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Originally Posted by Triple_Se7en Originally Posted by Touring5 Originally Posted by doitmyself Almost as much oil on the floor as the time I poured 4.5 quarts into the engine fill hole, only to learn that I didn't put the drain plug back in! I did that once (ONCE!) as well. Also had one...

Good man. People like you make the world a nicer place to live.

Originally Posted by Driz Originally Posted by GumbyJarvis Originally Posted by Rand so why are you mad? run it out of oil? no air filter? broken governor? if it just randomly blew up.. thank it for its service by craiglisting its carcass.. doubt its worth repowering. Or find a similar model...

Originally Posted by glock19 Originally Posted by Clayslayer Tecumseh. Out of business for a reason and good riddance to them. They SUCK. Impossible to start below 70 degrees. Last forever because nobody can start them. Cause of more shoulder surgeries than baseball and football combined. This...

Originally Posted by bchannell Way overpriced if you ask me. Sharpening a mower blade is not rocket science, and you can get the angle correct without much hassle. Why pay $175 for a really cool jig? This would only be worth it if you were running a small enigne repair shop or something. If...

Originally Posted by MolaKule Originally Posted by pbm ...I do the same thing and haven't had an A/T issue since.... Mola: Do you consider adding LG Red beneficial to Mercon LV, Valvoline Maxlife ATF, Castrol IMV... etc...? Good Question: I do not recommend adding LG Red to ANY ATF on a...

Originally Posted by kschachn Where have you seen flow rates and efficiency ratings for Denso filters? I haven't! That's why i said "seems like", i did not want to come off as claiming I had any hard data on them. Apologies if I did. I've only read here and on Toyota forums that the denso...

Originally Posted by demarpaint Originally Posted by Ponchinizo I use the Lubegard Red, and add 1oz to each quart I put in after the drain and fill. Initially I added 1oz per quart for the whole transmission, now I do the 1oz. Per quart going in to maintain the same treatment ratio it had...

Originally Posted by Tikka Hi Please do not mistake my questions as being snotty. Genuinely interested to know Why do you think there is a need to add lubeguard? What is the correct spec ATF lacking? Thanks. Tikka For me, without Lubegard Red my little 4spd just cooks the fluid. I'm...

I use the Lubegard Red, and add 1oz to each quart I put in after the drain and fill. Initially I added 1oz per quart for the whole transmission, now I do the 1oz. Per quart going in to maintain the same treatment ratio it had initially.

From what I've seen on BITOG, Purolators and Frams fail occasionally. Seems to me Purolator more often with more severe failures, but that could be chalked up to bias from the community. Regardless, I won't use either of them, and just stick to OEM. Never had a denso filter fail on me and i...

Thanks for your suggestions! Mobil 1 seems like a simple choice. I've read these flat tappet engines like their ZDDP, so I was considering Rotella. It isn't JASO rated but meets specs? If it won't cause any issues with the wet clutch I may try that, I've heard others elsewhere using Rotella and...

Originally Posted by ZeeOSix Any JASO MA rated motorcyle oil should work fine. Since it's pretty hot there in the summer the 20W-50 would be fine. If you don't want to spend a lot of cash, the Valvoline 4-stroke cycle oil at Walmart is around $4.50 a quart and works well. BTW, there's a...

It specs a 10W-40 to a 20W-50. It is my brothers bike and I'm helping him do some maintenance and a tune up. I don't know much about motorcycles, I'll tell you what I know about the engine. Clutch and the crankcase share an oil sump, it's water cooled, and is carburetor. Inline 4, and I...

Originally Posted by OnTheRocks My owners manual says 5.4 quarts fill, 5.7 quarts with filter. As if I would drive without a filter! Just kidding. I know what they mean. When I install 5 quarts, oil level is perfectly at the top of the checkered marking. Now the OCD kicks in. With a urine...

Originally Posted by RamFan Originally Posted by Quattro Pete Originally Posted by BMWTurboDzl Thing is that you can apply this to anything. It's not a baby-only phenomenon Certainly. We forget things all the time because of how our brains work. You would expect a child to be high enough on...

The thing I notice around here are that a lot of lifted trucks are "pavement queens", with real cheap lift kits that serve no practical purpose, these guys have to go .5mph over speed bumps for fear of hurting their cheap suspensions. You can tell the difference between those and the guys that...

I basically just re-read Dave's "What is normal" article on UOA's, fair warning for how I'm looking at this. Copper is definitely within the standard deviation, and because that is the highest above average wear metal, I'd say your engine is wearing wondefully, perfectly normal for that engine...

Originally Posted by Chris142 Someone has to be supplying those stations with fuel. It may be Shell, Chevron etc. My guess is Exxon Mobil, I know there's a refinery north on I-55 a ways.

Mark, it sounds like we live in the same town. Maybe not, but it sure sounds like it. This is also driving me crazy, I have to drive to one of the Shells by the interstates if I want top tier, and it's usually more expensive. I'm back to Caseys gas and using techron twice a year.