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I was a career helicopter mechanic in the USAF. Loved what I did but the body takes a beating. Post military life started with an FAA Quality Inspector position at a major turbine engine company repair facility. Already had a degree in Occupational Education but went back to school and got a...

I have had great luck with Raybestos Advanced Technology on Honda and Toyota cars I have worked on, Amazon is usually the cheapest but not always. Black corrosion coating and great pedal feel and braking action. For your location, try to find a corrosion protected rotor and a quality ceramic pad...

There is a "strainer" according to the parts breakdown. It looks like a rectangular plastic tranny filter in the pictures at DriveAccord from the link above once you drop the pan. My practice over the years has been to replace the filter at the first pan drop but it might be overkill this time.

We recently purchased a 2014 Honda Accord with the L4 & CVT. My question is - even though this is a 2nd generation CVT and uses Honda HCF-2 fluid is there an advantage to an initial drain & fill at about 1500-2000 miles to remove break-in debris? I have not been able to find any substantiated...

Just got home from work, thanks for the replies. We were the original owners, the '04 was rust free. I tried to keep the undercarriage rinsed by using the car wash and spraying the underside out as best I could. Spent the first 2 years in middle Ohio while I was overseas and early '07 until...

We sold our 2004 Honda Accord V6 on 12/31; had 239,051 miles on it. It was a great car for us but it was time to give up miles and take on payments again. Wife drives out of town to work and the end of year sale here was too good to pass up. I will add some UOA's as we go for the 0w20 oils and...

My grandparents & parents taught me at a young age - "I am responsible for my decisions" And while I am now retired from active duty, I had a career in USAF Search & Rescue; if you haven't seen the Angel of Mercy patch, it says, "That Others May Live" That's why we do the things we do. Happy...

No make up oil was added in the first run, and none so far in the 2nd. The motor seems to have sealed up well after break-in and its first 47K of life. I don't have any compression numbers to add to the mix and my engine doesn't seem to make any unusual noises...either at start up or after warm...

Thanks for the comments. I am about 1/2 way through another run of LE 8531 and I thought about having a UOA done but decided to wait until the normal OCI to do one. This upcoming UOA (#2) I hope shows a reduction in sodium. Valvoline SynPower has a lot in its ad pack I saw and my coolant has...

Hey, good morning. On the initial UOA, the Sodium I found is from a previous diet of Valvoline SynPower. I was initially uncomfortable with copper showing up but I haven't had any unusual noises in the engine but by 40K I figured any assembly type lubes would be gone; unless LE oils are that...

I am on my second OCI of LE8531 in my Tacoma. Here is the VOA and first UOA beside it LE8531 VOA_UOA

My wife's Accord, while a generation older than yours, was having similar problems with the rear rotors/pads. I switched to the Raybestos Advanced Technolgy rotors and pads and haven't had a problem since...been years. Awesome pedal feel and stopping power as well. She travels out of town for...

When I did mine, I first took an old milk jug, rinsed it out, took a large measuring cup and poured 1 qt. in and marked it with a Sharpie, another qt. and so on. At drain time, I put a funnel in the jug and pulled the drain plug at the back of the pan and waited for it to finish draining. About...

After reading through hundreds of UOA's over several months, a TBN of 2 shouldn't be considered significantly low. Is a viscosity change of 10.4 to 10.0 anything to be concerned about? I am a little disappointed that the TBN depleted in a little over 5K miles though. I t looks like the additives...

Here is the #1 UOA results for Lubrication Engineers LE8531, 5w30 Monolec Tetra-Syn VOA numbers are the first set, the sodium I hope is from a previous diet of Valvoline SynPower, I am not loosing any coolant, opinions on the copper? Experts please comment - what do you think? Filter was a Pure...

I have a set of GreenStuff 7000 series pads on my Tacoma and have had them for over 3 years, almost zero dust, awesome braking and pedal feel - cold or hot, wearing very well. When I lived in England I used EBC BlackStuff (OEM type) material on a Rover 825 Sterling car. Almost identical to the...

I am using Redline in my Tacoma, see my gear lube UOA with >28K on the lube Tacoma Redline Gear Lube UOA

I take the rear drums off and use compressed air to blow the dust out and look everything over periodically; keeps things quiet back there. I try to keep water and chemicals out if I can. We can never avoid deep puddles at intersections though after a rain storm.

I'm a little late to the game with this but I have been using both products for almost 4 years now. My Tacoma sees religious maintenance doses of FP Plus, the most noticeable thing for me is the elimination of the "lean rattle" that most cars & trucks have, I'm not talking about anything serious...

I recently did preventative maintenance on my Tacoma. Drained radiator, both block drains (V6), refilled with distilled water with about 1/4 cup powdered TSP dissolved - Tri Sodium Phosphate, the real stuff not the phosphate free you see most of the time. Got a box of it on Amazon. Ran it till...