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Originally Posted By: sayjac Quote: ....Was in the store last month and checked the pure 1s and the syn filters,, all of them had paint flecks inside... Inside what, the box? Pics or didn't happen. And to be accurate, the US made Mann's some sold at AAP, are made by Purolator. The ones made...

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix Sounds like Purolator tried out cardboard end caps at one time, but obviously they probably realized it wasn't the best compared to metal end caps and now make them all with metal end caps. Have you guys seen these short videos on Purolator's website that show that...

I did the same thing on an '81 Olds Omega back in the 90's. Car started right up....and needed a new transmission within a couple of weeks...

Originally Posted By: BigJohn Originally Posted By: Johnny John, what oil are you going to use after you drain the GTX in 500 miles? Johnny, I was able to pick up two of those $6 specials at Pep Boys on Black Friday....so I have two changes of Castrol GTX 5w30 and Purolator Filters. So.....I...

Originally Posted By: demarpaint I know this has been covered before but this is what has always concerned me about these products. People who recycle oil mix other things into the oil like: solvents, paint, paint thinner, brake fluid ATF, anti-freeze, Chlordane [yes I read that somewhere], etc...

Originally Posted By: Boss302fan Transmission/Torque converter? Sounds almost like the transmission is trying to go into lock-up (or shifting to a cruising gear) before you want it to.

Originally Posted By: brentalan Well, Mountain Dew tastes better from a can than a plastic bottle, so what might that tell us??? Originally Posted By: ProfPS As you can see from the above responses that the only difference is the packaging, and there are savings to both the producer and...

Quote: 10-06-01-003A: Diagnostic Information on Internal Engine Noise or Damage After Oil Filter Replacement - (Jun 30, 2010) Subject: Diagnostic Information on Internal Engine Noise or Damage After Oil Filter Replacement Models: 2004-2006 Buick Rendezvous 2005-2008 Buick LaCrosse, Allure...

Originally Posted By: 440Magnum Originally Posted By: doitmyself " Many people have heard that distilled water is best to use in a cooling system. This is wrong, unless a mix of 50/50 antifreeze is used........... The problem is that when water is distilled, or “stripped” of impurities, the...

Originally Posted By: yaris0128 Although it looks like the Fram held up ok, it just looks too cheap. The end caps look horrible and the media looks sooo frail. Fram just plain sucks. Which SAE test quantifies how a filter looks? I guess it'll save companies a lot of money if they can test...

Originally Posted By: Gillsy I e-mailed Pam twice with no response regarding using a longer filter for a Nissan application. I called 1-800-526-4250 to try and get an answer. The gentleman on the other end of the phone was in my opinion rude and argumentative. Anyone else run into this? Here's a...

Originally Posted By: Papa Bear What is SuperFast about an '84 Camaro 2.8 ??... Oil consumption?

Originally Posted By: SuperFast Originally Posted By: eljefino FWIW they used to have a Syntec ad where they put one quart of syntec in a car (Think it was an Intrepid!!!) and drove it around a track at 100+ MPH... zmax had the ad where they took a big inline engine of some kind up to 5000ropm...

1984 Volvo 240 Turbo.....250000+ miles when I had to sell it before moving to AZ four years ago. I had one too many cars and I wasn't sure it was going to pass emmisions. In Indy it wasn't a problem....emmisions eshmisions..... It was my favorite car..... Original engine, turbo, tranny...

Originally Posted By: JTK It wasn't really clearly marked aside from the E85 button kind of off to the left with some 'green' logos on it. It wasn't clearly marked....well....except you had to press a green button (assuming different from the other buttons) to specifically select E85...

Originally Posted By: rat Originally Posted By: highmilegeguy You can't blame the service writer for that nonsense. Those working stiffs are under alot of pressure to make their weekly or monthly sales numbers and if they don't one too many times, its goodbye charlie. Its underhanded but guys...

Originally Posted By: SuperFast Originally Posted By: Zaedock Originally Posted By: SuperFast .. but can you visualize what im descriving: Passenger side, from throttle body circle, hose goes to apparatus, hose coming off fo it goes to EGR valve, UNDER THAT its off/disconnected clean off, that...

Originally Posted By: ltslimjim Originally Posted By: tomcat27 some of the problems with the 41te are attributable to the solenoid pack... and store brand fluid should be ok as long as it is licensed (look for the license code on the bottle) as it must have the lubrizol additives to be licensed...

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm I bought a Fram TG yesterday for my next oci. Will my engine be ok? No, it will immediately explode. Have you seen a mob hit with a car bomb. Exactly like that.....only orange in color. Actually, with TG, you may be able to get to the end of your driveway...

Originally Posted By: cp3 So is this simply a coincidence or is there maybe something to the colour? I guess I don't understand your question.....based on what you posted......why would there be "something to the color?" Because they have similar colors at the end of their OCI's? What is the...