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I have two "play" cars that have only accumulated about 1000 miles each in the last year due to the pandemic. I have been driving them at least once a week to get them to normal oil operating temperatures which has been ~200℉ give or take. It seems to be that with so little miles and assuring I...

I have 7 QT's of Mobil1 0W-40 Euro formula, the new FS stuff, oil left over. I intend to use the oil in my 2012 LS3 Vette. It is not driven hard and only gets about 2500 miles per year and no HARD driving. Issues? 1. It's obviously out of warranty 2. Only has 14,000 total miles 3. Live in S...

It has been a long time since I have visited so I am behind on my info. I also get poor results when I try and search so figure this could get me better answers, sooner. I have some leftover Mobil1 0W-40 European formula, the new stuff that has FS on the label. I would like to know if I can use...

Just got a new 2013 Porsche Boxster. I haven't researched much on European oils and the more I do, the more confused I get. Porsche use Mobil1 0W-40 at the factory. On the Corvette forums I frequent, that oil is getting pretty good reviews. But I ran across some info on the Mobil1 which bothers...

Sorry but the search didn't provide me an answer. Maybe I did it wrong. Anyway. I am more and more concerned about the drop in ZDDP in modern oils. I want to stay with oils like Amsoil or Pennzoil synthetics but want to know if there is an additive I can add that will bulk the ZDDP up to former...

There is a debate on another forum where the discussion is basically that the car/engine in question is not allowing the oil to reach the best temp. to protect the engine. Specifically the valve train/valve guides. In your humble opinion, what temp does 5W-30 oil need to be to flow/protect the...

Picked up a brand new 2010 CTS with the 3.6 DI engine. Considering that the car had 128 miles when I bought it and now has about 525, should I change the factory fill oil out since it had been sitting for over a year on the dealers lot before I bought it? Car was built March of 2010. Thanks

I bought a Bosch Distance plus in the wrong size. It is a D3330. Can anyone tell me what vehicles it would fit on? I'm hoping some friend will have a vehicle it will work on. Thanks

My Firefox on my mac, version 4.0.1 won't load the BITOG page, the URL just flashes rapidly and nothing happens. Safari works fine and Firefox on my PC works so this could be just a Firefox for mac issue. Anyone have any clues why?

Happened to be in the local Walmart and saw the 5 QT. jugs of PP for $23.50 and PU for $26.50. Both of these were SN oils. Good price?

The newest corvettes, the 2005's and newer, are seeing a phenomena that is new to us. That is, the fluids in both the brake systems AND/OR the clutch systems getting black very quickly. In my case, the brake fluid was black within 6 months of buying the car and the clutch fluid with one month of...

Anyone have a computer program they would recommend to track vehicle maintenance and/or repairs? Preferably one that can track more than one car. Thanks

Another dealer on another forum, corvetteforum, did some research for us C6 Z06 owners and it ended up that Amsoil changed its recommendation for the Z06 tranny to ATD from ATF. I have the Amsoil ATF in and am happy with it....BUT. Wondering if ATD would be even better in this tranny than the...

I had a gift card to AZ so one of the things I picked up was some Valvoline Synpower power steering fluid. Figured Valvoline was a good name, BITOG recommended it and it stated it met the GM spec for PSF. I hadn't changed the PSF since new and it was VERY dark when I got it out, so I'm thinking...

Over at CorvetteForum, there is a post where an owner did a test running his vette on a dyno using M1 then GC. GC seems to give a little HP hit. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1576348 So what say you?

My C6 just says GM PS fluid in the manual. Does anyone know what GM's PS fluid is? Is it Dexron III? What? Thanks

Have run out of GC and am not positive on the new Gold. Want to go back to Amsoil but have been reading that the new stuff has been reformulated and is now thinner than M1? A search of the forums, with the new software, is not turning up any new posts on the newly formulated Amsoil. Anyone with...

Live on the central CA coast. We are getting ready to move cross country and cant take the FP & LC with me. I have at least a half gallon of each. If anyone wants it and lives within driving distance of Grover Beach, CA. Let me know and we will figure out a way for you to take this off my hands...

Is the GM P/S fluid different than ATF? At the price of $15+ a bottle at the dealer, using Amsoil ATF would be a lot cheaper but I cannot get a definitive answer on whether or not I can use ATF in my 2005 corvette. Anyone know?

I have been running Amsoil for over 25 years with no problems so I am sold on Amsoil. What I need is the following input. For my new C6 Corvette, the manual calls for Dexron III that meets the new H-specification. For the diff. It wants a 75W-90 "Synthetic" meeting GM spec 9986115 with 4...