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Off my MIL’s Camry. I couldn’t believe it when I pulled it out. Did her engine air filter too. It wasn’t as bad. Yikes….

Sigh. Got everything installed. Cables routed. Everything looks great. Went to manually just turn fans a bit to make sure nothing rubbed. Heard a small little click from one of the fans. Looked closer and saw the radiator is dented. It's a small dent, I don't even notice it. Must have...

Hi all, So, my son just had new tires put on his 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe (2.4L.) We just did the rear pads/rotors in March 2025, so I told him to have them check the fronts while they had the tires off. They called and said there is only like 1MM of pad left. Don't they have wear indicators...

Hi all. Have any of you dabbled in wood working (hand.) Always wanted to play around with it and found a Stanley #4 bench plane. Got it for a great price ($35.) My concern is on refurbing it. I know the goal is to make the bottom (sole) flat. This appears to have some gouges in it. Like...

Hi all, So, our HOA did a twice a year drive by and said our tree needs to be cut back as it is too low to the ground. They specifically circled the area below. If I cut all three of these branches, it will look silly in my opinion. Any suggestions on what you would do? Besides move....I...

So, thought this was funny. Looking for an inexpensive wall mount for my 27" PC gaming monitor. Looking through some of the options on Amazon, came across this one. Look at the wording on bottom of each wall type......made me laugh out loud. They sure messed those labels up...

Hi all, Installing a bidet for a friend and the water valve is this “push-pull” thing. Says pull to close valve. I tried everything. This thing is t budging. I went to another toilet in house and the one in there worked fine. Pop out and it shuts water. Click. Push in to turn water back on...

So, doing oil change in Mazda 3. Started POURING rain. Had just spun oil filter on. Jumped in car to roll up my windows and STARTED IT without oil!!!!!!!!! Ran for probably 10-15 seconds without me realizing it and then I was like OH .......... Put in oil, restarted it. Sounds fine. But...

Afternoon all! When I bought some brake pads for my son on RockAuto I threw this filter in the cart (didn’t change shipping) so only cost like $1.86. I wanted to see what the cheapest oil filter on RockAuto for Mazda's would get you. I'm not impressed..... Louvers seem pretty bad. Not...

Hi all, Need to replace my sons rear rotors and pads in the 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe (2.4L.) Do I need to do anything with the parking brake? They have to be in "maintenance" mode or something? Youtube seems to be all over the place on it. Anyone have any idea what I need to do? I definitely...

Hi all. So, my mother-in-law needs an oil change and my wifes brother is doing it for her. She has a 2005 Toyota Camry (lives in Florida.) Roughly 125,000 miles on the odometer. She drives about 10 miles a week these days (82 years old.) I was going to do it for her as I was headed down...

Considered putting this in the deals board, but since firearms related wasn’t sure. Great deal on Glock OEM Mags and Federal HST JHP defense ammo. Ammo shipped free! I was out the door with a box of 50 plus two OEM Glock mags for around $74...

Off Mazda 3 from last oil change. Dealer serviced when purchased vehicle at 4,158 miles. So, I changed it at 7K. Around 2,800 miles on filter. Oil was dealer swill. This is the Mazda value filter, not Japan made. Says USA made. No ADBV.

Off a 2014 Kia Rio. Close to 3K. Piston soak at the end so a lot of carbon. Filter media appears “twisted.” Odd? Filter was supplied to me for free from @53' Stude !

Off my 2023 Mazda 3 2.5L, 3,400 miles. Oil was Pennzoil Platinum 0W-20. Replaced it with an Mazda OEM Japan filter and Valvoline Advanced synthetic 0W-20. Filter looks good to me! I swear Premium Guard…..

Off a 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.4L. 4,500 miles. First run with Valvoline R&P 5W-30. Filter looks good. Anti-drain back valve was pretty stiff though. Supertech MP9688 went back on with a second run of the R&P.

Hi all, My upstairs thermostat was in OFF mode but during the night came on by itself. Anyone ever seen that before? It’s a Honeywell thermostat replaced a year and a half ago, so not very old. Has a ‘C’ line but also has batteries. UPDATE: my son turned it on in middle of night. He...

Hi all, I was checking my son’s cars this morning and he was checking oil. I noticed something sticking out of engine guard under car. It was some foam. I can’t see anything looking in engine bay with flashlight. Maybe something he picked up driving?

So, this morning, nearly all gas stations in Indian Land and Fort Mill, SC areas have covers over the gas pumps. 2 of the biggest stations here are empty. Anyone have any idea what's up?

So, I know this has been discussed before, but I have been monitoring over the last few months both my Mazda 3 and my wife's CX-5. They both have the same, non-turbo 2.5L SkyActive (VIIN code M.) The oil level, a few days after an oil change, DOES in fact, rise a little. Cars call for like...