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Looking at a 4runner in the near future. This will see some decent off road use in Colorado, but it won't be a rock crawler or mudder. It won't be modded much--perhaps rock sliders and (perhaps, see below) larger tires and spacers with perhaps a modest lift As with most 4x4's, it'll spend most...

Improvement over the last report. Virtually no oil consumption. This was with a Fram Ultra Synthetic Filter No track days on this interval. Approximately 2,000 highway miles. Remainder would be city driving in Denver heat.

I have an intermittent head gasket failure on a 2005 Legacy GT Wagon. Sometimes it heats up, sometimes it doesn't--it never gets into the red on the temp gauge, but is right under it when it heats up. Shop that I trust was able to replicate the problem (after 3 tries). 128,000 miles. Estimate...

used the search and was surprised in 171 pages of threads, the word "ultrasonic" didn't return a result. Anyway--anyone out there using an ultrasonic cleaner for gun parts cleaning? Seems like folks that do it, love it. I know they can damage painted finishes, and you don't clean entire guns in...

Yes, the constant tension between those that mix their own (ed's red, straight motor oil, whatever) and say that people that buy gun oil are dumb, and those that buy gun oil (which has been me, though I do use ed's red). (as an aside, my favorite gun grease/lube is Brian Enos' Slide Glide) A...

Ex g/f (and good friend) has a 2013 Jetta TDI subject to the buyback. 71K, never a problem with the car in 4.5 years. If she takes the buyback, she gets mid 24's. Just say 24500 for this argument. If she keeps the car, she gets around 6K. Just say an even 6000 for this argument. So, if she...

This was the first Blackstone report on the car last month. https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4689283/05_Legacy_GT--4800_miles,_Cast#Post4689283 Note that a slight amount of coolant was found in the sample. I've driven 1200 miles since then. Soon after the oil change i...

Anyone ever gone to Wanenmacher? I know the stats--6 miles of tables, if you look at them all it's only 15 seconds per table, etc.... But, can it be done in one day? I'm not interested in muskets, henry rifles, knives. Actually, more interested in reloading components in addition to competition...

Embarrassing report--this is a fun car who's oil change interval got lost in the mix--it's never gone that far. This was one track day in 2014, mountain driving and a few long road trips. Oil consumption was significant--probably less than 2 quarts were drained out. Also, the car is equipped...

Ex g/f's (another story) 2013 TDI Jetta, 70K miles, is getting an intermittent CEL with the following code: Right now, the plan is that this car will be bought back by VW under the TDI buyback program at the end of the summer. However, the car needs to make it to the summer. No...

94 Land Cruiser with 239K miles. Unknown lineage and care from 0-217K miles. Has a rebuilt head on it. Consumes some oil. I've used regular Castrol 10w30. The manual calls for 10w30 "Energy Conserving II" oil. I don't think that's around any more. That being said, is energy conserving something...

I tried to find an answer but couldn't. This isn't the question of the century, but still curious: The Castrol Edge 0W40 in the 5 quart bottles is made in Belgium. The Castrol Edge 0W40 in single quart bottles is made in Germany. Is there any difference? I'm certainly no production or...

All, I've owned a 2004 Nissan 350z since brand new (December 2003), and just now came across a blurb in the owner's manual that states "NISSAN recommends mineral based oils." Aside from the factory oil and one dealer change, this thing has had synthetics. Any ideas on why Nissan would say this...

I'm sure the "i'm new here..." posts get tiresome, but here goes. 2005 Legacy GT with almost 125K. It's always had 5w30 of varying makes--but most recently Castrol Titanium and Castrol Edge. Seems to be fine, but I was reading around here that Rotella T6 5w40 is the go-to oil for Subaru turbos...