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I've done several citric acid flushes on older cast-iron engines and I've noticed that there is a white precipitate that settles out. Any idea what this white precipitate might be?

I see that there have already been several topics about coolant for this vehicle but they're a few years old now. My 02 Dakota has a 3.9L engine and the owner's manual calls for a 5-Year HOAT, (Mopar PN 5011764AB). It appears that the previous owner did the last flush & fill in 2011 so it's...

I'm still using an old desktop computer I built many years ago and upgraded to W10 from a WXP to W8.1 Pro promotion (~2014?). It seems to be bit a bit slow starting up so I'm thinking that doing a clean re installation of Windows 10 couldn't hurt. I currently have 2 hard drives: 160 GB c: (OS)...

I want to run some new Ethernet lines and will have to terminate each end with RJ45 connectors. I'm running low on connectors and they seem to a bit pricey from places like Home Depot. The ones on Amazon seem to be quite a bit cheaper but some of the reviewers complain about poor quality. Any...

Earlier this year, I was having trouble with mobile devices connecting to my home WiFi and often my desktop computer (connected via Ethernet) would seem to not connect to the internet. Being in a rural area, I've got wireless (radio tower) internet and the router connects to a switch inside the...

Some background: I've have a peer-to-peer home network and one of the computers on the network is a file server. The file server uses an Asus P3B-F board with a 20 GB c: Windows XP OS drive and a 1TB d: NTFS data drive using a pair of SATA drives plugged into a Vantec UGT-ST220R controller with...

I've been helping my father with his music collection. His desktop computer runs W10 Home and he has iTunes for his iPhone 4. He would like to be able to listen to music in other parts of his house and outside. I know I can easily set him up with a Bluetooth speaker to play music from his phone...

My son is in a certificate program at a local college and the keyboard in his laptop (Toshiba Satellite L50t-A) quit working recently. It has a touchscreen so he can switch to tablet mode to enter commands. The screen also has a dead pixel area about 1" in diameter. Since he used it since 2013...

The clutch master cylinder in my Camaro is shot and I need to replace it. On the Camaro forums, the Tick and MacLeod MCs are popular but my car is all stock and those high performance MCs are more expensive than I'm ready to pay right now. I checked with a local rebuilding shop and they told me...

I have a couple of tillers that use tensioner pulleys for engaging the tiller drive. The pulleys have oilite bearings that are a bit dry, especially since I've cleaned them up with some varsol. To relubricate the bearings, I've been soaking one pulley in some SAE 30 compressor oil. It's been...

Now that MS has now stopped supporting Windows XP, I thought I might start thinking about upgrading my desktop computers to a newer OS. I know a lot of people here like Linux but I want to stick with a Windows system for now. I've used Windows 7 and like it. I tried the Windows 8.0 upgrade on a...

I have a PC with ASUS P4P800S-X motherboard and I would like to add a larger hard drive. It works fine but the 160 GB IDE drive is pretty much at capacity. The board's user manual states that the current serial ATA interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate. My understanding is that I...

Originally Posted By: The Critic Originally Posted By: Spartuss Auto-RX it. That won't do anything. Auto-RX doesn't work, at least it didn't work on my SL2. From what I've read elsewhere here and on the Saturn Fans Forum, Auto-Rx doesn't seem to have much impact on reducing oil consumption...

I've been working on making the ACCCC web site more entertaining and created a few YouTube playlists for people interested in older cars. I'll be adding more videos to the playlists as I come across them. If anyone has too much time on their hands, please check out our video pages: ACCCC...

I see in a number of topics that CI-4/SL HDEO are recommended to protect older gasoline engines with flat tappet valve trains, especially those with high lift cams and stiff valve springs. Widman suggests in his Corvair Flat Tappet Engine Oil article that a good CI-4 HDEO contains 1000-1200 ppm...

Based partly on information I've collected from this forum, I've completed the first draft of my engine oil article for the ACCCC web site. Engine Oil Any advice you might have to offer would be greatly appreciated.

From what I've learned so far, many oil-burning engines burn oil because of seized rings due to carbon build-up in the ring grooves. The Saturn SL series 1.9L engine seems to be one engine prone to this problem. How hot do the ring grooves have to get before oil starts to carbonize? Would more...

I've been researching engine oil for an article I am writing for the ACCCC car club. Club members have cars dating back to the teens and many could use more information about the oil they use in their cars. I understand that non-detergent SA engine oils were used in cars up until 1930. Castor...

While reading up on the specifications of the 0W-30 and 0W-40 versions of these oils, I see that they are PAO HDEOs. The specifications for the small engines I have (Honda GX610, B&S 7.5 hp, etc) call for the use of SAE 30 engine oil during the summer. Using Esso Universal HD as an example, the...

I've been reading Corvair Oil Article by Richard Widman and I see that he recommends using CI-4 diesel oils because they contain sufficiently high levels of ZDDP to protect older flat tappet engines. Having had a look at the specifications of many diesel oils, I see that they have both CJ-4 and...