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I bought a Ford Expedition about 7 months ago and it had 137,750 miles on it with an unknown maintenance history. The first time I checked the oil it was not showing at all on the dipstick and it took 2 1/2 qts to fill. A few weeks later it wasn't showing on the dipstick again...I was thinking...

I've done this on a few of my vehicles and it's always well worth it. This is a cheapo oil separator from Harbor Freight $10. I installed it between the PCV valve and intake on my Expedition. The reason for this mod is to prevent oil from reaching the intake system. I have a consumption problem...

Cleaning out the garage I found a 20 year old can of Marvel Mystery Oil. It was still full. I thought it would be rusted/stuck closed but it opened right up with no problems. I also had a brand new plastic bottle. I smelled them and they both smell completely different. The old MMO is much...

We just got a 57 chevy that was restored and built in 1992, and the PO passed away 3 years ago. The wife selling it didn't know much about it except it's a crate motor from 1992 with 330 HP, 355 cubic inch. We don't know much more as for specs. It has a dual quad setup with edelbrock 500's. It's...

I've got a 2003 Expedition with 141,000 miles. It's the 5.4L engine. I bought it a few months ago and realized it likes to use some oil. It never smokes as far as I can tell, but the oil goes down about a quart every 1,000 miles. The recommended oil from Ford is 5W20. The engine is a "Triton"...

Has anyone on this forum done oil analysis showing before and after using Lubrilon? I've tried searching and didn't find much info on Lubrilon at all prior to 2003. One article someone posted had basically bashed all oil additives claiming none of them work (very close to true), but...

I have an engine from a 1967 GTO in my Grand Am. It's been overhauled by myself and broken in. The factory recommended 30 weight oil back in the day. What should I use now? I'm in south florida with average to high temps. The car is not raced, but driven hard sometimes. I'm thinking 10W40...

Ok, i've never used this brand but it's only $10 for a gallon locally. I'm doing a quick oil change because I'm selling my car and the oil is overdue for a change. I'll still drive it till it's sold, maybe a couple thousand miles if noone buys it. Times are tough, and every dollar counts this...

I've had zero luck finding a drop in replacement filter for my 2008 Altima 2.5S (4 Cylinder). I don't want anything to do with K&N because of the high silicone samples and dirty oil. It seems that all the other brands don't make a filter for the 4 cylinder in 2008, only the 6 cylinder. I don't...

I've got to do a lower intake on my explorer which has 175,000 miles on it. As a result I need to drain and refill the coolant (there's also a coolant leak now which is why I have to remove the intake). I know pretty much everything's aluminum nowadays. I know the old school flush chemicals...

Before anyone slams me for not researching...I've spent plenty of time searching for my answer with no luck. I'm trying to figure out the oil filter micron level for Amsoil Absolute Efficiency filters. For instance there's a study showing a comparison between a looooong list of oil filter...

I cut open my filter today (FL1A) after only being installed for 3 weeks/500 miles. I thought I saw some metal flakes on the dipstick so decided to pop the filter and inspect. When I pulled the filter out of the can it felt extremely brittle and hard. In fact it was solid, like a lump of sugar...

I ordered my AFE Pro Dry S a few weeks ago. Today it finally arrived. I'm kind of pisssed about the packaging though. By the part number (31-10020) I ordered it's described on every website as Pro dry S media, 98+ ford explorer etc. When I received it, with that same part number written all over...

I know this has been discussed, but I haven't found the right answer during my searches. Green air filters advertises 5 micron filtering and at the same time is using Cotton & only two layers... sounds like I'm missing something. My K&N was cotton right? and it gave great performance, much...

I was looking at the product line of fuel injector cleaners on Gumout's website. I can't help but wonder if they're all the same thing or almost the same, with just a different label. I mean how many different versions of injector cleaner could one company have? They have fuel injector...

Well I'm trying to find the best home made formula for auto windshield washers. I don't always have time to run to the store when the fluid runs empty. Also, the generic cleaners are weak, and always leave sticky streaks all over my roof. So far I've tried to come up with my own formula of the...

I recently changed the timing chains in my 98 ford explorer which is the 4.0 SOHC engine. It's not the ford engine, this is the engine ford contracted to buy from a company in Germany, and then slapped the ford logo on the plastic engine cover. While I was re-timing the cams I decided to...

Has anyone had experience with this product or the manufacturer? Here's a link MotorSilk Link and their explanation of the product Explanation Link Overall summary of their product: Designed for NASA as a friction reducer. It's not an oil "additive", it's an engine treatment. It is a one time...