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My mother's Isuzu Imark engine had an oil/additive related failure when it was 2 years old, I'm not sure of the miles. She was running 20W-50 with STP in the middle of a cold Oklahoma winter because someone at work told here that was way to do it. One cold morning, the bearings on the overhead...

I loved a quote from Massad Ayoob. This might not be exact but it goes something like, "Once someone is not safe in their own home, there is no where else to go." If a someone breaks into my home, that sucker is fair game. I am going to assume that he means to do harm to my family and I will...

I gave my sons the go-cart with the Robin engine and so far it seems to be very well engineered. Lots of little extras like a filter under the fuel cap, oil drain plugs on both sides of the motor, safety guards over the exhaust, ect. It starts very easy and runs much quieter than my Honda...

I've used the Rotella Synthetic 5W-40 in my wife's motorcycle for about a year (the factory recommends 10W-40) and it has run great. She said it shifted a lot easier for her since the switch. As far as the regular 15W-40, it will probably work just fine. A lot of folks here don't care for...

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It's a sunny 70 deg here in South Texas. Yea this winter weather really bites.

Here is some info from the 240SX club site. Be sure to check out the link at the bottom for the recall info. Why does my 89-90 SOHC 240SX make a rattling sound right after I startup which then stops about 2 or 3 seconds later? The rattling you hear coming from under the hood right after start...

I own a 90' 240SX with a KA24E engine. I also recently repaired the timing chain tensioner and this eliminated the infamous Nissan start up rattle. After the repair, it doesn't seem to matter what oil I run in it, it stays quiet. Right now I've got Rotella Synthetic 5W-40 because the viscosity...

After switching to Mobil 1 from dino HD motor oil on my Harley, there was an immediate 20 deg F drop in my oil temp measured in the oil tank (Harleys use a dry sump). This is great in the summer but in the winter I have a longer warm up than before.

One difference in the JASO MA approval is the ash content is limited to <1.2%. Many of the fleet oils slightly exceed this.

Viscosity @40 deg C,cSt: 78 Viscosity @100 deg C,cSt: 11.7

The Stribeck Curve illustrates the relationship of the speed of moving/sliding parts and the hydrodynamic pressure of the lubricant between them.

There was a funny scene in the cartoon,"King of the Hill". Hank hill was having problems with his son acting like a typical weird adolescent so he hands his son a carburetor and says,"now dissasemble and reassemble until normal". Not that I could really call my self normal.

There was a funny scene in the cartoon,"King of the Hill". Hank hill was having problems with his son acting like a typical weird adolescent so he hands his son a carburetor and says,"now dissasemble and reassemble until normal". Not that I could really call my self normal.

An explaination on using log paper. http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/GLP/ [ November 07, 2003, 12:19 PM: Message edited by: garyb80 ]

Cool calculator Jay!

Another engineer in my office has a 325i with better than 350k on the odeometer. He has run only Super Tech 10W-30 since he has had it. He bought it with about 35k on it. He says it doesn't burn any oil and just passed an emmisions inspection. He did have to replace an EGR valve and will...

I put M1 75W-90 GL-5 gear lube in my Sporty trans-primary a little while back. I have been riding the **** out of it and have had no problems with clutch slippage and the primary chain does not seem to slap around quite as much. A little different than your app but not that much different.

Take care Bob. We are all thinking of you man.

Maybe it's just genetics?