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acThis letter was sent to our favorite Car Talk guys........ I do most of the light maintenance on my vehicle, and I've added a step in my oil changes that I think is beneficial in the long run. Here's what I do: I drain the warm, dirty oil, just like everybody else. Then I add this step: With...

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Article The article is pretty pedesitrian compared to the info contained on this site. However, there was an interesting qoute found on page 3. Talking about synthetics: What are they talking about?? My BS alarm came on.......

OK...here are the 2 schools of thought: 1) Keep injecting grease until all of the oil grease has been purged from the joint and the new grease starts to ooooze out of the joint. 2) Inject grease without letting any grease ooooze out of the joint. Which is it???

I have a 2000 Kia Sportage 4x4. The oil was recently changed with Mobil 1 10w-30 oil. Reading the truck manual today, I noticed a chart that lets me pick the weight of oil depending on ambient temp. The chart says 10w-30 is good up to 85 F. Should I take this chart as the gospel? Are these...

2002 Sporage 4x4 2.0 L DOHC Time on oil: 6933 Time on engine: 12725 Quaker State 4x4 Synthetic Blend 10w-30 Normal Oil changes are supposed to be 7,500 miles. Severe service 5,000 miles. This is the first oil change I've done on the truck (bought it w/~5,000 miles). It has an engine that like...

Amsoil 10w-40 Amsoil Oil Filter SDF42 1984 Volvo 240 TURBO (non-intercooled) ~5 qt. sump capacity ~2.5 qts added. History: First try with synthetics. Changed before a trip from Indiana to Colorado....Phoenix...Las Vegas....Colorado....Indiana....so mostly highway driving during winter months...

I know alot of people on this board want to change 100% of their fluid in their tranny. But, when doing a flush or dropping the pan, they can only change a certain amount of fluid....never 100% Well, for those die-hards who have to have 100% fresh tranny fluid, I have created a simple little...

Just some info about API liscenses, etc............. Link

My Sportage uses a Fram filter that looks weird! When you look on the inside, you cannot see within the internal chamber. Instead, there is a piece of metal with a plastic or rubber valve situated ~halfway within the canister. In other words, there seems to be no way to actually pour any oil...

OK, we know highway miles on an oil better than the stop-and-go and idling. I believe this is generally based on the performance of a NA engine. But what about turbos? For those who do not have the glowing-hot chunk of oil-ruiner attached to your vehicle, highway speeds (65+ mi/hr)...