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During last 25-30 years oil filters suffered a huge evolution and became smaller, sometimes too small. Honda's filters are not an exception and "Ukrainian Pride" looks really decent comparatively to newer ones. Finally I got a can opener from AircraftSpuce though not without an unpleasant...

Hi everybody, I need your help. I have never been a supporter of mixing oils, but it happened that since 2000 for this or that reason I could not use all quantity of oils I had been purchasing, so finally I accumulated an inventory which either due to emerged with age my natural greediness, or...

Friends, Here is the latest update on results of 400°C/1h test. The info about this test was first posted in 400°C Oil Test? topic, but for some reasons discussion did not get a development. Fortunately today a bigger number of results are available and they are really mind blowing. I would...

I present my apoligies in advance if docs are already posted here and I missed it, but in view of quite rare studies that concern some oils of our interest here and one of which is Fuchs Titan GT-1 0W-20 I hope I will not be blamed for posting them including posting in this thread instead of in...

Searching an info about performance of 0W-20 oils here at BITOG I was often finding some confusing and misleading info about manufacturers of Japanese OEMs oils. So, I decided to make my contribution that may help a little bit: Code: OIL 0W-20 Honda Subary Toyota Mazda...

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May be, this issue has been already discussed and I have missed it, but don't blame me for this, please. Is there a way to calculate a pour point of a blend of oils, say, 4 liters where PP is -39 C and 1 liter with -60C ? Suppose it is not the same as to calculate a kinematic viscosity. Thank...

Want to share with my impressions. This Saturday I could not resist and tried a new fuel called "BIO 100". This is our Ukrainian version of an alternate fuel. No idea why manufacturer calls it "BIO 100" if it has RON 106 and MON 91. The fuel is made of 60 % of absolute (anhydrous) etanol (bio)...

Friends, I need your help. When discussing particularities of japaneese antifreeze coolants (like Honda, Toyota, may be Mazda green) we usually consider them as a carboxylate type that contains phosphates. But unlike number of other carboxylate coolants that use two organic inhibitors and one...

Idemitsu is one of the main suppliers to OEMs and not only in Japan. Quite rare in Europe, but those who had managed to try always gave very good reviews. Interesting that Idemitsu oils are aslo available in the US. If to believe EOLCS Licensee Directory, Idemitsu USA also makes Honda oils for...

I'm really impressed by Motorcraft oils: nearly every UOA shows very decent results. If to consider its price, I would guess they offer one of the best price/quality ratio. May be, Havoline/Chevron only can rival. So, it's very interesting what's exactly used in the US as Motocraft 5W-20/5W-30...

Castrol manufactures special oils like SLX LongLife II 0W-30 for some Audi/VW (VW 503 00/506 00, 506 01) and SLX LL01 FE 0W-30 for some BMW (N40, N42, N62 and N73 engines). No doubts a.m oils meet or, may be, even exceed, to certain extend, ACEA A1/B1, A5/B5 requirements. I'd aslo add SLX R-Tec...

Found an interesting brochure with a couple of links to get more details. May be it will be useful for somebody: Motorex products

Found M1 15W-50 Red Cap. However, before to take a decision on purchase, I would like to define the date of its production and origin (US or Canada). Would you help me and clarify how to read this long range of figures together with letters printed on the bottle ?

Tried to check what Castrol recommends for the same car model in some European countries. Looks interesting and sometimes (Belgium/Netherlands) strange, especially for manual transmission. Hope this info will be interesting to you too: Mazda 6 2.3i 16V ………. Engine …………………………………………….…… MT...

Really impressive how compositions of an oil in API SJ and API SL may be different: Castrol 505.01 API SJ Castrol 505.01 API SL

Looks like there is another version of the additive that is called Molyslip The Engine Protection. Interesting that unlike Molyslip E, the label indicates: "M contains a unique blend of super slippery MoS2, graphite and Molybdenum compounds .... The additive is made by Holt Llyod Ltd...

Very disappointed by changes at BITOG. This is a clear example when the desire to improve a product may lead to headaches for its end-users. What was happened with "search" ? No idea why to change what was nearly perfect. Think Forum become very incomfortable.

Pieces of info we can gather in different places often help to fill in the gap and, thereby, to get more clear picture about a product and its properties. This is the case with AMC tests despite all of them are in French: http://www.automotoconso.com/plugins/allarticles/articles.php?lng=fr

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