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2003 Ford Focus, Factory Alternator failed at the 5 year mark. Replaced with a Napa Pro-Series 120amp (stock is 110) as it was the only unit I could find locally (needed it THAT day). The Napa unity lasted 2yrs and 4 months....just replaced it last week. They honored their warranty, but only...

My father recently acquired an older (02) Jag XKR. Apparently it uses the sturdy Mercedes Benz W5A580. Seeing as how the car has a few miles on it, I wanted to go through it and refresh all the "lifetime" fluids. I ran into a wall when looking for a suitable transmission fluid. I'm not paying...

Depends on the age and condition of the vehicle. On my 03 Ford, I cover the alternator, and nothing else. I use a multi-purpose degreaser, on the top side, and a gunk heavy duty on the bottom side. Let sit for 15-20min on a cool engine, and break out my pressure washer to rinse. I do tend to...

Originally Posted By: Cristobal Welcome to BITOG. Depends on your filter and the dust in the area where you drive. The filter can only absorb so much. My mechanic tell me where I live even the Fram Orange Can will go 7500 but MUST be changed by then. But in a dusty area he says don't trust it...

Statistically there is a 100% chance everyone is going to die at some point... Constitutional gun protections are a hotly debated issue...I won't go there. But what I can say is that as soon as you start restricting gun ownership in any way, its a foot in the door and it only gets worse from...

The Fram Extended Guard uses a wire mesh backed dual ply synthetic media. This is not your average paper filter, and its very capable of extended OCI use. I posted a video not too long ago where I dissected the Extended Guard media...it really is two plies, and its more like fiberglass then...

Very stout filter, and capable of much more then a 3k OCI.

Similar add-pack to Pennzoil Ultra. Me likey!

Originally Posted By: Oregoonian Originally Posted By: vaboom123 Hey everyone, I have a svt focus with about 60k miles on it. I was just wondering what would be a good oil choice for it. It only had one owner before me and only had M1 for oil. I've been running Schaeffer 9000 5w-30 in it with a...

Quart low isn't that big a deal....as long as its still near the add-line on the dipstick, he should be fine. The biggest worry about running low on oil is starvation when going around sustained G corners, but he's in a truck, so no worries there.

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete Thanks guys! I do a bit of transcoding now and then, so that's why I thought a quad core with loads of cache would help, but I don't do enough of it to justify the high price of Q9550/Q9650. I'll just keep using what I have for another two years and then...

If you want a quadcore Socket 775 CPU...your hands are tied, you either pay the price or spend more upgrading to a new motherboard. That kind of upgrade will most likely entail a memory upgrade as well. The performance of most C2D chips is still very relevant in today's market. So people aren't...

03 Ford Focus Out: Zerex G-05 (I drain the rad every 30k) In: 50/50 Zerex G-05 + distilled 89 Toyota Camry Out: Who knows what...(rad replacement) In: Zerex G-05 + distilled 89 Honda Accord Out: The rustiest nastiest looking coolant on earth In: MULTIPLE flush solutions (Preston flush and...

The original C170 Ford Focus platform was fun. They softened up a bit in later years, but the 2000 to 2004 models (US) were fun to drive. If you got lucky and got the 2.3l duratec motor, they were really fun to drive (03-04) Weight was about 2600lbs IIRC...probably heavier then you are looking...

How do you use an air wrench by "feel". That's a new one to me... Anyways, kudos to anyone using a torque wrench on their drain plug. I would never fault someone for being this thorough! If anything, it shows the dedication you have to your vehicle, and that should be commended. I on the other...

Ya, I didn't look closely enough at all of the deleted posts. Nothing since 2010 remains, so you are probably correct. And once again the inane edit timer has prevented me from not looking like an [censored]. Oh well, I'm used to it.

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR Remember one thing. Our parents spent more than 20 years loving/raising us to become who we are today, whatever we are doing now for them is nothing compare with what they had done for us. We are just repaying a very small portion of the debt we owed them. We...

The posts that had anything even remotely negative to say about Amsoil were deleted. And honestly, nothing in this thread was outright negative...people just expressing some frustration over experiences they have had. I don't recall anyone downright slamming Amsoil or its products. I get that...

Originally Posted By: Spyder7

People have used compressed air water traps as catch cans successfully. But what you must take into account is that most DI equipped cars already have substantial PCV baffling and oil removal mechanisms. Audi's even use cyclonic oil separators, and there isn't anything better then that. Its...