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I used to buy the Valvoline Durablend and then the MaxLife syn-blend for about USD 5 or 6 per liter because this is a fair price for this oil here, but the last time I checked, they are asking about USD 8 per liter so it's hard to pay this price when the Lubrax Valora full-syn from Petrobras...

Is it a 2.0 I4 or 2.5 V6? If it's a four-banger Zetec, I would use the same VML red bottle I'm currently using on my Escort as this engine isn't hard on oil and VML is doing a nice job keeping the lifters as quiet as possible. But if it's the V6, I would use something a little better, like the...

It's the same, just in a different color.

I know most people here, including me, is against additives, but my car makes an annoying tappet noise every time I do a cold start. The noise usually last less than a minute but it's enough to annoy me. These old Zetec engines always had noisy lifters, but even so I would like to make my engine...

Of the current ones, I like these:

I honestly think you will never have the answers you want. At least not here. Of course there's must have a scientific answer to your question, but I don't think anyone besides the oil formulators can answer them to you basically because I guess anyone here doesn't knows what the oils have and...

Originally Posted By: Doog Originally Posted By: Rand it weeps through the jug sometimes where the clear strip is? I've had it happen before. +1 me too. Had this too and it was GL4 oil with that awful sulfur smell

As said before, this engine is easy on oil, but in your case, I would have the oil and filter changed just for the peace of mind thing, especially because you are lending the car to your son.

Here in Brazil we have E100 on the pump for 40+ years and I always heard that the ethanol is easier on the oil than gas. I have no scientific evidence or anything like this and the oil color means almost nothing, but everytime I use more ethanol than gas on the Fiesta, the oil that came out on...

How good is Warren's oils compared to a major brand like XOM or SOPUS? I know this is silly, but judging only by their label and even their website, they look not so different than many no-name brands on discount stores everywhere.

Originally Posted By: Oregoonian Question; Is the....'06 Mazda 3 2.3L....a Duratec engine....which were in Ford Focuses around those years? In fact this 2.3L Duratec is a Mazda design, not Ford's, but yeah, it's the same engine with just a few different details here and there. I think the OP...

Originally Posted By: Silk Mitsubishi were licensed to build the Jeep...I guess that's where their 4X4 engineering comes from. Yeah, I always thought the same thing, they had even made the Jeep SW too: Since the 90s, Mitsubishi here in Brazil has a stronger 4x4 image than Jeep as a lot of...

Originally Posted By: Jetronic L200 (triton?) and mirage/attrage are built in thailand. so far no issues either though the L200 is the most likely to have something wrong, followed by the pajero. Off-roiad use does result in damage, as does hauling. I doubt many people use the low gearing to...

Here in Brazil they were always a niche player, but even considering this fact, I'm seeing less and less new Mitsus here year-by-year. They made quite a splash on earlier 1st and 2nd-gen Eclipse and the contemporary Pajero Full days and were doing ok until at least 5 years ago with the Pajero...

Thanks, Quattro Pete Too bad this Magnatec is even thinner than the VML I'm using now. According to the sheets, the viscosity @ 100ºC is 9.8 cSt for the Castrol versus 10.7 for the VML. I think I will try the Shell Helix HX8 5W30 on this engine instead. It is 11.93 cSt @ 100ºC and I already...

My car is with around 50.000 miles on the clock and I used Valvoline MaxLife on my last change because the VML was on sale for cheaper than the same weight DuraBlend I was planning to buy, so I bought the VML to give it a try as I never had used HM oils before. So far so good. The engine is...

I am currently using VML 5W30 syn blend on my Zetec engine but I am thinking to try a 5W30 on a thicker side of the 30 weight, and as the Magnatec A5 5W30 is almost the same price of the VML here now, I think I will give it a try, as the Magnatec 5W30 here in Brazil is full synthetic and was the...

Originally Posted By: Falcon_LS Originally Posted By: Diego3336 I was talking to a friend about it these days, too. I can't understand how they are phasing-out cars like the Evo and Montero/Pajero. Both cars are still extremely well-regarded in about every corner of this world, and they are...

I don't have too many pictures of my good ol' car as I am not using it too much lately. It's a 98 Ford Escort RS made in Argentina, but the South-American RS isn't even a real RS, to be honest. My guess is Ford was phasing-out the 'real' RS2000 in Europe and they had a few spoilers and skirts...

I like the MK4 Jetta. I think it's one of the best car designs that came from VW for the past 20 years in terms of simplicity and stuff. A few years ago we had a MK4 Golf in the family for a short period of time and it was basically a nightmare as the car wasn't reliable at all and the service...