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Family dinner conversation [hypothetical of course but not far off ]: Family: Anything new and exciting over the past few days? Me: Yes! Actually I saw new bottles of oil at Walmart yesterday and took pictures and posted them onto an internet forum dedicated to car oil! Family: Oh ...did you...

I was at Walmart yesterday and spotted the new QSUD bottles in the 5QT with dexos labeling. They didn't have any older 5W-20 5QT bottles for me to take pics of. Prices remained the same as the older bottles. Also, I saw the new bottles in 5W-30, which had a different dexos license number...

I've found that the Nature's miracle works better when you can completely saturate and soak the affected area. Simply spraying on the surface doesn't sound like it'd get into the fibers enough. I wonder if the outdoorsmen store would have something to combat the odors if the pet store stuff...

Originally Posted By: NHGUY FDP isn't that great.They make some pretty bad economy pads (Max Stop),and I have seen their relined shoes be made poorly or incorrectly. Raybestos is good, Wagner, Bendix, Centric, Akebono...with all those brands,you don't need more. Seconded on the recommended...

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=194404&Number=2961330 This thread references almost all the online sources I'd use and recommend. Depending on where you are located and what you are buying, it may be worth it to compare at least a couple vendors for the best...

Make sure to protect the blinker fluid hoses, wouldn't want those to go out suddenly But on a serious note, what another user had mentioned, simply splicing with a barb would be ideal however looking at the picture you show, it looks rather close to where it enters that plastic shroud area. On...

Originally Posted By: artificialist Originally Posted By: cadfaeltex Ended up using a cut-off wheel on a dremel to cut through it. Next time I'm going to soak it in penetrating oil and go from there first. Good, I do that often. Oil might not help you remove the old part. What kind of...

Originally Posted By: Roadkingnc Gapping the plug with that tool can damage the electrode tip. My bad, I see you were checking them, its been my experience that plugs are pre gapped now. I usually do not gap plugs any longer sans some 'copper' ones. The newer platinum and iridium tipped ones...

The other weekend I changed the spark plugs on my 2009 Mazda6 3.7L V6. It wasn't as difficult as I had thought.I didn't take pictures of every single step, so in-between details were not photographed and should be relatively easy to figure out. This is a hastily put together DIY so I will likely...

Since you're replacing anyhow, hacksaw it off if there's enough room for the blade. If there's not, use a vice grip pliers to hold whatever part of the stud is exposed, back the nut off a little, then hacksaw. Or, JB weld a disposable hex key in the rounded hole and use that to keep it from...

To more directly address the OP's question, when you replaced the pads, did you replace the associated disc brake hardware? I often find that noise that you describe can be due to re-using the old clips/hardware which can produce less than optimal alignment of the pad, less than optimal...

Originally Posted By: spk2000 This is considered a downfall of ceramic pads. They do often have a squeal under light loads. These pads should have a built in shim with the nitrile coating on it. Anti squeal or grease on back of pad will eat the dissolve the coating. It has been my...

Originally Posted By: Finklejag That sure looks like my old tires. Did you send the pics to Kumho? Do you happen to have a contact for them? Or is it relatively easy on their website? I suppose what I'm wondering is if there is a case number I should reference? Thanks.

I had to change out these tires due to fronts being at cords, so I do not have the tires anymore. However, I was able to snap a couple pictures of one of the tires that showed this behavior (more than one showed this behavior at least one 255/40R18 and on of the 225/40R18 that I can recall). All...

Originally Posted By: BlueOvalFitter Originally Posted By: ChrisW My two cents: With that engine application, if I were looking for 10k+ OCI, I'd go with the PU in 5W-20. If I were looking to save some money and go with a 7.5k-10k OCI, I'd go with the PP 0W-20 or QSUD 0W-20. Can I up the ante...

My two cents: With that engine application, if I were looking for 10k+ OCI, I'd go with the PU in 5W-20. If I were looking to save some money and go with a 7.5k-10k OCI, I'd go with the PP 0W-20 or QSUD 0W-20.

Originally Posted By: andyd Originally Posted By: sciphi Or, the new lines are holding the pressure better, so less pressure is necessary to have the same stopping power. +1. The one person methods, the airlock on the bleeder, or a gravity bleed, seem to give me a harder pedal, than the 2 person...

Here's a great tip given to me just recently where you can check the inside wear on your tires almost weekly [or daily depending on what you drive lol]: Whatever side you fill-up your gas on, turn the wheel all the way left or right that way. You're waiting on filling up the tank anyway, and...

Surface rust will always develop on the pad swept area of the rotor's face, value rotors or premium [sans carbon rotors]. For the non-swept surfaces, you can purchase 'premium' rotors that are coated to help prevent rust from showing on those parts, but I have never really heard of an [iron]...

Originally Posted By: 229 I would be adding an external cooler. Wasn't there a factory option for a heavy duty tow package that included an external cooler? I'm not sure if it was TRD or part of a regular package when I was building the Tundra using their online-builder website. Otherwise...