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Yes, I would be asking about BMWs here. The audi's love GC if they're run hard, if not Kendall is fine. Thanks

Here in CT we aren't the Yukon, but it gets plenty cold. Most days you can clearly see the advantages of a 0w at startup, either you have no oil pressure or its just pegged until you really get some heat it on a 10w. 0w can be thinned out to almost normal in under 10 minutes of running. Summer I...

I feel that with all this new oil technology even an older sohc engine should reap the benefits. I see no need to run a 20w50 dino oil in a car just because it's what the 1985 owners manual says to. I do run oil like this, but only in things where I don't think the added cost is offset by the...

a lot of times, you wont notice a out of balance/old tires if they're out back, because the rear suspension has no steering and is usually softer than the front, so then throwing them up front shows you how bad they are.. i'd just get a new pair for the front hmm.. if the wobble goes away when...

well in reality, every oil is too thick at startup, unless ambient temps were around 200F.. so i want a 0w-xx or at least a 5w-xx.. and with all new seals, im not worried about that.. with 186k i want to be able to beat the [censored] out of it without worrying.. thanks for all the help though...

what about the M1 0w-40 "european blend"?.. and what sort of specifications should i be looking for in an oil for this older type of engine?.. API, ACEA, etc..

every mk5 rabbit ive seen, including my moms '06 and my friends '08 are built in germany, while it seems the jettas, or some are mexican.. befoer that "wolfsburg editions" were german cars, again.. or so i'm told.. the audi 80/90/4000/A4's are the cars that "are" passats.. but only b1, b2, and...

e30's, like all semi-rear trailing arm bmws love to slide... the e30's a bit more tame than some the older e21 3 series and the 2002, even more so than the more powerful e24's and e28's.. but when BMW had those semi-rear trailing arms.. they were kinda designed with sliding in mind, thats how...

i'm not sure about oil temps yet.. engine hasn't been in the car yet.. only thing i care about is the wear on my engine.. like i said, it will see 7000 rpm more than once, and i dont want an oil thats going to break down from the revs, thats why i was leaning more towards something thicker...

where can one buy castrol rs.. i was considering elf because i can get 5L bottles of it for $35 online, any other suggestions for brands along the lines of the castrol?

haha btdt with the SAAB's as well.. my mom drove a '97 9k Aero, which btw is secretly one of the fastest stock cars to ever hit the streets... and my dad had a '91 900s 4 door.. which is one of the slowest cars to ever hit the streets... both were pretty reliable, but man when something went...

well i have quite a few of these things.. the 7A is actually going in my '85 cgt.. i got a bag o' snakes and some other goodies that will make that car a treat. i daily drive an '84 4kq with 246k on it, its my only running 10v car right now, and it already had the rod removed so it doesnt...

i'm in the process of cleaning one out and regasketing the whole thing and was wondering if anyone had any experience pertaining to this engines preferences for oil.. mines got 186k on it and was seemingly taken well care of and ran fairly lightly its entire life.. the car will probably see 7k...

anyone who can hold a wrench can fix a VW.. its "foreign".. so like all other "foreign" cars.. if you bring it to the idiot down the street who has a lift and claims to be a shop, or the dealer who also hires idiots, then yes it will be expensive to fix.. i'm an audi guy, with some roots in old...