Search results

One of the apartment buildings I own is an 8 unit and has a common laundry in the basement. The owner before me installed a duct shut off at the dryer. Then right past that is a 2 inch tee with a cap. Pull the cap off, close the shut off to the dryer and attach an electric leaf blower. I clean...

I noticed you said 0W40 reduces oil consumption. Subaru FB25's do use low tension rings. When using a thicker oil with low tension rings, the added thickness can cause the rings to push in the ring valleys (until ring gap is closed) on the piston. Causing actually more oil consumption when...

Only Champion or NGK for me. As a seasoned professional lawnmower trash / curbside picker and guy to go to when people are too cheap to pay a real lawnmower mechanic. I would never use E3. The core seems very cheap and I feel they run hotter than spec based on teardowns. I have seen about half a...

The longer the time your sump screen (pick up) is not submerged in oil, the greater the chance you have of an oil pump losing prime. Assuming you are quick doing a pan R&R and cleaning, that's at least an hour the pick up tube is slowly dripping oil out of the pump. You can easily do more damage...

I'm a <1000RPM guy and have been since I have been for over 30 years for the same reason demarpaint gave. Of the people I know who have had to replace engagement clutches, those are the ones that put their car into gear right away not giving any thought to RPM.

Those speed bumps must be hard on fire trucks. In my old neighborhood there was a house fire at the end of the street. Every engine and ladder truck that showed up went full speed right up to the speed bumps and the went over them at a couple of miles an hour. They would accelerate quickly...

I'm starting to hear many stories about CVT's easily going past the 200,000 mile mark with no issues. Yet I'm hearing more stories about 8,9 and 10 speed automatics failing well before 100,000 miles. Its to the point if I were looking at new cars, I'd consider certain models with a CVT if I were...

Well, its been almost a month since I posted on this subject. Just an update; I ended up buying the Sealed Power pressurized engine pre-luber from Summit. From my experience, it seems like the best option. I tried modified pressurized sprayers and hand pumps. You could feel the resistance of oil...

Quote So why not do that now? That's a good question atikovi On a pushrod V8 or a 4 cylinder from years ago, oiling demands weren't as great as they are for a modern 32V V8 with VVT. Oil has to get to all those parts putting a greater demand on the pump. A couple of engines ago, I rebuilt a...

I cant speak for the FL500S. But after having two FL820S filter failures in 10 years, I switched to Wix. This is for my 330,000 mile 4.6 F-150.

Has anyone ever used one of these Pressurized engine prelubers? Like a Melling MPL-101 or a Sealed Power T40? I searched here and Google and found no BITOG threads about it. Ive always used the shaft things you hook up to the drill and yank the distributor out and prime. Now as most engines have...

Ive owned some classic and desirable cars in the past and present. I drive them whenever I can. Forget about the mileage. Not putting miles on your car to save it is like not getting intimate with your girlfriend to save her for the next guy.

It is rare for a trash panda to venture out in broad daylight unless it was raised by humans, distempered or rabid.

Sounds like a great excuse to get a vacuum oil extractor.

I never smoked a day in my life, but I have a few Zippos. I do enough outdoor activities, that a lighter is always handy. Id rather have another Zippo than a fancy pen set. You dont need to be a smoker to appreciate Zippos.

Quote 2 cycle Detroit Diesels didn't like anything but straight weight oil (40W normal and 30W Artic conditions). They had a severe drinking problem with 15w-40. Exactly. Anyone who has owned a DD 2 stroke should have gotten the humor.

I would never do that. I actually have to be more aggressive in selling the old beast. More like a what if.

I still haven't warmed up to the idea of e bikes. But if I were to get one, it would be like yours. I like the idea of pedal assist over the motor driving the wheels.

Two years ago I re-powered my Great Lakes boat from a DD 6V71 to a DD 60 Series. I still have the old 6V71 on the side of my barn tarped up. I now want to get some 0W8 and fill the old two stroke diesel with it and give it all it's got. See what happens.

Why the viscous attack on the artwork of that ATF bottle? Okay. Bad pun. Sweet shop.