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Hello everyone! I purchased a beautiful 1996 Caprice from the original owner. It is almost 30 years old and a lot of the interior lightbulbs are burnt out. I have the dash disassembled and while its apart I'm replacing all the light bulbs even if they are still working because of age. I'm having...

I purchased a new to me 1996 Caprice and I'm taking the seats out for a thorough detailing and I want to torque the seat bolts back to factory tightness. Does anyone know the spec? Thank you!

Hello, I need some advice and help with a 1996 Caprice I'm purchasing in another state. I had a mechanic I trust inspect the car and he said it was in excellent shape and he would have no problem driving it cross country in its current condition. I'm paying him do do all fresh fluids before the...

Hello everyone! So my 15 year old son will be driving soon. We are going to be helping him get his first car and he will be working to help pay/earn it. I've been looking for a bit and have found some decent options I think. Iven been out of the car market for a long time and I'm wondering how...

Hello guys! I have several well maintained transmissions and my good friend who owns a mechanic shop has me trying this in my transmissions. He uses it in all his vehicles and I think I'll give it a try in my 2012 Honda Accord V6 with 160,000 miles. I have done 2 or 3 drain and fills every...

I'm trying to figure out the gallons per minute flow rate Honda requires in an oil filter for the 3.5 V6. Thank you for the help!

I have been using WIX/Napa Gold 7356 for years on my 2012 V6 Accord with great results and UOA reports. Now that both the WIX and Mann Hummel made filter are now made in China and cutting corners I need to find a good replacement. The Honda A02 is questionable and lots of reports its junk so I...

Hello everyone! I'm curious of an aluminum crush washer will work properly on a 97 Sierra oil drain plug with the Vortec 350? It normally uses a rubber O-ring on the drain plug. I purchased a Votex brand USA made stainless steel magnetic plug for the truck and it came with the aluminum crush...

I have searched and can't find anything on these. Does anyone know the torque specs in ft lbs for the fill and drain plugs on the front diff and the fill plug on the rear diff by chance? 1997 1500 half ton GMC Sierra 4x4. Thank you!!!

Hey everyone! I have a nearly 27 year old Sierra with the first gen 5.7 Vortec. It only has 93,000 original miles and has seen mostly Castrol GTX 5w30 through out it's life. Blackstone Labs UOA's have shown good wear results over the years. It currently has no oil leaks and burns no oil. I'm...

Been playing around with some DYI ceramic sprays for the past 5 years or so trying to find easier and better products. I've have really good results with a product called Hydro Silex. It has good durability lasing a good 6 months before water beading starts to dissipate. Its also extremely easy...

So these are factory sealed Honda DW1 ATF oil bottle. They have been on my shelf for less then 2 years, The bottles have been discolored where the fluid line is on the inside. You can see on the front bottle the discoloration line is lower towards the bottom since I used some of it. You guys...

Trying out some new products on my personal vehicle. I have used Vinylex for decades with awesome results but it has been discontinued. I've been using CarPro PERL for several months now and I'm really liking it. I use it 2 parts PERL and 1 part water or full strength. It has a guide on the...

This is my sisters BMW X5 which she does not take care of. It is several years old and she has never washed it or cleaned the rims. She came over the other day and I couldn't take anymore it so I cleaned them up for her. What a difference! I lectured her to start taking car of her vehicle and...

This is off my 2012 V6 Honda Accord. Filter has 5,000 miles on it using Mobil 1 0w20. I always use Napa Gold oil filters. This is the first time I have noticed a warped looking black rubber O-ring inside. Never saw this on the WIX version. What is this and is it a problem? Pictures from both sides:

My 2012 V6 Accord has 140,000 miles. It went into the dealer for some maintenance. This dealer has always been honest and reliable as far as I can see. The only problem they mentioned was the brake pads needed to be changed. They had about 75,000 miles on them and the rotors were warped bad as...

We have owned this XC70 since almost new and now has exactly 175,000 miles and running like new still. Recently started burning a little oil like half qt in 5,000 miles. PCV system still has strong vacuum. It has been on M1 0W40 for years and always show good results. Before the M1 it was on...

I have a Honda powered Excel industrial pressure washer with an Annovi Reverberi pump. The pump has a dip stick and a sight glass to check the pump oil level. It reads way over the full line on the sight glass but perfect at the full mark on the dip stick(on level garage floor). I called the...

I did some maintenance on some of my OPE and was wondering if you experts can tell how my equipment is running based on how the spark plugs look. These 1st 2 pictures are my Excell Honda powered industrial pressure washer. This was a couple years use but less then 30 hours. I cleaned the plug...

Hello guys! So I'm looking for all season tires for my Honda Accord with the built in rim protector edge. Tire size is 225-50-R17. I'd like something decent in snow but also rated to at least 60,000 miles or more(80k would be sweet! I have Continental Extreme Contact DW06 but they wore out in...