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If you can smell gasoline on your dipstick, are you causing increased wear? Does some fuel evaporate out of the oil during normal running or extendeded driving if more isn't being added? What percentage of fuel dilution causes increased wear? Would you say engine oil is fairly tolerant to fuel...

Couldn't hardly see the oil level in the thin window on 5L Castrol Edge 0W40 bottle, and accidentally overfilled by 3/4 quart. That's 7-3/4 quarts in a system that normally says full with 7 quarts. I did drain it quite thoroughly and let it sit with the drain plug out for several hours. The oil...

My 2003 4WD Silverado 4.8 I bought new has 62K miles and I've got several choices for a transfer case fluid change, the third change since new. It is a manual transfer case. I rarely use 4WD. I have all these fluids already: Autotrak II, TES 295, Red Line D4. The Autotrak II I have no other...

I rebuilt the Stromberg WW on my 1961 GMC V6 305 4WD Suburban and post rebuild, it would run fine, but I had to prime it to get it to start. I took it apart again, and found debris in the screw that holds down the accelerator pump nozzles. The hollow screw is also the fuel passage for the...

posted August 22, 2022 08:36 AM At the last night of the Missouri state fair in Sedalia, they held 410 Sprints, B Modifieds, and Show Me Vintage car races. B Modifieds are lined up for a heat race start, and the green flag is on the way down, and they are accelerating for the start in turn 4...

I wonder how fuel quality has changed during the time I've owned my 1984 Ski Nautique with a 351 Windsor. I've never had any memorable fuel issues, octane always has seemed adequate, and despite alarmist warnings that lead removal would cause valve recession, I've noticed no problems. The advice...

Helped a buddy pull a Holman-Moody 302 Ford out of his 1970 Donzi sweet 16 yesterday. He had already pulled the heads and manifolds, so we pulled the block assembly and took it apart. In the oil pan was about a half a cup of apparent cooling system debris, iron oxide chunks looking like corroded...

I'm changing the gearbox oil in an old Rockwell/Delta scroll saw, the gearbox holds about 1-1/2 pints. I'll assume the "light winter grade automobile oil" would be a 10W, which seems to be rare these days. I wouldn't like to use non detergent, since I'd like to ensure there are some anti wear...

I have had very little experience with dry sump systems, British bike and Yamaha VX1100 are exceptions. I understand what happens when wet sumps are overfilled, the level gets up where the crank counterweights begin frothing the oil. It would seem that dry sump systems would not have much...

My 2003 regular cab long be 4X4 base model 4.8 Silverado has a sticky rear caliper piston at 45K miles. The system has thinner rotors and single piston calipers that comes on non limited slip axles. Thinking about replacing system with the two piston calipers and thicker rotors that come on...

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BMW has used similar calipers for many non-M models for a long time that use a headless pin with smaller diameter threads that goes through a rubber bushing mounted in the caliper. It may be an ATE caliper, and similar calipers are used on many VW and Audi cars. My Bentley BMW service manual...

Say you put a pad set on the back with high friction coefficient, and one on the front with low. How does the system handle changes like this? Are the friction coefficients just not that wide of a range, or is the system tolerant of a range of friction coefficients? Ever heard of mixing pad...

A long time ago, my daughter bought a used 1999 Accord with Bridgestone tires on it. LF shows wear on the inside, so I rotate and the inside wear on that tire continues. At least one of those tires wore down to the belts before I replaced them. Didn't care much about using those tires up...

I just bought 2 Mopar hub/wheel bearing assemblies made in 2001. Then I remembered the shelf life of grease is recommended by some manufacturers as 5 years. Should I be worried that 18 year old bearings grease has deteriorated and may not protect? Also seals could also have deteriorated in that...

My buddy changed the hydraulic system oil on his 1994 Kubota L2900. He just bought it within the last year, and he thinks the system oil hadn't ever been changed. It took 10 gallons of Kubota Super UDT oil at $30/gallon. He was shocked at some of the debris trapped in the filter magnet. Two...

Very common Yamaha oil filter used on motorcycles, waverunners, ATVs, outboards, generators, and possibly snow machines. There are numbers I've seen from 5GH-13440-00-00, 5GH-13440-20-00. 5GH-13440-40-00, 5GH-13440-70-00, and maybe there are -30,-50, and -60. Are all these filter models...

My 2000 Concorde 2.7 has 193K miles on it and burns 1/2 quart during my often done 500 mile trip when starting at the full line. I normally keep it at the full line since this motor has sludge tendencies and has pretty high oil temperatures. The last trip I started with the oil level 1/2 quart...

Mobil data sheet shows 183 for conventional D/M, and 179 for Mobil 1 ATF. D/M: https://www.mobil.com/English-US/Passenger-Vehicle-Lube/pds/GLXXMobil-ATF-DM Mobil 1 ATF downloads here: https://www.exxonmobil.com/Passenger-Vehicle-Lube/Mobil-1-Synthetic-ATF/pds-us

OEM is 5GH-13440-60-00, I was thinking of running 14610 Purolator One or Boss. Any advise on a better choice?