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I wanted to report a successful removal of about 3/4 of a crayon melted into a cloth seat (yellow crayon on a gray cloth passenger seat. I first chipped away as much as I could. Then I got a terry cloth towels and laid it on the seat. Heated up a clothes iron on high heat and high steam...

I picked up a couple of gallons of this stuff at my local parts store ( www.drydockboat.com ) at $14.25 a gallon. I hope to do a VOA on it. No API certs on the bottle, just the upcoming FC-W pending logo from the NMMA. http://www.nmma.org/certification/programs/oils/fc-w.asp?bhcp=1 They...

First UOA on my boat. A 2001 Bryant with Mercruiser 4.3L V6 Vortec with throttle body injection. Total hours on boat is 145. Hours on oil is 53. Duration in crankcase Nov 2003 to July 2004. No makeup oil. Mercruiser oil filter -- a Champion. In use April 2004 to July 2004. ANA Laboratories did...

Time for a mid-season oil change. Came back from the lake Sat and drained oil. Today, put new filter on and filled crankcase with oil. Did not prefill filter with oil (it is ugly since it is upside down). The oil shows on the dipstick as about a half quart high because there is no oil in the...

Since there isn't a fuel filter section. I thought maybe this was the appropriate forum. My '01 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.8L AWD with 90K miles was missing during acceleration. I replaced the original fuel filter and it cured it. Here is a picture of the inside of the filter. Interesting that it...

Oil was in service about two months. Baldwin B34 oil filter. Fram air filter in stock air box. Did some 4K lbs boat towing. No make-up oil. This was an ARx rinse oil -- the reason for the low mileage. 75,200 to 77,200 miles Ana Labs Titanium Silver Copper 4 Lead 10 Tin Aluminum 3 Nickel...

I have a water softener installed and my two outside hose outlets are plumbed with hard water. It would take me about an hour and $20 to plumb an additional hose outlet in the garage to wash cars. Has anyone done this? Results? Is it worth it? Our hard water is about 22 to 25.

"...the filter only sees about 10% of what the oil pump is putting out. the rest goes directly into the oil gallies via the oil filter bypass valve." I read the above quote by a marine/boat mechanic on another board. My impression was that once the oil is thin enough due to engine heat...

Fellow Filter Friends, It was a long haul. Coordinating vacations, business trips, BITOG members buying filters, calibrating test machine, testing, writing, tabulating, etc. we are finally done. The new study has been renamed from the Mercruiser study to the Grease Oil Filter Study and can be...

Slightly Divorce forces sale! Just kidding I'm still happily married after cutting apart all these oil filters. Rather than throw these away or take up space in my garage, I would like to blind auction these away. Now is your chance to own one of the finest oil filter collections of...

85,000 to 89,000 miles. Lots of short trips (grocery & kid hauler), 5-6 winter months, unheated but insulated garage kept (never less than ~30F on startups). First analysis on vehicle. WIX oil filter used. Mopar air filter about 8 months old. Fed 5W30 dino entire life at ~4K mi intervals...

In other words, if I have a decent wax job that is about 1/2 gone, can I go right to a polish step or do I need to get wax off with a cleaner before polish will do any good?

I'm new to this detailing bit, so please bear with me. I used to wash and then wax with a liquid one step -- something like RainX, 2001, or NuFinish. Just bought this 98 Durango. It was in pretty good shape. Nights it was kept in a garage in SE Ohio. Here is the sequence, did a wash, claybar...

In my quest to find the perfect oil for my Mercruiser boat I did a VOA on Merc's 25W40 oil. I have searched, compiled, and posted 11 additional candidate oils. This would be interesting for anyone considering a 0-40, 5-40, or 15-40 oil -- dino or synthetic...

1998 Dodge Durango 5.9L V8 PT4WD, 46RE tranny, 73K miles. Just bought it 2K miles ago from original owner. Runs strong and sounds good. Owner claimed 3 to 4K OCI's w/ dino, and an occasional blends or synthetic. He told me it burns 1/2 to 1 quart every 3K and just accepted the fact. I think it...

ANA Labs (http://www.analaboratories.com) Moly Mag 1063 Calcium 422 Phos 1362 Zinc 1546 Titanium Silver Copper Lead Tin Aluminum Nickel Iron 2 Chrom Sodium Boron 196 Silicon 7 SAE/ISO Grade 2540 TBN 6.50 VIS @ 100C Cst 15.14 ======================================= Your comments...

Have not seen it in SE Ohio either.

I am interested in a VOA on this oil, but maybe not $30 interested. I don't see one in the VOA section. Anyone want to go in on this? We would need 2, 3, or 6 participants for $15, $10, or $5 share respectively.

My wife's '01 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.8L AWD 87K miles has had a major squeal upon morning startup in the 30-40F degree garage. It would go away after 1-3 minutes depending on the temperature. After it was warm the PS moaned during turning at low speeds. I was all ready to replace the PS pump b/c...

Just posted. A respected member of BITOG analyzed the 12 filter medias for smallest and average pore size and tested flow with 30W oil. I have added these to the original document and added a rating system. Also added were the PureOne and ST filters. Let the discussions begin! I found it very...