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Originally Posted by Lowflyer Originally Posted by edyvw Intake valves yes, but we are not talking about that here. Not 2018 Golf 2.0T. Guys... These engines have DUAL injection. DI and MI (manifold injection). No one knows it?? "Below" (RPM) the MI have "more to say", on the top, the DI. Like...

Originally Posted By: river_rat I tried but I can't budge anything by tapping because the stuff is so fine and soaked in the oil it's like thick batter. They will eventually pack themselves from gravity. But I didn't want to wait any longer for a pic. The better ther filters, the finer the...

FWIW a Pureone has cured pronounced start up rattle in my '08 Xterra (VQ40DE). The previous filter was a K and N bought when Advance had their Castrol Syntec and filter for $30.

If the starter is the same design as the Nippon Denso in the mid 90's Accords then for about 20 bucks and a 1/2 hour of labour you can fix it. The solenoid contacts get burned up and mushroomed out. Pull the starter and replace these and the plunger and you should be good for another 100,000...

No visible drop in oil level (5k OCI) on our '08 with 11k miles, running GC.

What about Bianchi? I have an old Bianchi road racing frame at my parent's place, used to be fully dressed in Campi gear..... According to their website, all their bike frames are made in-house...... From this website http://allanti.com/page.cfm?PageID=328 Bianchi - As I was writing this...

Originally Posted By: AcuraTech Study up on how to remove the crank pulley bolt. That's the thing that trips up most of the Honda TB "rookies". +1. Finally had to borrow a 1200 lbft impact wrench from work to break the thing free.

Jack up the front of the car and check for play in the tie rod ends/steering gear.

Originally Posted By: jesbo Originally Posted By: opposite_locker Autozone is having a "Syntec" deal right now - 5 qts + K&N oil filter for $30...and they actually stock GC (0w30)! Its not clear from their circular if the $30 "deal" includes GC. Looking at the picture in the flyer, It would...

Originally Posted By: buster I was thinking of running this in the Xterra. FYI. I should have a UOA for my Xterra using Rotella in the next month or so.

Real world figures here. http://www.fuelly.com/car/ford/escape

The US general from Harbor Freight is very nice for the money. Several guys here in our workshop have them and are very pleased.

Originally Posted By: Youthanasia thats funny, i have read that rotella t-syn 5w-40 is good in the VQ35DE also, a guy with a TT setup used it and it came back really good in a UOA... I am gonna check supertech UOA's, I wonder if they make a 5w-40...

I am planning on putting RTS in my Xterra from the next change on. There is a long running thread over on the 350Z forums where the RTS has shown some excellent UOA's. The VQ V6 seems to be particularly hard on oil (timing chains shearing the oil?) and the valve train design favoring something...