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Originally Posted by Mainia I always look as Schaefers as a Group 3 company. Do they have a high PAO oil? Does it really matter? Group III has many qualities that meet Group IV PAO, and even exceed Group IV PAO in some ways. So the idea that Schaeffer likes to do a Group III (75%) and Group...

I don't really care to negotiate, but it is a fact of life I can live with. I never pay more than 80% of MSRP. Last 3 vehicles have been a little lower than that. I don't worry about rebates, incentives, and other smoke and mirrors to draw the customer in. That is for the dealer to play with. I...

Originally Posted by ls1mike I just read two separate studies of where the worst drivers are and Washington state came out near the top. One of the complaints was people leaving on a green or pulling out in front of you too slow. I have noticed it and it annoys me. So lets take, for example...

I use Schaeffer Synshield syn blend 10w30 in winter and 15w40 in summer in my Detroit 60 12.7L pre-emissions. 1,046,230 miles and still going strong. Uses approximately 1 qt per 11-12,000 miles. Oil changes at around 22,000 miles... almost 50% longer than the OEM recommended drain of 15,000...

The stock oil that a local Chevy dealer near me uses is Northland, which does recycled oil like Safety-Kleen. When I was in there buying a vehicle last June, I was talking to the shop manager and they were looking at another supplier. They get the best bid on an oil that meets the GM specs. They...

Not sure why one could not use a 5w20 where a 0w20 is spec'd by the OEM. Both are 20 weight oils. The only instance I could see where I would always stick with 0w20 would be if I lived in Fairbanks Alaska or similar type of severe cold. Even in the summer in Fairbanks I would have no problem...

I took the other approach with my 2015 Chevy 2500. I put on a set of McGaughy's 2" drop shackles on the back and took some of the rake out of the pickup. Made it sooo much easier to get in and out of the bed to get things. Still left about 1.5" of rake. I then installed a set of 1500# urethane...

Yeah, similar when I lived in the Fairbanks area from 82-92. But none of the diesels were the new emissions equipped diesels now. I haven't looked into it, but it would be interesting to learn how the new emissions diesels are used in those conditions.

I use the same coolant in my personal vehicles as I use in my heavy commercial vehicles. It has a 1 million mile / 8 year / 20,000 hour service life and is roughly the same price as anything else on the shelf. I considered EWC some years ago, but never pursued doing it. Probably never will.

Originally Posted by WillB Thanks. Let's remove OAT from the equation, what would you recommend? Dont want to have to flush every other year. No need to if you use a quality coolant. I use the same coolant in my personal vehicles that I use in my heavy commercial vehicles. It is an OAT coolant...

I just go into the owners section of the Chevrolet website and create a new service record when I do something. The Dealer lists any service done in the same file. If I ave an outside shop do something, I enter a new service record for that. So when I sell or trade a vehicle, the entire service...

Originally Posted by ka9mnx How true! I remember when the first corn products were converted to ethanol. People were screaming that we were converting food to fuel. BTW: we are the only mammals that consume soy beans. You either are willfully ignorant or are severely challenged. Soybeans are...

I use a 30 gallon drum to buy my gas and store it at my property. I go thru about 3 drums a year. It is always pre-treated with a stabilizer product so I never actually put any in the lawn mower, gator, portable generator, etc for storage. And since most of my stuff gets started occasionally and...

Originally Posted by GumbyJarvis Originally Posted by nlife I just looked at the excel file I've been adding to as I come across VOA's and UOA's for 5w30 SN+ oils for my 3.5L EcoBoost. From the limited data I have, the most moly is found in: Quaker State UD: 129ppm Rotella Gas Truck: 160ppm...

Originally Posted by kschachn Belief? Head in a bucket of whatever? What are you talking about? I have shown you that there are geographic areas where RFG is mandated by the EPA, and how that effectively mandates the use of EtOH as an oxygenate. I have no agenda in this issue whatsoever, I live...

Originally Posted by hatt Iowa corn haulers are not a valid resource for ethanol information. Who would that be?

Originally Posted by kschachn Originally Posted by TiredTrucker Only 7 states mandate the use of ethanol in all gasoline. That leaves 43 that don't. If ethanol free is not readily available, the is due to either one's state legislature or the local retailers. It is not the EPA, the Corn Lobby...

Guess it really doesn't matter to me. Even though GM put TPMS on my 2015 2500 pickup, I rarely inflate to what it says I should and therefore it has a seizure most of the time. I dismiss the DIC message and ignore the light which is at just the right location that the steering wheel blocks the...

Originally Posted by Nyogtha It's as always, due to Federal (all 50 states of the USA) RINs programs, and service stations that have a seperate underground tank for segregating E0 fuel are quite uncommon across most of the 50 states of the USA as evidenced at www.pure-gas.org. RINs Programs -...

Originally Posted by another Todd Perhaps, but Iowa also sells zero ethanol gas at most stations I visited when there. I never saw anybody buying anything but straight gasoline without ethanol. I filled up my cans with straight gas while I was there for sure, but my truck is diesel so no help...