a website that I will not mention, about - - - - - , yet they do listen to what you tell them to do to keep their vehicles reliable because...

Bingo, we have a winner.

A business big enough to have lawyers probably feels that they had enough and it's time to swat that fly that's been bothering them.