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Just picked up a used 99 Honda CRV and want to drain and refill all the fluids. Honda manual and Haynes bood say the manual trans takes "Honda manual transmission fluid" or equivalent. And for the rear differential it calls for the "Honda Dual pump fluid" Questions: will Penzoil Synchromesh...

Hey gentlemen, I surf around here a bit and rarely post, just absorb. I just picked up an '04 Volvo S80 AWD with the 2.5 turbo engine. Runs like a swiss watch, drives equally well for 105K miles on it. Previous owner did the Volvo recommended 7500 mile OCI's done at a valvoline quickie lube...

I have an 02 Durango and 03 Ram, both with 4.7L engines. Durango has 66K, Ram 100K. Both owned since new and analy retentive about oil changes, 3K at the most. Always use 5W-30 and puralator filters. As many 4.7L owners know, this engine likes to rattle the lifters a lot at start-up, both mine...

I have the above mentioned vehicles, ram has about 96K on it and the durango has about 60K. Regular oil changes at roughly 3-4K. Both engines have an annoying lifter tap at startup, ram started it about 20K ago, durango started tapping recently. Tapping goes away very soon (about 30 seconds) on...

Got an '03 Dodge Ram wit a 4.7 in it and manual trans. I'm currently running RL 5W-30 and am satisfied. Oil has been synthetic since I dumped factory fill at 1500 miles, usually Havoline synthetic, sometimes MI and just recently RL, everthing has always been 5W-30. Now I have 40,000 on it...

Just bought a used 97 Blazer with V-6, auto, 4x4 with 100K on it. I changed the oil to one of my favorites, Citgo 5W-30 from the valvoline 10W-30 that was in there year round according to previous owner. He did routine 3K OCI's and never indicated a problem. Regular 30K ATF Flushes, without...

Need to change the Dex III and filter in my 3/4 ton chevy van. Sams had it for about a $1.00 per quart, just wondered if it was any good. Also, what makes ATF and ATF? Curious about what is in it. Fuelman

I have heard that the best detergent to use in an engine is ATF. An old local mechanic buddy of mine said it will disolve varnish and keep the ring lands and lifters nice and clean. He recomended one quart of ATF and 4 quarts of a quality motor oil (he likes Motorcraft or Citgo) in an oil change...

Today while running errands, I saw Penzoil 5w-20 and 5w-30 Synthetic Blend "Plus" oil at Big Lots for $1.79 per quart. Thay had a ton of it in Battle Creek MI. I've been reading lots of posts here that are very favorable towards Penzoil products so I thought this may be of interest to you all, I...

I bought some of the Lucas Fuel System Cleaner, the stuff that you are suposed to add 3 oz per 10 gallons of gasoline. Well, I've used a full quart so far in two vehicles, a 95 chevy van with a 350 and 112K miles and an 03 Dodge Ram with a 4.7 and 30K on it. Two things I noticed after two tanks...

OK, I've been reading as much as I could on these forums for a couple days now ans am truly impressed and interested in just about everything going on here. But...... This may have been covered somewhere, however what are the differences (properties, advantages, etc.) between the group I, II...

This is my first post on these boards, I must say that there is a huge collective knowledge here, I love it. I know model engine (airplane, car, boat, heli) fuel and lubricants and two cycle engine lubes well since thats my livelyhood, but lubricants other than that are less completly...