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What would you think if your car was run without ANY oil? Today I was at a Toyota Dealership... Brought my own oil and did a Oilchange. The car next to me was backed out and went on a TEST run... and just happened to leave all the fresh oil on the FLOOR and about 8-10 Inches wide for about 125...

MY opinion based on a very non-technical and biased viewpoint is this... For my style and equipment and use... Shell V-power does Worst in STOP and GO and IDLE situations. If there is a good mix, it's almost if not a draw. If the style is longer distance more constant moving and little...

Saw one in the shop today. Taking it apart for rebuild. Year I donno it was from Colorado and a 4x4 and the Diff and firewall etc all coated with gobs of sand and oil that looked like the center of an OLD ROAD. This motor the oil looked like watery PITCH. the cover was Black but you could see...

Anyone have a CLUE? I would like to find the metalic components composition to ALL of the internal moving parts. Anyone know where I can find this Information. Not only would I like to know but what % of each. And not only that, but a breakdown of each, I.E. A timing chain: each part.

Been having problems from time to time starting my TACO-ma. Hapened last year and it was the Fuel pump. BUT I have heard the pump priming after it refused to stay Caught. It cranks easy. It starts to catch. and just dies, Seems like it wants to rund rough when I put the peddle in a bit, but...

""""It’s Official GF-4 Now Part of the Industry Family. Kline and Company forecast that there will be enough Group II after GF-4 is adopted. Kline believes that Group I base oil prices will decline to a point that the Group II refiners will switch their industrial lubricant formulations to...

Coworker today was in a parking lot with hood up so I pulled up in front. He looked happy to see me. I asked If he needs a jump. He doubts it I ask why... Because the fire department awhile back had to put his engine out. What? Yes HE CALLED the FD because his engine catches on fire. Looked...

In recent past, Patman had the post about Dino oils and Syn oils for those with over 150K miles. I'd like to take that a step further, even more important are those cars that never have nor do now, even with high milage since (Brand NEW)burned oil. I have had cars that maybe burned a few...

I was going to take a REAR-End sample today and a Tranny sample, but when I saw the GREEN fluid come out of the tranny, and how little came out, I decided to do that next time. BUT the Rear-end sample was taken with 38555 miles and about three weeks we'll have the results ready to post! Get...

IF a Cat is working perfect on a car, will it have any white residue around the internals?

How many layers can moly plate before it won't plate? Not the thickness, but NUMBER of plates or layers...Anyone Know?

What are they and are they limited only in select TYPES of engines / group basestocks>?

Well just a little while ago I am getting 10 Gallons of water for the house (filtered), and I run across a man with a 1993 Nissan PU, he left it running while we waited our turns. I comment him on how smooth and nice it sounds, and we talk more, he told me all the things replaced (a lot) for...

Based purely on the TBN and TBN only: What % change from New oil TBN levels to current TBN levels listed in the UOA's, do you consider a point in and of itself as a flag to change the oil?

Mine never seems to move. There are three lines running about a right angle, the rating I guess is 20/17 The top number is 5000 The bottom is ~650 anyone have anything different? Can a system be cleaner? Even when I ran a By-pass, my numbers only changed a couple times... As I figure it...

Which additives have an affinity for Which other additives in their % relationship, and what is the accepted margin or range in a perfectly running engine?

What % if any are the different 1. Types of moly able to be mixed (compatable)within a single oil. 2. Rates in which engine "WEAR" will appear to increase on a UOA... if / when different ones are mixed. Or maybe better yet; When you change from Specific Moly to another to another moly, what...

If an engine oil were tweaked with a very high dose of Moly in correct proportion to other additives, how much reduction in wear do you believe will result? IYO, what level of Moly would be necessary to 1. Maintain Status Quo, and 2. Provide superior protection.

Does PPM change? If Car #1 had a PPM on average of say 1 or 2 for a certain wear metal, and NOTHING else changes other than the age of the engine, and the same oil is used throught, will the PPM increase in proportion to the age of the engine? If so, at what rate for an Average, and two for a...

How does this affect the oil and Extended drains? Can it affect the level of cleannliness or cooling or flow? Mine is .8750, what's your's.