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Relatively long story short, I got some new tires put on my Outlander (Destination LE2). When taking off the rear wheel, three of the studs twisted off. The last person to touch the wheel was that shop when I had them rotate and do an alignment about a month ago. Shop swore up and down that the...

Finally did my UOA on the truck just to see how it was doing. This last OCI was bad, I was not checking oil as I should have and only took something like 2-3 quart out of it. I also have an occasional weepage of coolant that comes and goes. Did some quick research on Ranger forums and some 3.0s...

Dad and I like to do work on the cars over the holiday to spend time together and keep everyone's cars going strong. This Christmas season, we spent two days attacking a leaking upper oil pan, rear diff output seal, spark plugs (upper intake removal included), and timing belt replacement. While...

Last time I was home, dad decided to do an oil change on mom's Liberty with 2.8L diesel. He ended up buying 10w40 Valvoline. I told him that he's running the wrong type of fluid and that he should really get some Rotella T6. How bad is it to run 10w40? I'm sure he's thinking the 40w is 40w.

I'm a stickler for maintenance. I've had two UOA done on my Outlander and my magic number for M1 and PP 5w20 has been 7500 miles. First done at 5k miles with 4.0 TBN and the second leaving 2.9 TBN at 7k miles. I'm facing to go on a 2200 mile trip and my next oil change should be in 1600 miles...

I got my Ranger 3 years / 30k miles ago and changed out the transmission, front diff, rear diff, and tcase. Transmission got nothing special ATF...appropriate type. Gear lube was non-synthetic. I know ATF usually gets changed out every 30-45k miles...but that's ATF in an automatic transmission...

I was going through a used bookstore in downtown Wooster, OH and came across the book, "The Oil-Chemists' Handbook" by Erastus Hopkins. Thought I found a gem of an outdated oil book, but found that google already digitized it. For those interested, it has some interesting tables: The...

Everyone loves these pics. Been using 5-30 MaxLife for the last 25k miles. 1998 Ranger 3.0L Vulcan Driver's Side Passenger Side

I know the manual calls for ATF in the power steering. I have the Ford squealing power steering pump. I've changed it out and used fresh ATF. After a few months, I put some power steering additive that was supposed to quiet the pump down...it did for a while. This thing is still squealing after...

I'm not totally sure what to think of this analysis. This is my first one. Vehicle is a 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander LS AWD w/ 3.0L. My previous oil changes are usually "synthetics on sale". This UOA is on Castrol Edge 5w20, and definitely for 5200 miles. Last oil in there was Mobil1 5w20. I've got...

Okay, so I'm going to be good to this vehicle and I'm going to change out the transfer case oil at the recommended interval. While I'm at it, might as well do the rear axle as well. For those of you searching a year or two from now, it is a 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander. I have the whole service...

I have a '98 Ranger with the 3.0 Vulcan. Top of the cap calls for 5w30. Later model Rangers call for 5w20 oil. I've tried to do some research on how far the 3.0 in Rangers were back spec'd to 5w20 and the consensus I found was '99. I kinda wondered why, but didn't really find any answers. I...

In the past I've been really cheap and buying the cheapest of dino oils for my vehicles and changing out at 3k. Now that the wife has a newer (and nicer) vehicle, going to start using better stuff. I've recently started reading how using synthetics (and the correct weight...whoops) will help...