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Originally Posted By: Astro14 Bring forth the scapegoats.... Someone had to approve this...and it wasn't those engineers. My guess is that a technical (or possibly non-technical) manager decided not to pass this little tidbit up the chain for approval. The engineers may have implemented it...

Originally Posted By: Hootbro So are you your neighbors conscious or does he actually make independent decisions that may or may not fall into line with your thought process. Ummm...the OP's neighbor obviously *did* make an independent decision that did not fall into line with the OP's...

Originally Posted By: bvance554 It doesn't take much these days for a car to be deemed totalled by an insurance company. +1 My '94 Lexus LS400 has a salvage title. Accident in 2012 when it was 18yrs old. Went with the owner to the body shop where it was repaired and got the details of the...

Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack Finding solid older cars, pre 75 for California smog exemption... Almost. It's 75 or older.

Originally Posted By: fdcg27 The buyer is undoubtedly a reasonably bright guy. He could not have otherwise afforded the car. Undoubtedly. Y'know, because all rich people earn their money vs. inheriting it.

Originally Posted By: Ducman So what was his point exactly? I deliberately put that comment in as the first sentence for a very good reason. I put it to you, you ought to go through my responses on the matter and see if you can get some insight into my view point. I put it to you, you ought...

Originally Posted By: SumpChump First off let me say that this is not a complaint post, life is too short. In that vein, I'm not looking for answers or comments of " you should have got a Mercedes"...not my point. Originally Posted By: Ducman Maybe you should've bought a couple of Lexus cars...

Originally Posted By: buck91 So, purchased some wipe blades off Rockauto back at the end of August. Originally Posted By: MNgopher You are arguing about $2 on a part they delivered to you 90 days ago. Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog Getting butt hurt over a $2 part that you waited 90 days to...

Originally Posted By: The_Eric Originally Posted By: moving2 Originally Posted By: Shannow Only other question that I had was did you REALLY have burned valves, or were you getting duped ? Thank you, Shannow. This turned out to be the best advice of all. I was just getting duped. Based on...

Originally Posted By: Shannow Only other question that I had was did you REALLY have burned valves, or were you getting duped ? Thank you, Shannow. This turned out to be the best advice of all. I was just getting duped.

Originally Posted By: dishdude So after hanging around here for many years, I've come to the conclusion [...] dumping factory fills early and changing fluids that aren't outlined in the maintenance manual are a waste. Following the pictured schedule will certainly minimize maintenance...

Originally Posted By: Trav That depends on the source you used for vacuum, ported or manifold vacuum. You would not want to use manifold vacuum with one of these as manifold vacuum drops off as RPM increases but ported vacuum where the flow at idle would be almost zero but increase with RPM...

Originally Posted By: OVERKILL IMHO, not discussing the proclaimed merits of the device precludes us from being able to discuss that the device may have caused the issue. What I was hoping to avoid can be illustrated pretty clearly with some examples. - I wanted to avoid this (opinion pieces...

Originally Posted By: Shannow Did this installation meet your expectation of the claimed benefits ??? I see you keep asking the same question after I don't give the answer you're looking for. The answer is: I don't know, that's why I posted here. There are many potential causes of what I'm...

Originally Posted By: Shannow OK * I doubt that a small vacuum leak form the oiler would give you a CEL. * The leak would be at part throttle (which is where these things inject all the lubricant, none at full throttle). * At part throttle, the engine is in closed loop, and I'm quite positive...

Originally Posted By: Shannow I've used them on old soft iron headed cars that I ran with LPG...no not the brand name and part number that you have but I also used a lubricant that was specifically for valve seat recession, not one that almost advertises that driving past a billboard with a...

Originally Posted By: Lapham3 I just have the older glass versions, but the jar empty 'induced leak' would be small and I'd think any problem show up with at idle along with it's largest vacuum 'pull'. You might just close the valve to see if any change. I have a good running 1985 Chev V8...

Originally Posted By: Lapham3 Now don't bite my head off, but I use these oilers in some 50 year old cars and would doubt that they would give you this problem in old or modern engines. Lapham3- on the contrary, thank you for the helpful response! What if the vehicle was run for some time...

Originally Posted By: Shannow Pretty useless posting anything in this, as if it doesn't fit your strict specification on what answers (and indeed discussion) are acceptable to you, you will ignore it. Useless posting anything? Huh? I'm not sure I understand. I made a pretty simple request...

Disclaimer: I am not asking for your opinion on the use of an Ampco oiler in a modern vehicle, and any such posts will be ignored. I've been using an Ampco (Marvel Mystery Oil) Oiler for it's claimed benefits: "provides critical valve to seat lubrication, which is now absent from gasoline, and...