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    Walmart Sale priced conventional oil

    This is good to know, I have always wondered about this. I regularly buy there Valvoline WB 5w-30 4.73L for $13.88 The strange thing is at that price its a better deal then there Tune-it Walmart brand which I never notice on sale?!?!? And yes the Tune-it is the Canadian Walmart brand, But...
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    Walmart Sale priced conventional oil

    Ok so this maybe a dumb question but we all know Walmart almost always has Conventional Valvoline WB, Pennzoil YB or Castrol GTX in 5w-30 and 10w-30 on sale. Here in Canada its always $11.88 to $13.88 for a 4.4L or 4.73L jug. Normally priced the oil is $25-$30 but for a 5L jug rather than the...
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    Older Purolator L14612's ?

    Well I went out and picked 3 filters (2 L14612's and one PSL14612 i found at the bottom) all the filters are date coded "E" from 2013, they always got 5,000 to 6,000 kms OCI's on 5w-30 conventional. the blue synthetic may have seen rotella T6 but i dont know, the records went with the car the...
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    Older Purolator L14612's ?

    It occured to me this morning I have a bucket i deposit my old filters in. Im gonna go find 2 random samples of these L14612's that have previously been used and see what shape they are in. I will post some pics later I have seen the Wix/NapaGold 57712 my only problem with them is they have the...
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    Older Purolator L14612's ?

    Ok well when i got my First 2006 Subaru Impreza N/A in 2011, At that time I did a bunch of research and found that the Blue Honeywell OEM's had a big recall and that Purolator and Wix filters were the top pick at that time. Subaru Spec'd a 23psi BPV, the Purolators had a 14-18psi BPV and the Wix...
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    Oil recommendation 1971 Honda CB450

    I rebuilt this old Honda CB450 a couple years ago and haven't found a oil that works well yet, Im hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. The only important mod on the bike is I have ditched the centrifugal oil filter on the end of the crank with a modern aftermarket paper...
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    Oil for higher mileage N/A subaru 2.5l

    PCV valve is fairly new about 12k kms on it so Im not to concerned about it, will probably check just to be sure. I just had the engine torn down to a short block to replace head gaskets,upon inspection everything was in surprisingly good shape , not a lot of varnish, cylinder walls still had...
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    Oil for higher mileage N/A subaru 2.5l

    Alright I have a 2006 Impreza 2.5i its a higher mileage vehilce at 238 Km. I just resealed the engine completely and after eliminating all leaks have found its consuming about a liter every 1250-1500km. I want to play with oils to see if i can reduce that hopefully to zero but any improvement is...
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    Coolant for 2cyl yanmar diesel sailboat auxilary

    Ok i checked it is a dry sleeve type cylinder liner. the 12 year old TSB's call for: • Texaco Long Life Coolant Anti-Freeze both regular and pre-mixed Product codes 7991 and 7998 • Havoline Extended Life Anti-Freeze/Coolant. Product code 7994. • Dex-Cool Long Life Coolant. This product is...
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    Coolant for 2cyl yanmar diesel sailboat auxilary

    my father bought a new boat and is looking to be changing all the fluids in the little yanmar 2GMF diesel engine. he asked me what kind of coolant to use. Because its a diesel I dont really know? the manuals and TSB's are old and outdated and there "recommendations" are the same and have long...
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    Good 5w-40 Conventional HDEO for vintage honda

    the only problem with a 3000-3500 mile interval is id only be changing the oil like once a year, Not sure what im gonna do as of yet there isn't much riding left this season anyways. Also the bike has known oil related failures like cam followers which are almost impossible to replace. So even...
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    is quaker state and pennzoil the same

    you know i have been messing with the pennzoil yellow bottle and quakerstate green bottle oils in 5w30 and im finding the pennzoil seems to stand up a bit better and i have less oil consumption especially at the end of a 5000km OCI on my old beat up 94 corolla
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    Good 5w-40 Conventional HDEO for vintage honda

    Possibly the Rotella 5w-40 is the ticket, i was trying to avoid synthetics as i don't feel there's much benefit in such an old bike. Also the OCI's are short like 1000 to 1500 miles max, I was also trying to cut costs as much as possible, but thinking about it the 5w-40 rotella is still cheaper...
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    Cafe Racer- Easy bike to build from

    This is my CB450 based cafe racer, the bike is a ton of fun around town! I was just trolling around here looking for some insight on cold weather oil. Anyways i will share a bit; I find if there tuned and setup good they don't vibrate that bad its when the ignition and the carburetor sync gets...
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    Good 5w-40 Conventional HDEO for vintage honda

    Ok its getting cold up here in Canada its getting into the low 40's with it dipping below freezing at night and the 15w-40 rotella conventional I have been running in my vintage 1971 Honda CB450 is starting to worry me on cold mornings. these old honda twins have oil flow problems to begin with...
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    Anyone using an oversize aftermarket filter on...

    the 2zz-ge (celica GTS and corolla/Matrix XRS) cars spec the longer yzzf1 while the 1zz-fe cars (regular celica and corolla/matrix) spec the yzzf2, i have worked in a toyota dealer and they prefer we used the f2's when we could because there apparently cheaper? but if we ran out, the f1's were...
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    Oil for 71 honda CB450

    Ok soon enough im gonna need to start feeding my cafe project oil The cb450 engines are known to have problems with the valve train, primarily wearing out the hard facing on the cam followers, the cams also have a tendancy to get wiped out. i don't know what was originally recomended for this...
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    Changed from Yamalube to Shell Rotella T

    I had a drz 250 that i tried it in worked great and that little bike got really hot... engine ran quieter and better with the rotella, As for the wet clutch thing if you read the back of the newer jugs they are now JASO - MA cert so happy wet clutch I also run it in the tranny on my KTM...
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    Rotella SB 0w40 ==>Rotella T5 0w40 still full synt

    Heres a quick question the old Rotella SB 0w40 even though advertised as SB (synthetic blend) was a full synthetic in the 0w40, Now that they have changed the product line to T5 is it still full synthetic or have they changed the oil where its now a synthetic blend and the new T6 is the synthetic?
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    Rotella & bikes Questions

    Is the 5w-40 synthetic that much better or will the 15w-40 be just as good, I dont mind tracking some down but i would probably buy a case or 2, not just 1 or 2 bottles...
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