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That's a negatory, driveway out of the garage itself is on a hill (garage is flat). But based on the responses, I don't think I'll bother with the change. I was just adding some more detail in case anyone was curious (didn't specify engine type etc etc - and I know members like details in these...

Does tyhe bad belt equate to a slight warp in the tyre? Well I'm calling it a warp, but it could be more like a slight "hop" if you will. I've been unfortunate enough to purchase tyres with said defects already (discovered on a balancing machine, by looking at the tyre rotating vertically).

No problem, can ditch the cardboard if need be. I forgot to clarify something - my reason for asking was because the engine is a rotary (renesis). It's a note worthy point because Mazda recommends that on startup, the engine should be allowed to idle for a bit (a few minutes) to minimise the...

Thanks for the advice. Not sure about the jacks! Never tried it. I have found that the bumping up tyre pressure + cardboard does help mitigate against flat spotting. I've also found that certain tyres seem to flatspot more easily than others (an old set of Hankook Ventus V4's spotted alot...

Thanks guys, now I can work worry free! Yep, the oil + filter literally have zero mileage on them .

Hi guys, have another (hopefully non-too-noobish) question for the BITOGers on here. Due to the nature of my job, my car would need to be parked up for some time (say 3 - 4 months). I've followed BITOG recommendations with regards to storage since late 2010, and have had no issues over the last...

^^Hey Dennis, thanks a mil for the reply man. I see that folks seem to be glossing over my question about the oil loss. Basically within the 50W bracket that I've been using, I've found that different brands burn off at different rates. Surprising I think. Redline 15W50 burnt off noticeably...

^Hey thanks for the reply d00d. I won't mind using the 40W oil...but then again, how is it that different oils...even at the same visco "group" have different burn off rates? Reminds me of my older '02 WRX. Used RP 20W50....oil levels were never dropped as much as when I used Amsoil Series...

Quote: Just keep price compared to performance in mind. I am. And you'd think that Castrol, being a lower grade synth, would be cheaper than stuff like AMSOIL, right? Get this......I'm paying only 1.25 USD more per qt for Amsoil 20W50 vs Syntec 5W50. Redline costs only 0.80 USD more...

Originally Posted By: Doug Hillary Hi, IME these engines benefit from using a 5W-40 HDEO (C?/SM) Hey DG. I've read some of your posts on here....good info most often Thing is, if I get a slight bit of burn off with a 50W oil, won't a 40W burn off even more? I'm a bit hesitant to move down to...

^^ Trinidad&Tobago.

Should also add, we don't have access to UOA / VOA for private customers AFAIK.

Ok folks, did the searches, and I'm already aware that there's no best oil! Just looking for opinions on what might be suitable for me. 1. What kind of vehicle you have? Car is a 2005 WRX. Mileage is circa 60,000 km / 36,000 miles on the odo. 2. What your owner's manual says -- not just...

Originally Posted By: demarpaint If you have to drive the car after changing the oil I'd run it more than 5 miles. The whole point in changing the oil is to get acids, moisture, etc out of the oil. 5 miles is not long enough to burn off moisture you're creating but starting it up again. That's...

Dudes - thanks for the replies! Much obliged. gomes512, well I thought about it. But getting to those plugs IMHO is about as hard as getting to those on my WRX (if not harder). So I figured I won't be pulling the plugs to spray any oil. Flooding was supposedly rectified with later model 8's...

Hi all. New member here - hailing from Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies (that's the caribbean ) I've done a fair amount of searching on the web, read product descriptions, and searched on BITOG as well. One of my cars is a 2007 Mazda RX8. Due to teh nature of my job, I'm going to have...