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    Is Liquimoly Overrated?

    Only read the 1st 5 pages of this thread, so not sure what I have missed However On the wife's car, a Daihatsu Materia with a 1.5L NA, when I changed to LM she gets almost 50km extra on a tank of fuel On my Kia Picanto, I definitely get better fuel consumption, car is definitely more responsive...
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    75W-85 Vs 75W-140 for Jeep Rear diff and the confusion HELP

    Had a look in a Liqui Moly catalogue and the also recommend 75W-140
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    75W-85 Vs 75W-140 for Jeep Rear diff and the confusion HELP

    Thank you Thank you Thank you to every one on here for Shari g your knowledge on oils Yesterday afternoon on the way home, I went past another jeep dealer(Think I am out of jeep dealers) to go past Asked them what oil I should use in the diffs, as it's a bit confusing They pulled out a bottle...
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    75W-85 Vs 75W-140 for Jeep Rear diff and the confusion HELP

    Morning The differential service on my jeep 2012 Grand cherokee Overland 5.7 Hemi Quadra Drive II Right Hand Drive is due This is not my 1st jeep, also a 2001 WJ 4.7 limited Quadra Drive, so have done these services before However When looking online and talking to different Jeep dealers...
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    Gear Oil to Remove Sludge and clean out the Inside

    thanx very much for all the answer s as for what oils are available locally, all the big names are available here just not every spares place stocks all the fancy oils as my other vehicles use normal multitudes, had never bothered looking at anything else have since found where to get the...
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    Gear Oil to Remove Sludge and clean out the Inside

    thanx very much for the quick reply yep should of mentioned that its a V8 4.7 milage, huge problem here the clustrer has been replaced by the previouse owner and I got the vehicle from a dealer have very little info on the history of the vehicle have had the vehicle at the dealers and they...
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    Gear Oil to Remove Sludge and clean out the Inside

    well maybe someone was just talking smack, however read that adding some gear oil to the engine oil before doing an oil change helps to clean out sludge will mention why it cought my eye the fact that the person also mentioned that while cleaning it could couz the motor to smoke a little, as...
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    Rugby World Cup.

    besides supporting my home country the next team that I support is the Old Blacks NZ lets hope these two meet only in the finals. would make for one huge match
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    Oil Question and a little smoke Jeep 4.7 V8

    if it is just the valve stem seals, then not going to rush the repair just yet!! however, when the time does come, maybe I can find a good set of second hand HO cams and do it all in one go!!
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    Oil Question and a little smoke Jeep 4.7 V8

    Originally Posted By: Bullet If you sit an an idle for a while and there is a puff smoke when pulling off then most likely your valve seals have hardened and no longer seal. At an idle an engine produces more vacumm and is pulling oil through the valve seals. I had a Dodge truck that did the...
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    Oil Question and a little smoke Jeep 4.7 V8

    Durango as for fuel consumption, that is no issue to work and back can get just over 24miles to gallon depending on the right foot, it can go from great fuel consumption (we work in km/L or L/100km) have seen on the over head display, between work and home 9.7/9.8L/100 (just over...
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    Oil Question and a little smoke Jeep 4.7 V8

    thanx for the reply!! its a 2001 model as for millage, the instrument cluster was replaced sometime before I bought the vehicle, so only have the millage from the new cluster as for the ignoring it if its just valve stem seals, huge chance that am going to that till one day when I am real...
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    Oil Question and a little smoke Jeep 4.7 V8

    hi every one!! not sure if this is the right place to post this!! this is going to be a longish one!! when I got the Jeep, we left for holiday soon after, less then 48hrs later!! at our destination checked oil level and found it needed 1/2L often referred to a as pint!! wasent sure what oil...
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