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Quaker State Full Synthetic is the replacement for Quaker State Ultimate Durability. Quaker State reformulated its product line. Ultimate Durability has been discontinued. The bottles labeled "Full Synthetic" contain the current oil. Any remaining Ultimate Durability bottles are older...

Looks like a late model Chevy GTO trying to be cool.

If memory serves me correctly, ESP runs on the thicker side, and Pennzoil Ultra Platinum the opposite.

Back when I worked at Land Rover, this lady brought her LR in and it had just 20K miles on it, had never had an oil change, and it was worse than that. This was around the year 2000.

When something like this happens, it's always another gun that solves it. Just another reason to carry. Every police officer I know advises carrying a weapon. Carrying a firearm helps one keep a cooler head in bad situations because you know you're not helpless.

I'm not entirely sure what to think about Pennzoil Platinum. The oil seems to be highly esteemed, even though it is not the Ultra Platinum version. I know there's some here who don't think either is a good oil, and I've been told this would happen no matter what oil I used due to moisture and...

Instead of heating the stud, try heating the area around the stud to bring the block's threads away from the stud. Although heating the stud does break surface rust tension, it also enlarges the stud. Heating around the stud will open it up a little. If you cannot do that, try heating the stud...

If you have plastic hub caps and would like to know if they're some of the noise you are hearing, test drive the vehicle without them on. Plastic hub caps can be very noisy and make several different types of noises. Groaning, especially in a drive-thru when cornering, clicking (like a pebble...

Quick question for anyone and everyone; If I had been using Amsoil Signature Series instead of Pennzoil Platinum, what differences do you think we'd see in my engine pictures above, if any. TIA.

155K miles, 2012 Grand Caravan 3.6L Pentastar. Short tripped. Pennzoil Platinum 5w30 & filter every 3K since new.

Sorry, I neglected one of your questions; the cam lobes are doing quite well, all things considered. Three rocker arms went bad at seperate times causing a ticking noise each time. The lobes that had failed rockers appeared to be okay.

Burns no oil. Oil level stays the same, and no problems with fuel dilution. I changed the pcv twice and spray it out with brake clean any time it's worked on, but doesn't seem to need it.

100% agree. When I see comments from people who say something like: "Anything earlier than 10K is just wasting your money. Full synthetics can easily handle that." Or, "no sooner than 5K. The engineers know more than you." I immediately know these guys haven't done many oil changes themselves...

Top was opened to replace a ticking lifter for a third time, and the bottom opened to replace the oil pump solenoid that went bad.

I wasn't disappointed with the cam lobes. Early pentastar engines came with rocker arms that wore prematurely, so I can't blame every mark on Pennzoil. These photos are from replacing some rockers a third time.

Picture number 4 is showing the oil pump chain. The oil pan is off, the pickup tube removed, and the oil pump gear removed to get to the oil pump itself because the oil pump solenoid went bad. The solenoid is the part caked in carbon/sludge and has the blue wires. I was a bit disappointed too...

2012 Grand Caravan, 3.6L Pentastar w/155K miles. Bought new in 2012 and serviced every 3K with Pennzoil Platinum 5W30, Mopar, Wix & Fram oil filters. Van mostly driven short trips..

Did somebody say Walmart? I despise their shopping experience so much that I'm willing to forfeit money just stay away from them. Despite past bad experiences, a massive online sale, this week and posted on BITOG, lured me back to Walmart, only to result in absolute chaos. I placed two orders...

If you're seeking to clean instead of protect, HPL makes an engine cleaner designed to be ran as one quart to mix with your choice of engine oil, and it seems that it cleans faster than Valvoline Restore and Protect, IMO. HPL also sells specific oil for turbo engines once you believe that the...

What's keeping you from just replacing it? Desire? Don't take offense. I certainly have issues with motivation. Maybe if it is, we can nudge you.