Search results

My cars are still under warranty so I usually take them to a Porsche or Euro specialized Indy who reports service to Carfax and documents the change. One thing I noticed is that whenever I ask them what oil they use, it’s always LiquiMoly. Kind of curious but does LiquiMoly just dominate the...

This is for a Macan S using the EA839 engine, it's a Porsche C20 oil recommended but I use C30. I accidentally ordered Euro L 5w30 instead of LX 0w30 which meets C30. How bad is it to just use that? I do changes around 6k miles and never go above 3.5k rpm unless fully warmed up. Euro L 5w30...

Has A40 approval which I didn’t know about. Any reason not to use this over M1 0w40? Don’t care about the cost. I do like the higher HTHS. Anyone know the NOACK? Most of the time I drive my 718 2.5 GTS there is some red lining after it’s warmed up. A track day or two in between annual oil...

Worth every penny.

In my experience, at least for Porsche, there doesn't seem to be a wide difference in price between the standard tire and an N rated tire which is designed with Porsche. So I'll pretty much always go with the N rated tire if it's available in my preferred brand and model. Really interesting...

Thought this was an interesting take on how Porsche engineers their vehicles for surprisingly easy access if you have the know how.

I informally knew different bits and pieces but I thought this video was really approachable on how everything kind of works together.

I remember with things like Techron, the recommendation seems to be do it right before an oil change. Wondering about the logic behind this, I don’t think fuel injector cleaner is going to really contaminate the oil or remove some large amount of carbon from the engine into the oil. That is...

Car in question is a 2020 Porsche Macan S which has the EA839 engine. A single turbo V6 making about 348hp that redlines at 6500rpm. Interesting thing is that Porsche has 2 recommendations for the oil, C20 (0/5w20) or A40 (0/5w40) depending on the country. I believe this is because of the GPF...

This is for a 2018 718 GTS 2.5 Turbo Car has 15.8k miles, oil change was done at 13.5k miles a year ago. Car is still under CPO warranty for another 3 years. First page seems to indicate oil changes are every other year? Second page however seems to indicate contrary? Or this page only for...

Have several gallons of fuel I've stored about six months with some Stabil in it for my generator. Was thinking of using it up in the Mazda 2.5 turbo (which allows 87), is this a bad idea?

Is it still the prevailing thought that intake carbon buildup comes a lot from NOACK properties of an oil? About to get my intake valves walnut blasted on my Macan S (128k mi, V6 twin turbo), I mostly use M1 0w40 FS. Will probably just stick with that and 5k intervals (filter 10k). But I'm...

https://mazdashopusa.com/products/mazda-full-synthetic-engine-oil-5w-30 Any idea who makes this oil? Just had some service done at the dealer for my CX-50 Meridian Turbo with a coupon and was curious about the oil, they filled with Mazda 5w30 Full Synthetic which I assume is this one.

Dealer maintained at OEM intervals. Car runs pretty smooth but there is a very subtle dribble at idle that is probably due to never having the intake valves cleaned. Did some spark plugs and I was curious so took a video with a boroscope on two of them. Curiously, I think you can kind of see a...

People over on the Macan forums have been using Motul DCTF in their very problematic transfer cases for a few years with success. I’m planning to do a fluid change on my TC as well and using the Motul fluid. Is there a reason to only use the regular DCTF and not the high torque DCTF? I believe...

Should I just not overthink it and use M1 0w40 FS Euro? There are some interesting oils on the A40 list so I was wondering if I should maybe try the Motul X-Cess Gen2 5W-40 but if it's only a dumb waste of money, I'd rather use the money for tires and brakes. I was going to do oil changes at...

Car is rated for 5w30. Which would be the most appropriate: Castrol Edge Euro 5W-30 A3/B4 European Advanced Castrol Edge Extended Performance 5W-30 Advanced Castrol Edge 5W-30 Advanced Full Synthetic Motor Oil I believe the official intervals are 10k, will be doing middle changes myself of just...

Rear wheel drive automatic, I plan to change the fluid out while I’m doing a ATF fluid change. It’s at 60k miles and sees track use. Little confused how much and what type of fluid. I read not to mix GL4 and GL5 fluid, not sure which the OEM fluid is but it sure costs a lot. I was thinking...

I have a N26/20 228i that I've tracked and will be tracking every 45 days or so. I have in stock Mobil 1 FS 0w40 Euro and some Pennzoil Platinum Euro LX 0w30 (I was going to use this in my 2020 Porsche Cayenne). Was thinking I was just going to use good old trusty M1 0w40 FS but it is an older...

Looks like this stuff is available on Amazon now. I recall from a few months ago this was considered the best of the best exceeding even RedLine in boutique oils. If I were to for some crazy reason not use Castrol 0w40 in my Audi, I wonder if I should go for the Low Ash or regular? This is a DI...