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What's the difference ? Didn't even know that Napa had a better filter than the Napa Gold. Does anyone know who makes Napa Filters ??

What would be a good choice or the best choice in a 0-20 oil ?? Thank you in advance

WE are picking up a 2011 Corrola on Tuesday and it comes with 2 yrs scheduled maintenance and recommends 0-20 oil My question is isn't 0-20 a little thin ?? And 5000 mile oil changed especially on a 4 cylinder a little long ?? or am I being over reactive ?? I know 0-20 would have to be a...

For my 2009 Tacoma V6 Which is driven 90% on the freeway which would be a better choice ? I plan on 4000 mile change intervals. The oil will remain in the truck however for 6 months Thank you in advance

I have 1984 Tiara 27 Continental with twin 260 I/O's The engines have 772 hrs and run like new. I have noticed in the past that after a good run and coming down to idle the oil pressure was down to 5 psi and would gradually come up as the engine idled back to the dock. When using the Merc...

I would really love to try this Pennzoil Ultra especially in my 2009 Toyota Tacoma. Problem is here in the Cleveland Area you can't get it. None of the auto parts stores carry it at this time. The only one that has it is Walmart and only in 5 quart jugs. None of my vehicles takes exactly 5 qts...

What Happend to the Pennzoil Ultra Thread ???

A friend of mine was talking about synthetic oils and said that they were totally comprised of a man made base stock and had nothing to do with crude oil what so ever. He said this is why they will not break down because of the absence of crude oil impurities. I always thought that full...

I just purchased a 2009 Tacoma Double Cab. The oil spec is for 5-30 SL. Anyone know who produces the Toyota Oil ?? The Maintenance Required montior goes off every 5000 miles which is the interval Toyota wants you to change the oil. I think that is too long especially for the initial break in. Is...

Anyone Know who makes the Toyota Filters ?? Are they as good as say a Purolator Pure One ?? Thank you in advance

Gentleman: I am picking up a 2009 Tacoma 4x4 Double cab long bed on tuesday. The truck was driven in from PA because Tacoma's are hard to come by in Ohio. My plan is to change Oil At 1000 miles with Pennzoil YB and again at 3000 Miles and at that time go to Platinum. Does Toyota use any special...

I have a 1992 Ford Chateau Club Wagon with 5.8 Litre Engine and heavy duty tow package with 98,000 miles on it. It is stored in the winter and only gets used about 2000 Miles per year and gets Once a year oil changes before I put it away in the fall. This van will eat you out odf house and home...

Which is better now that Valvoline claims 4X the anti wear additives then Mobil 1 ??

A local repair shop near me swears by Justice Brothers Fuel Injector Cleaner and there oil additive which is supposed to treat the metal. They told me that tried the bearing test at there garage and it showed that it worked and that the fuel injector cleaner causes the gas to burn cleane. Any...

Has anyone heard the radio ad for Valvoline Synpower claiming it has three times the anti wear additives as Mobil 1 ??? I thought Mobil 1 and PP were superior to the Valvoline.

I have 1998 Nissan Maxima with 130,000 Miles. The car runs perfect and has been over maintained it's entire life. I recently had a "Service Engine Soon" light come on and was told it was a plugged EGR System and Knock Sensor. The only way to replace the EGR and knock sensor is to remove the...

I am going to purchase a new Ariens 624E snow blower with a 6 H.P. OHV Techumseh Snow King Engine. The dealer says to use conventional 5W-30 Oil. My thought is Penzoil Platinum 5W-30 for the added protection. How long should I wait before switching to PP ??. Are there any better suggestions or...

Has anyone tried this ?? I wonder if it will help the mileage with using winter blended fuels ??

I just switched my wife's 2003 Toyota Corolla over to PP at 61,000 Miles. I was previously using Castrol GTX 5-30 and a Purolator Pure One Filter. I switched to PP because every time the engine was cold I had quite a bit of lifter noise. After putting in the PP The noise completly went away...

This car has 114,000 Miles and I have been using nothing but Castrol GTX on a 2500 Mile OCI. Yes I know it's too often. I am thinking about either Castrol Syntec or PP for over the winter and extending the OCI to 4000 miles. The resaon I want to do this is to avoid the mid winter change and to...