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Friend is going to do some cleaning in this 2005 engine with 155k miles. Engine starting to use oil and suffers from some longer oil changes, most likely. Any chance an FL400S would fit? The thimble-sized OE oil filter looks kind of small.

I stopped in tonight and noticed some additions to the oil filter lineup over there. The new Bosch Distance Plus filters advertise the same 99.9% efficiency, but tout a 29 gram capacity for contaminants vs PureOne's 13 grams. Also the can is very heavy like Wix, M1, K&N, and Amsoil. The price...

I am planning to help a friend change the oil on his R32 while visiting them later next week. Anyone know what sizes or tools for oil filter housing and drain plug? Been a while since I changed oil on a VW. Thil little car will really fly, and handles well, too. Thanks in advance.

Local Advance Auto had 18 qts on clearance shelf and I asked to buy them all for $3 ea and manager agreed. They were marked 4.95 ea. My questions are, is this oil ok to run in street engines that are beefed up for 5-10k intervals? Anyone have an idea of the starting TBN of this oil, or ZDDP...

My brother-in-law called a few weeks ago to tell me that while he had the car to the local dealer for front and rear brake work, he had them check his engine because he was getting some oil smoke at times, and the oil pressure light was coming on and off at times. He said his engine was still...

I met this guy who uses Amsoil and said he was going 20k miles on oil with oil filter changes every 5k. Apparently he was told by an Amsoil dealer that this was the best oil for his car and that it was ok to go this long on Amsoil. After hearing this, I suggested that he at least sample the oil...

A friend called me about this 2WD truck and asked me what lubes he should put in on this first service at 36k miles. He says he tows with it heavily several days a week. I asked him what he uses in the engine and he's using Amsoil and found out he is a preferred customer of theirs. So I told him...

I was asked to take a look at my sister-in-laws car and see why it was running so poorly (barely runs). It felt like it was running on 3 or 4 cylinders and I can smell lots of raw fuel. I checked the output on all of the ign coils and the wires and plugs, ran a compression test and then...

A friend has been over to our shop several times now over the last couple of years with his brother to talk car stuff and yesterday his brother Ben mentioned that he has one of these cars. We started talking oil and I found out that he is a diehard Mobil 1 guy. He described his driving style as...

Did you switch immediately over to synthetic after the ARX? I waited 2 more oil changes on dino to see if my rear main oil leak would stop, which it did not. (It was leaking before the ARX, too.) I tried this stop-leak at the recommendation of another tech and found it worked for me...

My wife's parents recently purchased this vehicle. They literally live on the side of a mountain in North Carolina near Hendersonville, so the AWD should help when things get slippery. His complaint is that when he turns sharply while pulling out of a parking spot, the car seems like it does not...

Hello all, I am looking for some advice on what oil to use in the transmission (21+ liters) and rear axle (41+ liters). I bought this tractor to bushog my 10 acre field and it has done a great job so far, but I am wanting to service it so it will continue to work for me a long time. Both the...

I've been using this oil in several older vehicles/ farm tractors in the summer especially since it's about $2 per gallon cheaper than the name brand HDEO's. I figure it will hold up better than a PCMO in the hot summer heat and keep the engines cleaner too. But lately I have not seen any of...

My brother-in-law has a 91 full-size Chevy Caprice with a 305 engine. This vehicle was starved for oil changes by the previous owner. I found this out a couple years ago when changing the valve cover gaskets and found each side full of gunk. I cleaned it out best I could and opened up the...