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This a 12,000 mile run using Amsoil Signature Series. Vehicle has 149,000 miles on it now. It is my 5th or 6th 10,000 mile interval. Engine is the Toyota V6 2GRFE. In the left column is the Amsoil Signature Series 5W30 and the right column is my previous analysis using Mobil1 0W20 EP. Zero...

We have a 2011 Mercedes ML350, 118,000 miles, babied its entire life. I’ve spent the better part of two years now fixing/diagnosing/maintaining a vehicle that only gets driven 7,000 miles a year or so. The latest was the EIS module (ignition switch). $1,800 for Mercedes to do it, bought a...

I tried ordering a pair on Nick’s 8 inch Moc toes/lug sole in their 1964 smooth leather ($650). Leather was on a back order, didn’t want to wait until the leather came in, then wait for the boot build (especially when build dates were anywhere from 13 weeks through 36 weeks). Then tried JK, was...

In the process of selling a house, this home was purchased 25 years ago for $160,000, lived in the house for the first ten years as my primary residence, then rented it for the past 15 years. Question is, does the gains start at when I purchased the home or when I decided to rent it? When I...

My tenants just notified me they are moving out, only gave me 9 days notice. The rent was bellow market value, and I guess this may give me a chance to increase the rent by $500 or so a month. However I’m getting older - I no longer want to work on another house - I can’t stand even working on...

Do you rotate your boots? I have in the past (if I own two pairs of good boots); I find it allows them to dry out and maintains the sole on them better, plus gives me a different feeling or something (not sure how to describe it. Right now, currently, I’m not rotating my boots, but I do see the...

I love high mileage stories; this guy is a courier in the Texas area doing 15,000 mile intervals in his Honda Accord V6 using off the shelf Mobil1 5W20 from Walmart (and I believe other off the shelf brands as well). Found that interesting because of the weight of the oil - I figured in the...

https://duradero.com/blogs/the-duradero-work-boots-blog/why-an-8-inch-boot Interesting, they always look uncomfortable to me (I stick with a six inch boot). But people swear by the extra height.

Any idea what a new ac system goes for today? My 22 year old unit died. I have two units, the upstairs unit has not been able to keep up with keeping temp when very hot. The shutoff box just melted. Figure the compressor failed or something, either way, it was on borrowed time. My upstairs...

You may have seen this company’s adds on Facebook. They do a fantastic job with marketing and social media. Well I bought a pair of Brunt Marins based off their “reviews” on their comment section of their sponsored adds that flood my Facebook news feed. Mistake. Little did I know that half the...

Some advice is needed, as I have never gone through this before. Long post. I have a 13 year old boxer female, absolutely love her, and now she is having some age/health issues. In 2019 she was diagnosed with kidney disease, the extent at that time was probably in the minor category. Long story...

Can someone explain to me how a 20wt oil would flow compared to a 40wt oil in an engine sepc’d for 20wt? I guess the question I’m asking is...would it damage the engine to use a 40wt oil in a severe oil burner that is spec’d for a 20wt (in a warm climate with no worry of cold starts). I’d love...

My son hurt his knee back in late November playing football. Trainer said everything looked stable, he was walking on it without a limp after about a week. Ever since then it occasionally “goes out” on him. Just kind of pops (I guess). Never took him to the doctor, probably should have...

First ever 10,000 mile oil change interval, and first ever oil analysis. Looks pretty good. Absolutely ZERO makeup oil added. Mixture of 70% highway driving and 30% around town/shorter trips. About 2 months of this interval was during winter/freezing temps, the remainder was warm weather. Pretty...

Not sure if I’m in the right forum for this, but I have an old Blowtherm SPA spray booth from 1986 that has a cracked heat manifold. It’s a downdraft system. This paint booth was made in Italy, the company came to the US in the late 80’s and then was eventually joined/formed into Blowtherm USA...

A 2022 Kia Carnival came in yesterday on its factory fill oil…it had slightly over 11,000 miles on it! Customer “forgot” to change it. Think the recommendations for the interval is 8,000? Not sure on that though. Oil looked obviously very dark. Surprisingly it really wasn’t noticeably low on...

Something I was talking about last night with someone who had just put a $2,500 dollar used transmission in his truck. When do you just say, “alright that’s it, time to move on”? I think number one obviously is rust. Rotted out frame means the end. And yes, you can repair some vehicles...

I usually drive 500 miles a week in what I consider “easy” or “normal”, conditions. Then this weekend I noticed just how many short trips I’m doing on average - I did eight short trips on Saturday and four on Sunday. All in cold weather. And today I did my usual 60 mile commute in an hour and a...

Getting gas yesterday and a guy was walking around his car at the pump, letting just a little bit of air out of each tire. Very meticulous about it. I asked if they were all overinflated, and he said, yes...I overinflated them and then gradually let out a little bit each time I fill up. It makes...

86,000 miles, port injected 3.5 liter. Engine calls for 0W20, and that’s what I’ve used. I’ve stuck to 5,000 mile intervals, Toyota suggests 10,000 under normal driving conditions. Most of my driving is highway. It is cold here several months out of the year. Lots of salt on the roads in...