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What would cause an alternator to become a *load* on the electrical system at idle? Some backstory: When I bought my Lumina at the end of 2019, I also purchased a 220A alternator for it. On a cold start, and at or above 1500 RPM it appears to work fine. Once everything warms up, at idle I see...

Recently tried to order a quart of Kreen and it seems Kano Labs had been bought by investors and they seem to now only sell to distributors and cannot point me to a distributor who actually orders Kreen from them. I even called several of the local distributors (all of those who sell to the...

I had just finished a full writeup of my issue and my computer f***ing crashed. Rather than rewrite all of it, I'll just summarize my issue and hope for insightful and educational (for all) conversation that might help others diagnose similar issues. Have a 97 Ranger, 2.3l. Had a vac leak and...

I wasn't going to post this after the disaster the original thread turned into, but I just reviewed my PMs and have over a dozen requests for updates. I don't have time to update everyone individually, so it looks like I'm doing a follow-up thread anyway. I appreciate, in advance, the lack of...

Will oiling a dry filter (lightly!!) increase its filtering efficiency? I've got a Spectre filter on my Corolla (I'd rather a K&N but the Spectre was there when I got it) and the amount of oil it needs for a recharge will leave bout 20ml in the bottle after the last recharge (there's enough oil...

Posting this in additives because I'm only using canola for top-off at this point. Some of you might be familiar with my presently underway experimentation with canola in motor oil. Well, I'm about 700 miles into this OCI, 640 miles into the experiment, and here's what I'm seeing so far: Oil...

A week ago (last Tuesday night, actually), I found some old spark plugs that came out of my 99 Corolla and decided it was time for some testing. I pitted my used PU+MMO against my "leftovers" bottle that I use for top-off, straight canola oil, and a dry plug, soaking one plug in each oil for a...

I'm glad I saved this oil, its going in my wife's Civic for 1250-1500 miles (to bring it up to the "suggested" 4000 mile mark) when her next OC comes due. I'm contemplating sending in another sample after that. After burning 1/2qt of oil, I topped up from my remnants jug (which I later...

56.5 miles ago, I poured 3qt of Rotella T6 5w40 and 1qt of Mobil 1 0w20 (to thin the mix) into my 2000 Corolla. I had the valve cover off immediately before the OC to clean and enamel it and replace the worn valve cover gasket before it started leaking. I had the valve cover off again tonight to...

I've started a little project, cleaning up and enameling my valve cover. Since I know that BITOG loves a good closeup of a valvetrain (and I snapped quite a few shots), I figured I'd cross-post here (primarily posting on a Toyota forum since it's not directly oil related). Before I start posting...