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Seals are what bring most transmissions to their knee's....All the gaskets and o-rings fail due to oxidation of the fluid. This is why changing the fluid at the first 10K then every 50K after that assuming you do not have a built in drain plug is a must. If you have a built in drain plug from...

Castrol 5W30 dino $4.37 @ Walmart, Mobil Super $3.87 a Quart @ Walmart, Formula Shell 5W30 $5.06 a quart at Walmart.... If you get 4-5 Quart jugs @ Walmart price can range from $13-$18.99 for a jug of dino. You can get Delo 5W40 $17 and RTS 5W40 for $19 for 4 quart jug. If you compare the...

Well I use traditionally used conventional oil in the warmer months and synthetic in the colder months. I stopped doing that though when conventional oil's price climbed to what they are now. The price gap for those of us that are not able to get discounted/rebated oil between synthetic and...

Yes but some car's burn so little that it never shows up on the dipstick. I am not talking about fuel dilution making up for the oil consumption and people just not being clued in. If it was fuel dilution it would show up on the UOA since I change my oil cold. My car use's oil that can be...

I had to replace the upper intake on the wife's old Buick 3800 and now I am going to be doing the coolant crossover gaskets on her 2008 Saturn Aura. On the other hand my 2004 Camry has never had it's engine or anything bolted to the engine touched. I hate the prices one has to pay for Toyota's...

Yes... Their was the old school Red Cap 15W50 that I started using in the 1990. The gold cap 15W50 EP came out fairly late after the other original EP line came out. Walmart did not carry it long. I think a lot of people claimed that it was causeing engine failures on track days in Porsches and...

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Sound does not need to be subjective. Human hearing on the other hand is very subjective due to how the brain handles sound. If you used a db meter you would have hard data. If you used a transducer and spectrum analyzer you could use the empirical data to trend with. Large machinery is often...

Automatics will always be the weak link due to all the rubber and polymer seals. It is amazing that they last as long as they do. Difficult to change fluids that can not be easily checked and topped off does not help. Even in 1 ton trucks the transmission and body will wear out and need work...

My 2.4L Camry get's 29mpg with 50/50 driving.I freq take each shift to 5500 rpms !I run 5W40 almost exclusively. When I am forced to drive mostly HWY or the orange cones slow things down I freq break into the 32-35mpg ballpark. I tried 2 different 0W30's and 2 different 0W40's and never saw...

Your bearings took a hit when your timing belt broke. This does not mean your engine is going to implode. It will shed lead until the gouge in the bearing is worn down. Keep an eye on oil pressure, listen for any knocking and keep an eye on UOA for trending. Silicon was awfully high for such...

Has Anonymous ever shot a police officer ever?????

Looks like they used the Ruger American as the base for the action design. I bought a RA for my 13 year old twins to use and considered re-barreling it because the action that good!Not at all perfect but it has a lot of potential. I shoot F-Class and so does my 17 year old. The nature of...

My Camry was built in Japan not the USA. I am pretty sure that is the only reason I was able to get one with a 5 spd manual. The down side is that it is a pain in the rear for a lot of parts. O2 sensors, mastery cylinder, hubs and bearing etc....are different for the Japanese versus American...

That uses paper gaskets unless they used RTV when they did the dual case. It also has gears not chain for the factory T-Case in 1985 unless they swamped that out as well. Given the age I would use a synthetic 140wt gear lube that meets or exceeds Fords specifications since you live in...

It was a natural ester. Compasses in aircraft used it as well. Most use Kerosene today but as I hear it no where near as good. If automotive companies went to an all ester based ATF it would get much closer to the fantasy of filled for life they try to recommend! LOL

Like other's have said. Are you aware that Redline has some ATF's that have gear protection abilities equal to GL4/GL5 gear lubes?

About every 2 years I suck much reservoir dry and refill. Over the years I have added Lube Control or MMO. On GM systems that always leak I like to top off from time to time with MMO. It seems to keep the valve from sticking and does no harm. I wish my Toyota's where as easy as the wife's GM...

All of my Toyota's have had rear drum brakes and never an issue.

I have tried Redline, Amsoil, Pennsoil, M1, Valvloine, Schaffers, Cenpeco, RoyalPurple,BG Synchro Shift and prob. a few more all in synthetic or semi-synetic form. If I listed conventional the list would go on even longer.... In MTL/MTF/Synchro Shift and ATF fluids Redline has consistently...