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Both are coarse threads! GM pans nearly NEVER strip the threads.

Depending on the thread pitch of the plug, you have to be careful using copper as over time the fine-thread pans can get damaged. Rolled copper plugs are great for fine threaded pans! (See profile picture) I use FelPro composite gaskets on those engines...and finger tight plus a quarter turn.

I think all the brands of Break-In oil will do fine. I use Amsoil..but any of them are designed to do the job. I break in engines on a dyno but in real world driving I'd change it after a few hundred miles. Don't let the engine sit for very long as most break-in oils do NOT have corrosion...

Is there any better than Stranglehold?

my wife rides a GS700 that was customized at the factory (she's short) I have ridden it a few times and LOVE the GS's!

NOCO spray..here in the PNW the marine air will get after even passenger car terminals. I've used NOCO spray for decades.

yep..the 3 cylinder engines are the ones that like to kick the rods out the side.

It was good to me. I had come from a Mercedes-Benz dealership so I was shocked at the pricing structures! I'm in a smaller city and was the only advisor at the Benz dealership..and one of two at the Nissan brand. I prided myself in catering to the commercial world as both brands have the...

I like their products..and in high mileage engines I never liked synthetics..or even blends.

I was a Nissan service advisor for a number of years. Retired in June 2023. The new Rogue engine had been out for about 6 months by then and our shop foreman already had 3 sitting outside awaiting corporate go ahead to replace the engines. They all had 1 connecting rod hanging outside of the...

I've had 2 Honda Accords with high mileage. The first on had just over 200k on it and used 1 quart in 1500 miles. Also had a minor drip at the rear main seal. I switched to Castrol High Mileage 5W-30 and over the next 6-7000 miles (2 oil changes) the consumption had stopped and the rear seal...

my stomping grounds! I grew up on Cap Sante..(downtown Anacortes). Somewhere I have a picture of my 84 V65 Magna in that same spot!

Oil Eater is a GREAT product!

We used to go to Murrells Inlet and sit on the Marsh Walk drinking until the big sportfishers would back into the dock at Wicked Tuna. After another few drinks we'd go and order the catch of the day. Lot's of times it was grouper/chips or a combo plate of grouper and shrimp. Those specials were...

One issue with GDI engines is, the "cleaning benefit" only applies to injector tips. Using fuel like Chevron with Techron will keep injector tips clean which IS an issue with DI engines, but does nothing for the backs of the intake valves. MAC and SNAP-ON both make a tool setup that cleans the...

no..I'm retired so no more driving to work. Been retired 2 years now! It doesn't suck!

It's interesting how Europe has taken on the EV/Hybrid battle..namely France. We were in France in 2023 for Le Mans as part of NASCAR'S return and our rental was a Ford Fiesta SUV. They are slightly smaller than the U.S. version of an Escape. It was a plug-in hybrid. I kinda liked it. We had a...

I'm about 15 minutes from @Pablo ..and I agree..I'm done with changing clocks. I'm almost 65 so no more driving to work in the dark ..haha

This happened several years ago at one of the stations on Iowa, across from the Toyota dealership. I was working at the Mercedes side of the dealership then..we had a Sprinter van that made it 3.5 miles on mostly gasoline. Destroyed the engine! Nelson Petroleum (I think..now Reisner-Nelson) was...

B..hands down. Peek at my profile picture and ask me how I know:D