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'93 Ford Escort, ~34K mile OCI on Pennzoil SL dino. This wasn't a case of pushing the envelope; it was plain old neglect. When the oil was finally changed during a valve cover gasket replacement, I saw that the oil filter media had collapsed. Curiously, compression was still great at 247K miles...

Originally Posted By: Captain_Klink you don't get one, it hits you when you are back on the base, and it's not really a rush, as a feeling that you're going to be sick. That's what my uncle says, too. Navy F4 Phantom II pilot in Vietnam.

We've run into that on different laptops every so often. Some of the causes: Power Plan settings need adjusting. Windows Update installed a video driver that doesn't include the functionality provided by the original/OEM driver. Corrupted/broken video driver. Incorrect video driver. Non-video...

The only startup noise I've noticed on my Honda was from a P1 filter with a faulty ADBV. The car just doesn't seem to care if it's a HAMP, M1, Wix, Baldwin, or whatever brand oil filter on there. OTOH, different oils have different sound characteristics in the Civic, especially above 4K RPM. I...

I suspect I change mine way too often.

Civic takes 3.9 qt with filter change; Spit takes 4.75 qt with filter change. I fill with 4 qt and 5 qt respectively.

Whoa. I'm just wondering how a filter can stop 50% more dirt than a competing filter that already stops 90-something % or so, even if it can stay in use 50% longer?

Originally Posted By: Patman I always open the box to make sure someone didn't put a cheaper one in there. It happened to me once when I.... Ditto. I learned my lesson after buying a K&N filter for the Triumph and starting an oil change. After draining the sump I found that the K&N box...

Originally Posted By: The Critic Originally Posted By: tropic I don't see 0w-20 performing any differently than 5w-20 in your car during the summer months. Honest opinion. You won't see any changes in fuel economy or protection at all. In fact I'm running Synpower 0w-20 in my Honda for the...

No offense intended, but I'd do the opposite. I'd go by the dipstick reading rather than the OM's stated capacity. Something about ignoring a physical reading from the car in question in favor of the OM just sits wrong with me.

I don't see 0w-20 performing any differently than 5w-20 in your car during the summer months. Honest opinion. You won't see any changes in fuel economy or protection at all. In fact I'm running Synpower 0w-20 in my Honda for the summer. I admit it's mostly for the novelty of using a non-Mobil...

I don't keep my original receipts. I scan them to PDF and then toss them. It's a lot easier to keep track of (and backup) files than a bunch of different-sized fading paper receipts. My maintenance log is just a Word document where I record service events.

Funny timing. I went to Wal-Mart this weekend fully intending to buy some Edge 5w-30 as a summer oil for the Civic and ended up buying 4 quarts of Synpower 0w-20 instead. I think it's been available at our Wal-Marts for a while.

I've been riding on T-rated Hydroedges for nearly a year now. At 10,000 miles of mostly city use they still look new. I prefer them to TTs in all weather conditions except for snow. They're excellent in rain, good on dry pavement, but mediocre on ice, hardpack and newfallen snow. They also pick...

Great timing on this. The Civic's at 10% oil life, and my oil stash is only 5 quarts. I'd like to try this out on the next OCI. Don't laugh, but that tiny HT/HS jump from 2.6 to 2.7 compared with PP 5w-20 is kinda appetizing.

I bought a few RP filters during a Pep Boys coupon blitz. All I can really say is that they're built like tanks and seem to flow really well at startup on my Honda.

I had a $150 gift certificate and spent it on a set of 25' 2-gauge cables with 500 amp clamps... wasted money. I think your Cavalier would be happy with 4- or even 8-gauge conductors and never come close to heating them up unless you allow a trucker to cop a jump from you. Look for sturdy, mean...

Originally Posted By: ecotourist ...I used an "aftermarket" filter from MicronAir which was absolutely identical to the OE. I'd bet they made the original one. And it was about half the price of the Honda filter.... I believe it. MicronAir's HN03104P & HN03104C are the OE cabin air filters for...

Originally Posted By: hooligan24 i'll change mine whenever. If I plan to change the oil on a purticular day, I will leave the ramps and drain pan ready to go for when I get off work. I get hoe and drive up the ramps, slide the pan under the car, then reach under and open the Fumoto Valve. total...

Originally Posted By: Clarence_Iba 1980 Volvo 240 DL, Castrol 20w-50 with an OCD. Hehe. 1976 Volvo 242 DL. My grandmother bought that car for my father when he graduated from college, and it was just my luck that it was still running twenty years later when I was in high school. I bought it for...