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ok, here's the story: I was bedding the action of a rifle with a synthetic stock. Now there was some gun-oil on the stock's bedded areas but I thought I cleaned it all out with carb cleaner. I did use non-stick coating on the action. To cut the story short, after hardening, the epoxy decided to...

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Hey guys, All of a sudden my Buick started burning oil. The usual OCI is 6`250 miles (by the oil life monitor) and up to 30`000 miles it didn't require any oil top-up. But then it needed 1 qt before the 32`000. And another one before 35`000. There's no dripping on the driveway and the plugs are...

Originally Posted By: Shannow Don't think that you can do without the caustic (an alkali pH is what we do to get the stable black oxide in boilers at 300C, and two tonnes per second flow rates), but the attached link is close to what I recall from reading a bunch of old gun books an age ago...

I didn't kick the gal who kicked my rifles because she's a girl and violence in a gun-laden environment didn't seem like a good idea at the time :) Back to the issue, I intend to give Blue Wonder a try. The hot bluing techniques based on lye and ammonia nitrate are too dangerous to even think...

Two of my rifles were kicked to the ground at the range. I managed to polish out the scratches and now I need to blue the spots. The usual cold bluing stuff does not look ok. What do you recommend?

don't worry I have a 1100 V* and the oil turns black pretty quickly after each change as well Just ride on

Hi, I went to the GM dealer today for some service. My Buick has just passed 18,000mi and the tech suggested an ATF flush. I told him the book says ATF flush @ 100,000mi or more (like never). He said the GM techies always recommend ATF flushes @18,000-20,000mi Am I missing something ?

Hi, I went to the GM dealer today for some service. My Buick has just passed 18,000mi and the tech suggested an ATF flush. I told him the book says ATF flush @ 100,000mi or more (like never). He said the GM techies always recommend ATF flushes @18,000-20,000mi Am I missing something ?

Rotella 15W40 in my 2005 V-Star 1100 as well. Tried Castrol 15W40 MC oil once for about 2000mi and it was ok.

http://www.rotella.com/qa/answerresult.php?rowid=240

http://forums.delphiforums.com/yamaha1100/messages?msg=9588.22 it's a motorcycle forum but the end of the message talks about a diesel, 100`000miles with only one oil change and a covette 93`000miles on 3 oil changes. Could that be ?

I've taken my VStar 1100 motorcycle to the dealer for the first service. That is oil, filter, final gear oil change; valve/carb adjustment. In order to get more power I got a new set of exhaust pipes and air intake (rejetting reqd). What I got a a bonus is this noise at idle. What could be the...

It could also be carbon deposits in the combustion chamber.

so that's beading... I was expecting it to be more... bead size thanks for your answers.

Hi, I've noticed something strange: one hour or so after the rain, the water drains down/evaporates from all the cars in the parking lot except mine. On mine is hangs on in huge droplets. The car has been polished a few times. Why is that ? Would waxing help ? tia

I totally get your point Kestas. I just think it's too much a coincidence the only chipped piston is the one where the leak occured. Any opinions of what might have chipped the piston head?

Hi, A friend of mine has a 92 or 93 Pontiac Sunbird (~100k miles) that developed a rattling when accelerating in a right turn. The rattle seems to come from the wheel. The guys at a local shop told him it's the transmission and must be rebuilt. Could it be something else ? (any opinion will do)...

This guy had a coolant leak into one of the cylinders. Have a look at the piston that got the coolant treatment. what coolant can do the explanation is simple: coolant is drawn into the combustion chamber on the down-stroke of the piston. When the coolant hits the piston crown the change in...

Nice, but what happens when only one wheel spins ? On my Buick, TCS does a hard brake and release on the spinning wheel like once a second. This is hardly enough. Since I had ice under the wheels a better approach would have been to gently brake the spinning wheel untill the other one started...