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I am slowly going through everything on the HX. Today's fun was replacing the valve cover gasket. Whoever installed the previous one did a terrible job. The car has 226k miles and who knows how many previous owners. Enjoy...

It's a little more of job than I want to deal with. Any ideas on what I would be looking at labor wise for a shop to do this for me?

My '97 Honda Civic HX is marking its territory and making a mess on my driveway. It's certainly not worth fixing, so at this point I'm looking to slow/stop the mess. I'm currently running Mobil 1 0w30 which I'm sure is on the thin side of things and not helping anything. Any suggestions on what...

I know that PYB and Chevron are considered blends but is there a way to tell what other conventional oils are blends too? Something on the label I should be looking for? I'm really wondering if Super Tech, Formula Shell and Harvest King are a blend or not.

I'm going to start doing oil changes on a friend's Odyssey. I know it takes 4.2 qts of 0w-20. They usually take it to a quick lube place for whatever synthetic oil they get. The van is used for around town plus family trips. I would guess 10k miles a year. I do a yearly oil change on one of...

Before getting married and buying my first German car, I had never heard of buying specific oil (other than weight) for a car. Can you all explain to me why a certain 5w-30 is approved and some aren't? This is a non turbo, inline 5 car, out of warranty. What is different about the oil? What is...

I'm picking up a 97 Honda Civic HX from a friend of mine in UT. It's a 1500 mile drive back home to Kansas from there. The car currently has (3) 185-60-15 General RT43's and an unknown 195-60-15 tire. I don't like the idea of driving home with an odd-ball size tire. He says the current RT43's...

I'm picking up a 97 Honda Civic HX (5 speed) from a friend of mine in a couple of weeks. Car has 212k miles and was his commuter for 100 miles a day for the last 4 years. He's always used whatever 5w30 dino was cheapest and changed it at 5k. I'm going to be using the car for short trips...

I am having a coolant loss issue on my 4runner and suspect it could be a leaking head gasket. It's only been 550 miles since my last oil change but I want to send a sample off to confirm my suspicions. So, how many miles should I put on the oil before taking the sample?

I just bought a 91 Toyota FJ80 with the 3FE engine. It has 174k miles on it. The previous owner ran Mobil 1 10w-40 but only changed 5 quarts of the 8.5 during each oil change. Weird. The manual says to use 10w-30. Googling, I find people running 10w-30, 15w-40 and 20w-50. I want to use...

A little bit of backround-- 1997 Toyota 4Runner 3.4L 216k miles The previous oil change I ran Napa synthetic 5w-30 for 5,900 miles. While draining it, I saw what looked to be metal flakes. Instead of running fresh Napa synthetic again, I bought some Walmart Supertech oil to flush out the...

I have owned the car for the last 20k miles and have only used Mobil 1 0w-40. I do 5k oci. Should I be concerned about the Copper and Sodium?

Backround: 1997 Toyota 4Runner 3.4L 215k miles Last oil used- Napa synthetic 5w-30 with Toyota oil filter Oil in serivice- 5,886 miles I did an oil change last weekend and towards the end of the oil drain, the sound of the oil draining changed and the oil seemed thicker and had what looked to...

I just purchased a 1986 Toyota 4x4 22RE-T. The truck has 260k miles on it with the engine rebuilt at 190k and the turbo rebuilt at 200k. The previous owner runs 10W-30 conventional. I would like to run a synthetic but am unsure if I should with an engine with so many miles. I'm sure it has never...

This is my first time sending my oil out for analysis. I have been running Mobil 1 0w-30 since the first oil change and have changed the oil every 5k miles. This is my first extended oil change and my first time using Amsoil. I used a Mobil 1 oil filter for the duration of the oil run.