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Took off the valve cover to do the 100k valve adjustment and replacement of the valve cover/spark plug tube gaskets. Here's the view under the valve cover: Oil changes per OLM (typically 7.5-10k intervals). Mostly run on synthetic blends up until about 60k miles, then switched over to Mobil 1...

Doing a brake job soon. I picked up some Sil-Glyde from NAPA the other day after seeing great reviews on Amazon. Turns out, it's apparently only got a very low silicone content? Thinking about returning it and getting something else, such as this Ford XG-3-A silicone brake caliper grease...

This is a Honda 15400-PLM-A01 filter, made by Filtech Toyo Roki. This particular filter served for a ~7,500 mile OCI (to 15% on the MM) on a 09 CR-V with the K24 engine. Oil used was Honda 5W-20 Synblend (made by Conoco Philips). The first thing I noticed when trying to cut apart this filter...

I've seen similar threads on BITOG before, but many of them are at least several years old now so I thought I would re-visit this topic and see what BITOG members think. In your opinion, regardless of price, what is the best conventional 5W-20? Personally I would have to say PYB due to its...

Just got my UOA back on my first run of the $1/quart Autozone Castrol SynBlend special. This run was for only 2,434 miles, the reason being 80% of my trips are < 5 miles and so the oil had been in there for more than 6 months already. My next run with this oil will probably be for closer to 5k...

Is there anything wrong with using the OEM scissor jack to lift the car for maintenance work, as long as good quality jack stands and wheel chocks are used? I only need to jack up the car maybe once a year, so it doesn't make much sense for me to spend $100+ on a good floor jack like the Arcan...

Like many others on this site, I jumped on the AZ sales a few weeks ago and bought 10 quarts of the Castrol Synblend in 5W-20. I've been using Motorcraft and PYB for quite a while, but at $1/qt I couldn't resist. I've done a lot of searching online and on these forums, and there seems to be no...