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Umm... Yes please!! That Fumoto valve is something else. I'd be especially cautious about putting it on any car that sat close to the ground. One of those first links on Google is a warning of my very initial thought. It very well might ruin your oil pan one way or another.

Originally Posted By: teddyboy I am an economist and have never seen an estimate of the savings. However, I can assure you that economists would not predict a rise in the price of oil or gasoline. Going from 3K to 5K oil changes would reduce the demand for oil, which in turn, should reduce the...

Originally Posted By: OVERKILL It is possible (but expensive) to formulate a 0w-xx oil that will effectively ward off deposit formation, have a low NOACK and high flash point, and also be additized enough that it can clean up the deposits left behind by other oils. I mentioned this, and a few...

Why would you want PU, when you can get PP for $22 / 5qt jug?? I stopped by another Walmart, and they had pretty much the same selection as everybody else has posted. The only thing that I didn't notice was the "Trop Arctic" 5w-30. There was a few different 0w-20 oils, but I originally thought...

Purolator PureOne filters are supposed to be the best. Getting a filter with the greatest amount of filtration (99.9%) is probly more important than what oil you choose. I would think that either a 15w-40 or a 20w-50 would be fine during the summer. But a 10w-40 would be preferred during the...

skyship, I said which engine the Volvo had in the first post -- 2.4L, non-turbo. I looked on the Castrol Guide, and the 2.4L is not mentioned. That guide is clearly not designed for American automobiles, as I'm fairly certain a 2.0L was never released in America. Anyway... I took a look at...

Originally Posted By: JHZR2 To have to pay $300 on an otherwise functional gauge cluster in a car with that mileage that is worth next to nothing is indeed worthy of making people unhappy. This. Originally Posted By: Rolla07 OH NO!!! I better ditch it soon!! haha just kidding This...

Originally Posted By: skyship What matters much more is how you start and drive when the engine in cold. Firstly with a modern ECU controlled engine never touch the accelerator during start up or for another 30 seconds (1 minute below minus 25C), then drive off keeping the revs as low as...

There's a LARGE number of solutions, but they don't all need to take the oil out of your life... (1) Take a bicycle, tricyle, folder, recumbent, you name it.... and strap a motor on it. This is a guide I wrote years back when I was learning how to do it myself. I've got a 4-stroke 33cc Robin...

I've been hypermiling before hypermiling was cool [and had a cool name to be identified by]. When driving along a highway in which I knew I'd be stopping, I would punch it, giving it just enough oomph to get me to the next stop light, cut the engine off.... coast an 1/8 or 1/4 of a mile, or...

Did a little searching.... http://ls1tech.com/forums/8890610-post10.html Quote: Alittle update to my last post. QS does not make supertech oil anymore. Mobil 1 and Warren Petroleum Products make it. "just an update to this older post. Quaker State no longer makes Super Tech. I had asked for...

I've only ever seen pudding come out of a "retired" Chevy work truck that hadn't seen an oil change in close to 5 years. Sad thing is that the guy who owned the truck actually rebuilt motors before and has taught a few people how to maintain their own vehicles. He likely wouldn't have even...

Soo... Warren (WPP) SuperTech Synthetic was good, but the G (Citgo?) stamped SuperTech is of unknown quality??

Thank you for the help, Astro!!! The pleasure has been all mine.

I actually walked down my local Walmart's oil aisle the other day when with some friends, and I was taking a bit longer than usual. They had so many 0w-XX and 5w-XX weights that I was just having a hard time soaking it all in. Not sure if they had the Havoline 0w-20 and the Royal Purple, tho...

There's a new saying hidden in there somewhere.... "I like my women like I like my oil."

Originally Posted By: KitaCam it would be good if it could be highway run once a week. What would the purpose of the weekly highway runs be?? Or what will this be doing for the oil, rather? Looks like we'll be trying 5w-30 in the Volvo and 0w-30 in the Corolla... in whatever's on sale. I've...

Originally Posted By: KitaCam Like your mom...I run 4-mile trips daily and... I'm actually going to correct what I said earlier about 67% of her trips being under a mile. To re-emphasize how frequent and short her trips are.... I'd guesstimate that MORE than 50% of her trips will actually be...

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah For the Corolla any 5w-30 changed OFTEN since you don't get it warmed up. Do NOT run the oil longer than 5,000 miles or 6 months. Syn will not help you at the least with the Corolla. Changing the oil will. This sounds reasonable. The Corolla has just been...

Originally Posted By: KitaCam AS everyone says...full syn and 5w-30 would do the trick all-year-round...Pennzoil Platinum and get a good night sleep... I don't hear Pennzoil's name being mentioned as the "best" very often, altho I am a very amateur BiTOGonian. Names I hear often.... Amsoil...