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Originally Posted By: Nick R If you need a car asap, and can't wait, and want an automatic but don't want a DCT like the focus and dart have, I'd say look at the updated Jetta with the new 1.8T. That is probably the best engine in the segment right now. I've heard that engine is good, but only...

SteveSRT8, I feel like I'm just saying the same thing over and over again to a Chrysler-owner..er, I mean, chair. ... One more time: All I've ever said is that some oil and fuel and HC and carbon soot particles DOES makes its way to the intake valves. You made it sound like it was a clean-room...

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 ^^^Must be ready for another short vacation, eh? ^^^ So, what part of name calling offends you? The part where you call us names? Or the retort? I mean, seriously, man, what do you expect? My personal message box is full of your fan's comments and it ain't...

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 Ever seen a catch can? Ahem, LIQUID, not solid. Sure, maybe some microscopic particles, huh? We were all expecting baseball-sized crud in there! LMAO -- Grow a brain, please. Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 And if your valve seals don't wipe, guess what? Smoke...

Lots of car makers are affected by the Takata (Japan) parts supplier, I mean everything from BMWs to Toyotas. ... Cruze is a good design, Mazda3 or Mazda6 are the best out there though.

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 The whole reason for valve stem seals is to seal off oil from the rest of the stem, keeping the oil out of the combustion chamber. In a new motor this should be the case, with virtually no oil on the rest of the valve, just the part in the actual valve guide...

That Subaru oil ring part problem was solved with a "surface treatment change", which probably isn't the correct wording, since they've been building great engines for a lot of years. Sounds more like it should be "A parts supplier didn't do the proper surface treatment." ... This sounds similar...

Originally Posted By: KrisZ I would like to see some intake valve pics of Mazda's Skyactive engines, as they claim that the valves are run much hotter to prevent the buildup. I don't see how they would be hotter than Ecoboost 2.0L valves that are sodium-filled for heat transfer, and the Ecoboost...

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix Any oil filter should be able to take a delta-p of at least equal to its bypass valve setting without damaging the media. For most oil filters, that's a delta-p of at least 10~12 PSI. Are bypass events a near certainty if starting up a, say, 5w-30 on a 10degF...

Originally Posted By: grantk TAN: 0.14 TBN: 3.46 Fuel: 6.5% Water: 0 Glycol: 0 Visc @40C: 47.3 Viscosity at 40 looks right; you'd think the fuel dilution would lower it. Amsoil 0w-20 ASM is supposed to be 47 new and Amsoil 5w-20 ALM is 50 new.

Originally Posted By: Ken2 Quote: I have yet to have the dynamics of a spun bearing explained to me in a manner than makes sense The oil film fails and the bearing wipes. Now the shell is welded to the journal and the shell spins with the journal. Calling it a spun bearing is looking at the...

Originally Posted By: chrisri Try google it,they say FRAM is sold even in NA and built by SOGEFI.Maybe is something like Uniroyal brand with different owners here and US.Sorry for my bad English. The only Fram oil filters I've ever seen have either been stamped on them "Made in USA", "Made in...

Originally Posted By: Vikas Documented proof? OK here I go. I am going to buy 100 gm of 25 micron unicorn dust. I will pour in to my engine after installing the filter under the test. I will drive my vehicle for the OCI and when I remove the filter, I will open it up and measure the weight of...

Originally Posted By: chrisri Just out of curiosity FRAM in Europe are made by Italian SOGEFI Group.How about the American ones?Is this brand under same ownership in US? The Rank Group owns Fram, since 2012. Rank also bought Champion Labs (Mobil1 oil filters, others). Its important to note...

Agreed, you could go with just the pads. Rotor minimum thickness is important though. ... Also, has your high-mileage 3.0L V6 been behaving itself? Curious. Do you have the CVT tranny or the Aisin 6-speed? Was wondering in particular how the CVT lasts in that car.

Originally Posted By: KrisZ Originally Posted By: Trav That looks like a PFI spray pattern so it wouldn't show anything from the valves. I was trying to illustrate that if majority of valve deposits were from leaking valve stems, the rest of the intake tract would be relatively clean, like in...

Originally Posted By: Garak Originally Posted By: FetchFar I told him he should at first just go out into the employee parking lot and swap out 50 Purolator filters and let us know how many were torn, as simple as that. I just got overly-complicated answers back after I proposed that, just...

Originally Posted By: nobb Just took apart two separate Purolator Classic L20195 filters used on a 2006 Ford Freestar and 2007 Ford Ranger on 5W20 for 10,000km. BOTH filters had torn media, Im very disappointed. I also examined a Purolator Classic L10242 used in a 1998 Toyota 4Runner for 8000kms...

Originally Posted By: Clevy My guess is that they are limiting max revs in order to lower the oil temp spike which will be thinner when elevated. Perhaps an oil cooler of some sort would be a prudent addition if one was to purchase one of these. Originally Posted By: Nate1979 Does increases...

Originally Posted By: gregk24 "Hypersensitive to oil film thickness"...this sounds like an excuse for poorly manufactured bearings, or admitting to using too thin an oil. Their "fix" on future production is to decrease the rev-limiter RPMs a bit. I thought oil film was thinnest at low-RPM high...