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My son just acquired an older ski boat with an outboard Mercury motor on it and I have no idea on anything about the motor. I was hoping someone here could give me some advise. It is a late 70's or 80's ski boat. The engine is a Mercury 140HP. I know it is a two stroke, six cylinder. It is also...

I just got an 82 Yamaha Virago that I am going to be using as a training bike for my wife to use to re-learn how to ride. I have no idea how old the engine oil is so I am going to change it and cannot find much info on the web so far. I am just wondering what oil you guys think would work best...

I just inherited a 80 VW Rabbit pick-up that is a Diesel. The truck had been sitting in a field for about 7 years. I brought it home on a trailer and hooked a battery to it and it fired up on the first try. I live in Northern California and we have the low sulfur fuel out here. My question is...

I have an 86 Toyota 22re that has been sitting for a little over two years. It has been outside and has the same engine oil in it now that it had when it was parked. My question is, do I need to do anything other then a standard oil change using a quality oil? The truck has a little over 200k on...

I friend of mine asked me to ride his motorcycle for a couple of days because he has been unable to. While backing into my garage, it rubbed against the side of my garage and I got some white paint transfer on his black hard bags. They are plastic. I was wondering what I could use to get the...

I have a 03 Sportster and just noticed I have a nail in my rear tire when I was checking the pressure. I don't know how long it has been there. It is in the tread, actually completely in one of the tread grooves. A friend of mine said it would be fine to pull the nail and plug the tire. Does...

I am getting ready to do a fluid exchange and filter change on my 04 Yukon 2500 with the 6.0/4L80 combo. My manual states Dex III, but I see a lot of reviews here tell folks to use the Dex IV in the same tranny. Which one should I be using? The truck has just shy of 100K. I don't know what the...

Hey guys, by following some of the posts here, I decided to run the VR1 20-50 synthetic in my Sportster. I have looked everywhere here in northern California and cannot find it. I went to O'Reilly and asked them if they could order some and after checking, told me they could not. So... what is...

Hey guys, looking for a little help before I have to spend a ton of cash on a toy. I have an 85 motorhome that uses a Chevy chassis. It runs the 350/turbo400 engine trans combo. After a trip up a mountain last year, the transmission began giving me problems. When it tries to change from first to...

Ok, so it was time to do the OC in my 2004 GMC Yukon XL. It has the 6.0 Vortec. I went down to O'Reilly's and they had the VR1 10-30 for sell for 4.99 a quart. I usually run Pen Platnum, but it was still at 9.00 a quart. I have run the VR1 in my Harley for years, so I decided to give it shot...

I am new to this website and am very excited to get some advise and education to help my vehicles perform at their best. I figure this topic has already been covered, but from what I see everyone on this forum is friendly so here goes: I have a 2000 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD. It has the 6.0...