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Between 2010 & 2013 this Russian auto club cold-pured just about everything although the differences were not as easy to appreciate in their tests of very small samples inside a clear bottle (and many of the brands are not relevant to consumers in our market)...

Originally Posted by kschachn Complaints aside, what the video shows is how those oils flow out of those funnels at that temperature. How the video correlates to the performance in an engine is not determined by this test. Unless there is a completely transparent engine out there, nothing...

Originally Posted by ZeeOSix Attached is a good collection of UOAs on V8 Mustang engines. .... Whats the deal with that Moly level on line 30??

Originally Posted by edwardh1 8 speeds why not 10 or 12 where does the madness end? seems 4 or 5 would be fine Honestly lots of speeds and shiftpoints suck in the kind of stop-&-go traffic many people have to drive in. I remember when I was between cars for a while in 2000-2001 and I often...

Originally Posted by TheLawnRanger I can't stand the sound of the start/stop feature in a parking lot after a game or concert. Engines constantly off and on. It sounds like the driver is not BITOG enough to maintain their ride. It's definitely becoming annoying and unsettling on the road to...

Mostly dissatisfied with Goodyear's - though no complaints about initial build quality - just poorly suited to my driving style and in my opinion just average wet traction even when new and diminishing badly with age even with still decent tread (meaning its because ofthe rubber type). Major...

I WISH I could do more research on tires and make purchases to suit my own tire priorities based on actual information. But lets face it, most consumers are not very discriminating to begin with, and they are pro to buy based on hype, branding and ambiguous ratings derived from esoteric lab...

Wow, thanks to the guys who went back to update this topic with new experiences. I remember finding this then-dormant thread back in February when trying to research the EHT's knowing i would need to change front pads before the winter. Anyway at the time I found it difficult to source EHT's...

Check out this picture, it's been on NAPA's Canadian website since last November representing a NAPA "Gold" 7356 https://www.napacanada.com/en/p/NGF7356?interchange=1 It doesn't look anything like the NAPA gold filter's I've used from 2006 -2016. I understand this is a fairly new part number...

When I asked a few years ago the NAPA store manager closest to my area said only the Gold line was sourced exclusively from Wix, while Pro Select could be from any manufacturer, the buyers just order from whoever offers the best bulk price and it's labeled & packaged with the compatible NAPA...

Originally Posted by Quattro Pete Originally Posted by Pelican Now you in the south if kept away from the sun, may get 1 or 2 yrs more But never 10 if you want o be safe. Actually, it's the other way around: most experts recommend 6 years max in the south, and 10 years up north. This is due to...

Originally Posted by boulderdentist You would think I would learn. I had original Continental tires from Ford factory, and this car does not see that many miles. At about 52,000 miles and eight years of age had failure, a chunk of tread came out about an inch wide and three inches long. That...

One theory, possibly a myth, is that in Ontario & Quebec the companies meet their regulatory quota of ethanol content sold exclusively in the greater Toronto & Montreal area because of the volume sold so they send all their ethanol blended gasolines to the stations in the those major markets and...

Originally Posted by webfors Chances are, several brands are being filled from the same terminal, with *possibly* different additives. There must be a difference in the additives & treatments. Years ago when I drove an old Saturn 1.9, any time I would have significant percentage of Petro...

Originally Posted by StevieC Faulty range selector switch. I'm not certain but I don't think those transmissions are equipped with neutral safety switches they do it all with the range selector switch. That said it might just be out of adjustment slightly. On some models it can be adjusted, some...

Originally Posted By: Falken It is never really mentioned, but I think what can cause real problems for the rings in general is if a car is babied all its life then it changes owners to someone that likes to "wring" out an engine on on-ramps and likes to pass on the right with high RPM... Are...

Probably two thirds of the stuff for sale now is a re-box of something else. Brands are little more than licensing agreements now, the brand on the box isn't necessarily the physical manufacturer or even designer of that particular P/N, and even within the same manufacturer, different...

2 or 3 PSI is a very minuscule difference, chances are if you bought 3 different tire pressure gauges they might disagree by 2 or 3 PSI. The ones at gas stations which live outdoors and take abuse can easily be off by 6 or 7. In other words not a major issue to be 2 or 3 over.

Originally Posted By: 4WD ...Had those same Mich's almost that long. Felt they were starting to hydroplane. 80k tires are not magic - they get there with mild tread designs and firm rubber - I find they might still look good at high mileage - but the physics change in water at speed. Personally...

Are there any live data metrics that can be monitored on a scan tool and checked against specs, which could indicate weather the car could use an Injector cleaning (at a stage befoe there are any noticeable performance issues)??