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    Becoming a Buick Family

    In addition to the '13 LaCrosse eAssist in my sig, my parents have a '14 LaCrosse eAssist and '05 LeSabre. And today we added another one: a 2006 LaCrosse for my son to commute to college. CXL trim, 3800 Series III, 113k miles on the odometer. It's nice enough I briefly considered selling my '13...
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    Oil recommendation for a new-to-me Accord

    After the transmission in the Lovely Wife's '01 Odyssey failed again (though lasting 1/3 longer on Maxlife than the previous rebuild lasted on Z-1), she decided she was done with it. We picked up a CPO Accord 4-cyl this week. I know our options are limited, given the manual requires 0w20, but...
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    Another story from the parts counter

    At my local AAP today to pick up spark plugs for the xB. The counter jockey pushed iridium plugs, hard. Told him I wasn't interested in iridium, and wanted the NGK V-Power. He said, "I have to warn you. Your coils will fail. Copper plugs cause coils to fail. They have too much resistance and...
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    Question about Interfacial Tension

    On Friday, for both vehicles in my sig, I decided to try the interfacial tension field test mentioned on this page: http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/376/surface-tension-test by dropping one drop of oil into a glass of water to see if/how much/how quickly it spreads. In addition, I've...
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    Am I on the right track?

    Hi all, I've been lurking quite a bit for the past few weeks to figure out a proper regimen for my (new to me) '05 Scion xB with the 1.5L and a 3.9 quart sump. I bought the car a few weeks ago with almost 95k on the odometer. The engine looks clean through the oil fill (no varnishing at all)...
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