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Murphy's Law is alive and well. My wife has a 2016 Mazda CX-5 and recently went to get an inspection sticker. They failed her for having too much play in the driver's side lower ball joint. It is easier to replace the whole lower control arm than try and press a new ball joint in so that is...

Wow, this thing is mint! I'd wash it, clean off the oxidation and seal in that patina with rub on clear coat. Then make sure the interior and electronics are good to go and start driving it! These don't exist anymore in New England. TJ's are usually in worse shape!

Zero smoke at start up, even after sitting for weeks.

I'll also mention that zero B12 remained in the cylinders. When I did the B12 soak to my wife's Mazda CX-5 most of the B12 stayed in the cylinders. On the Toyota 22RE 100% of the B12 made its way to the crankcase. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing but thought I'd mention it...

For the record. Did a B12 piston soak over the weekend. 3 cans. No mosquitos in a 5 mile radius exist now. Smoked like crazy.

I was there in the 90's with my 1978 Camaro with a 1979 305 that someone had replaced the stock V6 with before I got it. That engine was bone stock except for the intake manifold, cam and carb. I put every synthetic oil I could find in there because....horsepower! :LOL: The only thing that...

Two things: 1. I've always had a plan to install a Tee at the oil pressure sending unit and permanently attach a mechanical gauge to mount in the engine bay to know exactly what the oil pressure is. Some day. 2. I think I talked myself into a plan. I'm going to do a B12 piston soak this...

I'm very familiar with HPL...I use their Premium Plus and Green ATF in my GMC Canyon and wife's Mazda CX-5. It fixed her oil burning issue btw (after a B12 piston soak). I just have a hard time justifying the cost for a 110hp engine that probably gets driven 1.5k-3k miles a year, probably...

It might be more like 1 quart per 1k miles but I'm honestly not sure as I don't really keep track of the mileage since it is driven mostly during the nicer weather. I was considering maybe VRP's 5W-30 and adding a quart of HPL's EC-40. But at that point I might as well just get HPL's PCMO 20W-50.

Working on my 1987 Toyota 4Runner with a 22RE. These engines have pretty low oil pressure at idle so in the summer I run a xW-40 or xW-50. I've been burning some oil lately....about a quart per 500 miles. It is a pleasure vehicle so it only gets driven maybe 3k miles per year. Plenty of...

Sounds like my ex brother in law. The CEL usually means he has to yell at the person he bought the broken down S-box from and demand they fix it....even years later.

Sounds like a good plan! If it looks like this might turn into a long term fix you might want to consider changing the filter and cleaning the magnet if it has one. All that fresh new fluid can sometimes knock loose a bunch of grime that's built up over time.

This thread is giving me flashbacks of my wife's 2008 Nissan Versa with a Jatco CVT! Despite doing a spill and fill every 30k miles it began to die at 140k. Squealing sound at startup and would go into limp mode...it would move under idle only. It threw a code and it was something like "Low...

I live in MA, as do my parents so it gets pretty cold in the winter. I have a small detached 20x20 garage and my parents have an attached 24x24. Neither is insulated or heated. I store a vehicle in mine and plenty of tools, automotive and wood working. No signs of corrosion at all. My...

I did, but just one OCI because I learned about HPL and wanted to give it a shot. My wife does a lot of short trips so she doesn't rack up the miles very quick anymore, so a 3k OCI takes about 4 months. But I tried an OCI of Hotshot's Stiction Eliminator which is just an Ester additive (I...

Looks great! My wife's 2016 CX-5 with 150k is getting due for a valve cover gasket and I hope it is in this good of shape. From what I can tell looking through the fill port it probably will be. She burned oil and I've done a piston soak, a few OCI's with VRP, some HPL EC30 with Mobil1 EP...

Give the starter a whack, and get a pry bar in between the starter and the bellhousing and pry the starter off. You need to get some penetrating oil at the threads right at the bellhousing to try and get the oil to wick into the bellhousing. Spray a couple times each day, give the...

@buster There are a number of aftermarket CAI's. I did the best of both worlds, I wanted to get rid of the engine cover and replace the intake tube ONLY. This would clean the engine bay up (my preference) and keep the factory air box and paper filter. True CAI's have their place but I don't...

Does Fluid Film, Woolwax or other similar viscosity product have any guidance? You may be ignoring the other important spec for air compressors....CFM. My 5 gallon, 1HP compressor will turn an air tool for a few seconds when it is fully charged with air but it doesn't have the CFM to use most...

Wow, thank you everyone for the comments! It sounds like its a bit over my head at the moment. I have a 50A charger but I'd rather not brick some modules. The real driver behind this thought was the Infotainment screen. It tends to reset every now and then while using Android Auto causing...