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So..... I bought a 2023 Tacoma last summer and am on my first oil change at 5K miles. I thought long and hard about changing it earlier but decided to wait until 5K. As some of you know, toyota has a 2 year 25K mile, maintenance covered plan. AKA Free oil changes and rotations...

My mom has a grad marquis that has been setting up for 5 years. The last oil change was 5 years ago with almost no miles put on it since then. It was Castrol GTX blend. The battery has been in a trickle charger since then and I crank the engine over the two or so times a year when I visit...

i have seen some ads for stretchable cv boots that slip over the big end of the axle. this would be much easier than taking it apart, My only concern is if the rubber is good for long life after that. CV are not loose or making noise on hard turns si they should still be good. the boot is just...

I used to know but now im a little rusty. :).

I just met a about 10 of my 16 year old daughters friends. I was taken aback at the variety of personalities. two or three goth girls, crazy punk rocker hair due (this one greeted me with a straw stuck in her nose), the shy one hiding behind the big one with a straw in her nose, a crazy one that...

Saw this and thought you guy would get a giggle. Its' actually legit and designed for that application. :O not me!

I just built a generator shed behind my detached garage and have everything power in. Its a backup generator so it will sit for a while with gas in it until it is needed. I plan to drain and refill with fresh gas twice a year. (Its only 6 gallons) that my lawn mower and boat will gladly eat up...

My Westinghouse generator has a large 6gallon metal tank. I fill the tank in the spring about April and empty it in the fall if I don't use it (6-8 months). I cycle in in new fuel and use the old fuel in my lawn mower or boat. I use Stabil marine formula (same as my boat) for this fuel but all...

A long time ago there was a test done on different oil filters where dirty oil was flowed through them for a period of time to see how well the filter removed the particles from the oil. This was on a old webpage is mostly text based tabulated data. 20+ years ago. Has there been any recent...

Just thought I'd mention them again. :) its been a while.

A ford tech on YouTube popped up in my thread and he had some genuine advice that goes against conventional wisdom here, He suggest going back to the old 3000 mile OCI for new cars with turbo and DI. He also claimed a car with only 21,000 was full carnish gunk and coked pistons when the customer...

In the old days if you rolled 100K miles on an engine it was a big deal and if it dies at 100,001 miles, you generally though you got your moneys worth. Whats the new threshold? 150K, 200K, 300, 400? I know this forum about maintenance means most folks here are frugal and have expectations of...

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cu...-stands-recalled-for-risk-of-collapsing/ See this article for serial number ranges for the jack stands in question. Go check em!

You know who's video this is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHRYxRiboc Let see the price bacon is say $5 / lb. I could calculate the volume of beacon grease based on beacon grease density and and grease yield from frying beacon but I'll go by my last big bacon fry and say it makes about 1...

Anyone know of something like this. Maxlife is a true synthetic while WS claimed to be but doesnt clearly state it. Later found out it is not. I would like to see the difference in controlled test to prove synthetic ATF has superior life and wear resistance compare to toyota WS.

Adding "like" options to posts like facebook would reduce some redundant posts saying the same thing over and over. Once the threads get over 2 pages long they are fairly useless to people looking for information since no one is going to read all of those posts to get a consensus.

My mom is in the southern part if cajun country and only a couple times a year will the temperatures get below freezing outside for a period of time. (couple of days) It might be every few years. She has a traditional water well with a 1/3HP pump and tank outside the house with pipes running to...

Is ther a website where u can buy a pint or so if automitive paint (clear) and hardner? i just need enough to paint the hood of my car. i tried the 2k can paint from amazon and the spray pattern is crap leading to heavy orangepeel. i have a binks gun and compressor but didnt want to break out...

I have never kept records on my cars and sell private party most of the time. No one ask for them but I give them a summary of the work I have done on the cars and when it was done. They can figure out the next service interval from the manual even though I'm usually over 150K miles when I sell...

Being an EE it was very disappointing to find out that LED Christmas lights fail almost as fast as the old incandescent lights. I thought paying the high price meant never having to run through a string figuring out what bulb was bad ever again. Unfortunately Phillips/GE must have figured a way...