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I am trying to repair a Kenmore Elite front-load washer. The drum is two plastic halves clamped together with about two dozen metal clamps as seen in my attached picture. What tool removes and installs these? If it's just a hand tool it will need to open the jaws when the handles are squeezed...

The most recent sample (sample 2) is Castrol Edge 0W-30 European Formula in my 2010 Mini Cooper with the base motor (not turbo or super). OLM claimed I was good for another 10k miles when I sampled and changed this oil. Wear numbers of course look great, and the oil looks to have lots of life...

This is a Purflux L358A cartridge filter, sold in a Mini branded box at American Mini dealers. It was in use for 5153 miles and about two and a half months. I used Castrol Edge 0W-30 European Formula for this whole interval. I sampled the oil at this change but I don't have the results back yet...

The used one has 4129 miles on it using Mobil 1 0W-40. The thread for the UOA done at this change can be found here: http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb..._1_0W-40#UNREAD

There are a couple subtle corrections from the report. The actual sump capacity is 4.5 quarts, and the amount of makeup oil is 1/2 quart or less. I bought this car this past fall with about 51k miles on it. The car runs perfectly, I have never had any check engine light or any other code thrown...

http://imgur.com/a/G4lnT This is an OEM filter purchased from the dealer for my mom's 2011 Subaru Tribeca. The first thing you'll probably notice is the absence of an anti-drainback valve. This filter attaches directly to the bottom of the engine, so it sits "upside down" all the time. I don't...

http://imgur.com/a/XHjvg This is a Purolator Pure One PL14459 with unknown miles. I put this on my mom's 2011 Subaru Tribeca, and I usually change the oil around 6-7k miles, so it has somewhere in that ballpark. I'm pretty sure I used Mobil 1 5W-30. This filter sat outside in the elements for...

The forum search feature is terrible. Let me try to itemize the issues I'm having. 1) The single biggest problem is that when it shows me results that match my search query it shows individual posts in the same thread as separate results. This occurs even when I search "in subject only". 2) No...

Looking through some old UOA hard copies I have, I noticed one from my Grandmother's Cub Cadet 2166 lawn tractor that I never posted. Here it is. Code: Cub Cadet 2166 Lawn Tractor Kohler 16hp single cylinder OHV total hours on unit 229 hours on oil ~60 (1 year) oil...

With some unseasonably nice weather this weekend I had a chance to do quite a bit of servicing on my Cub Cadet 2166 lawn tractor. One of the many things I did was replace the "hydraulic" fluid and filter for the rear axle. The owner's manual recommends only Cub Cadet hydraulic oil for this...

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I recently had a very bizarre experience with a product I ordered online from Amsoil. See the whole story in this thread. Even though he had no obligation to me since I am not his customer, Pablo stepped in and got the situation resolved in no time. Here's to Pablo, we are lucky to have him...

Well, they say it's not if you'll have an accident on your motorcycle, but when. Happened today, I was driving slowly through town and a kid in a pickup pulls out at a 4-way intersection where he has a stop sign and I have the right of way (no stop or yield sign.) He T-boned me, hitting my bike...

This story is a bit long. Back on January 19 of this year I ordered a 5 gallon pail of Amsoil's ISO-15 hydraulic oil. It shipped from the Lancaster, PA warehouse, and arrived in two days to my home in Vermont. Since I had the UPS tracking number, I knew exactly which day it was going to be...

My dad bought this Tundra when it was 2 or 3 years old and had 30000 miles on it. It was part of Toyota's "Certified Used Cars" program, so it's possible the dealer put in fresh transmission fluid. It's also possible they did not, in which case this oil is the factory fill and has 119000 miles...

Code: 2003 Toyota Tundra 4.7L V8 Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30 Miles on unit: 103766 Miles on Sample: 15603 Time on sample: ~6 months sample date: 4/27/08 Oil Filter: Motorcraft FL-1A Iron 12 Chromium 0 Nickel 1 Aluminum 3...

Another high copper late model Subaru report. Code: 2007 Subaru Tribeca Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30 Miles on vehicle: 18000 Miles on sample: 6000 Time on sample: ~6 months Sample date: 7/4/08 Oil Filter: Supertech Iron 13 Chromium 0 Nickel...

In the January 2006 issue of Precision Shooting, Irv Benzion wrote an article about his attempt to discover the best carbon remover, copper solvent, and gun lube out of all currently available products. He used a Hawkeye Borescope to inspect the bores of the rifles he cleaned in order to know...

I discovered I had two old Titan Labs analysis kits laying around, and since I've had these kits for years I wasn't sure if they would be honored if I sent samples in. I took a sample from my ZX with only 660 miles because it wouldn't break my heart if I didn't get a response from Titan. Much to...

This poor spreadsheet is in need of updating, but the info is still good. Let me know if you have problems accessing it. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pyN_TwC_S5exEIcwPtRPlBA It's the UOA's from this site (and one or two others) for all Subaru's I could find. When I stopped updating...