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PART 1 OF 3 OIL FILTER MEDIA EFFICIENCY SPECIFICATIONS I had time on my hands last week, so I compiled a list of oil filter media filtration specs pilfered from the InterTubes. I opted to not take the time to spreadsheet the data. A few notes… 1. CURRENT AND HISTORIC SPECS The specs below...

This seems so trivial that I hesitated to post it, but what the heck... Whenever I purchase motor oil I automatically check and tighten the caps before I even get to the cash register. Years of routinely seeing wet bottles on the store shelves led to that, plus the desire to avoid an Exxon...

I stumbled across an interesting thread in a VW forum in which two different VW owners reported they were able to reverse their oil consumption problems by simply using a retail crankcase petro-solvent such as MMO. If you read through various message boards, some VW/Audi owners can go through a...

A Dutch artist dude had a pet cat. The unfortunate cat was hit by a car and went to Kitty Heaven. The dude mourned the cat, but first put it in the freezer. Then he had a taxidermist stuff it. Later, for good measure, he turned the cat into a working helicopter (actually a "quadrocopter")...

I have an out-of-warranty 2008 VW 2.0T that calls for VW 502 oil. I also have a case of Pennzoil Platinum 5W/30 Synthetic in my garage, bought for a former ride of mine, although it's NOT 502 spec'd. I was thinking about using it over the cooler fall and winter months in the VW. This all hinges...

Seafoam, per the current MSDS, is 40-60% Pale Oil (CAS 64742-54-7), 25-35% Naphtha, and 10-20% Isopropyl Alcohol "IPA". IMO, there's clearly better choices for fuel "cleaners" than Seafoam, namely the few polyether amine products out there. As a motor oil "treatment," I assume the pale oil is...

Next time you're considering where to make your auto parts purchases, remember this... Per a $12M lawsuit by the California Attorney General, AutoZone has been systematically dumping into storm drains at least some of the waste fluids brought in by customers. From a newspaper article: "The...

Howdy. Might anyone know of a repair shop in the greater Los Angeles area which offers smoke machine vacuum leak detection? Or might some sort of retail aerosol can of "smoke" be available for shadetree mechanics? I've already tried the propane and aerosol carb cleaner methods with mixed...

I stumbled across this cool Shell Rotella site which provides 77 Q&A topics on motor oils. A sampling: #22. "The term 'break-in oil' is a relic from the old days...With all the advances in parts metallurgy and machining techniques, manufacturers can break in their engines with fully formulated...

Interesting comments in a Filter Manufacturers' Council bulletin (TSB-98-1) on several key UOA numbers: "The primary (UOA) indicators will be Silicon (dirt), Viscosity (Oil Film Strength), Soot (Combustion by-product), and Total Base Number (TBN). Most engine manufacturers have oil analysis...

I thought this significant enough to warrant its own thread... With big thanks to board member "ScottinWI," who discovered this filter due to some creative sleuthing through the Baldwin website, a monster Peugeot-application filter with a 20mm x 1.5mm thread, anti-drainback, and 14 psi bypass...

I've used the longer filter in a Mitsubishi-powered Mopar that calls for the 14459. Works fine. I've studied the two intact filters side-by-side as best I could, and they look absolutely identical except for internal cartridge length. The cut-open photos I've seen show identical designs as well...

While strolling through a So. Cal. KMart last night, I glanced at a few random bottles of Shell Rotella. It was old stock, referring to the old "SJ" standard. Then I picked up a bottle of Pennzoil Synthetic...same thing. Since API "SL" came around in July 2001, these oils date back as far as 3...

EXAMPLE #1 March 2004 comments by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on CBS's "Face the Nation," joined by Tom Friedman of the New York Times: RUMSFELD: "Well, you're the--you and a few other critics are the only people I've heard use the phrase 'IMMEDIATE THREAT.' I DIDN'T. The president...

No, it's not Ken Starr making news, silly! We're talkin' about Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor assigned to investigate the Bush White House leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame in retaliation for comments made by her husband, diplomat Joe Wilson, after a fact-finding mission to...

Making the media rounds today are some pretty harsh responses to one of Bush's re-election commercials, which began airing yesterday. The ad shows images of the skeletal remains of the World Trade Center and a victim being carried through the rubble. Here's typical comments from the news...

"HondaRD" recently mentioned a magazine's oil filter study (link below), and the article once again confirms how manufacturers' claims about their products can be about as truthful as an Enron brochure, while independent filter studies such as Grease's wade through marketing departments'...

I burst out laughing when I read this...this is too funny! In a recent filing with the Securities Exchange Commission, Halliburton Corp. has listed Vice President **** Cheney as an official "Risk Factor" which may affect its stock value. After the laughter subsides, such a description makes...

OK, due to my ride I've been suffering the equivalent of Ren & Stimpy's "Space Madness" lately...at least for a few minutes or so. As you know, Dexron III superceded Dexron II some years back. The manual for my 2002 Mitsubishi-built Mopar requires "Dexron II" fluid for its 1.3 qt power steering...

I came across this today. Since the old-school habit of adding a quart of ATF to engine oil just prior to oil changes keeps coming up on this board (and elsewhere), I thought this interesting. It would seem that other products have significantly better solvent qualities for such purposes, be...