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From the first day of ownership of our car (bought used with 19,000 miles on it) the coolant has always been blue. From the beginning the service manager said, "yes these cars will use coolant and reservoir will show such use"). So I've always used blue coolant. Here's the odd part. When I...

Volvo had problems with rings and if not for a class action lawsuit I would not have known my car fell within the years of cars having a problem. After X amount of miles their cars would start consuming large amounts of oil. The lawsuit settlement was to expand the warranty to 8 years /...

Sorry this is long but it is a long story. In March 2019 I bought a low mileage (20,000 miles) certified pre-owned Volvo V60. One lesson I learned is never buy a CPO car that went through the CPO inspection 6 months earlier and then was driven 1,000 miles by an employee at the dealer. Yep I am...

I know that my Volvo dealer wanted me to use their expensive ATF but the Volvo forum outsmarted them. Someone found that Mobil's 3309 is re-branded for Volvo. I can get a case of Mobil for the price of a few bottle from the dealer. My 2013 Outback Subaru says to use Subaru Super-cool. At $26 a...

I was lazy plus the coupon was less than the cost of me doing the job. Went to a Valvoline oil change place to get a change done on the 1990 Jaguar. In customary nature of British type cars, my Jag tends to weep oil out of some aged gaskets. Told the guy the oil I wanted and he said they only...

The way I understand is that in the USA we have the AKI measurement and Europe uses RON. AKI is .95 of RON. Just bought a used Volvo -- Reading in my 2002 Volvo C60 the recommended octane is AKI 91 and the minimum octane is AKI 87. My Caddie and Jaguar manuals say premium only. It is not a...

Vacuum gauge reads 20>21 but needle has needle shake and it is why I say 20 or 21. It has needle shake like scenario #3 on the link below except that the numbers are 20>21. Shakes so fast it is very blurry. http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/186.cfm The explanation of such rapid needle...

Last month I picked up a used 97 Subaru Outback with 50,000 miles on the transplanted engine. I knew when I bought the car it had a lumpy engine (idle and under acceleration). From my history with Subbies I thought a new set of wires and plugs would be the fix. The car itself sat for 4 years...

Ok here is the $million question? My son's 2002 Saturn L200 manual says to change oil every 3 months or 3,000 miles if you drive in dusty conditions or tow, etc. Neither apply. The alternative is to change every 7,500 miles or every 6 months. But it goes on to say that if the oil light...

My thread from yesterday titled OIl change guy says mobil 1 HM is the same as reg is now about the weight he used. It is our 95 Caddie Deville Concours with the Northstar engine. I am in the mid-atlantic States and the temps are still hitting the mid 50's to 60 in the day. We have always used...

Last week I started a discussion about oil weeping from one of my cars and there was some good support for Mobil 1 high mileage oil. Lurked around the web a bit and yes indeed the Mobil 1 HM oil indicates that it may help those with oil drips. So I cruise into a place today for an oil change...

Of my four cars all are close to the 200,000 mile range. Two cars have had MMO put in with the oil and two never had it. Of the two that never had MMO put in the oil, neither of them have any gasket leaks that leave oil on the driveway. Of the two that had MMO put in the oil, both have gasket...