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No, I don't have a Porsche, but I've been trying to decide on a 40 weight oil for my car, and 10w40 EP is nearly impossible to find. After hearing that 0w40 M1 is the factory fill in new Porsches, I decided to check the "help me decide" feature on Mobil's webiste to see if it's recommended for...

I used to run 10w30 M1, but the engine builder told me to run a 40 weight oil for the new engine with forged pistons. Once I run out of 10w40 Castrol GTX that I'm using for the break-in, I need to decide which Mobil 1 oil to use. Please don't suggest other brands, because I have a stack of Pep...

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but Pep Boys' new calendar contains a coupon for buy 3 quarts of Mobil 1, get 3 free. The coupon is good until December, 2005!

I don't own a Volkswagen, but I like to drive my Mother's Jetta when I'm taking care of their house and the dog while they're on vacation. Automatic transmissions are nice to drive once in a while and I love driving it at night. I'm envious of the blue and red lighting on the dash. Anyway, sorry...

I finally got sick of taking trips to Wal Mart to see if the price dropped down again, so I went to Target. It wasn't on sale or anything, but at $4.34 was cheaper than everywhere else. When I went through the checkout line, they offered 10% off if I sign up for a Target credit card. (of course...

I was just in the local KMart and they had Pennzoil (I'm pretty sure they're made by Fram) filters on clearance for $.49 down from $4.99. I wouldn't put it on my car, but for a winter beater I'd stock up!! Just to re-clarify that's "forty-nine cents!"

I just received 10 of the new OEM Honda S2000 Toyo Roki 15400-PCX-004 filters and was wondering who has a good digital camera and could disassemble one of the filters. There was a guy on here before that took some really nice pictures, but I believe he's in Canada and I don't want to pay that...

I called Advance Auto Parts to see if they still had Mobil 1 on sale for less than $4/quart. Unfortunately, it went back up again, but the guy told me Castol Syntec was on sale for $2/quart! Should I sell my soul to the devil and stock up? I realize it's not a true synthetic, but GTX is good oil...

A while ago my oil pan had some oil seepage so I decided to have the gasket replaced at which point I gave my mechanic an oversize K&N filter to install at the same time. When I did my next oil change I tried to remove the filter with a 3/8 ratchet and 1" socket but it wouldn't budge. I ended up...

Well, I really abused my car this time! I got a new clutch and Quaife LSD for the transmission. Just to test out the LSD, I launched it hard a couple of times and ended up bouncing off of the rev limiter a few times by accident because it revved so fast. This isn't good in a car with a 10.2:1...

This isn't much of a used analysis, but since I had noticed very slight amounts of oil droplets in my coolant overflow, and my oil pan gasket needed to be changed due to a slight leak anyway, I thought I'd go ahead and get the analysis done to make sure there was no coolant in the oil. By the...

When people use a larger filter on their car, or a better flowing filter such as the K&N, does this lowered restriction equal lower oil pressure? Considering that the engineers have designed our cars to operate within certain specifications, does the added benefit of higher flow or more surface...

This is a repost from Honda-Tech. I don't think too many of those guys care about this sort of thing, but anyway, here is my original post: "I just installed a K&N HP-1005, which has a slightly larger diameter then the recommended HP-1004, but fits perfectly. When I did the oil change, I also...