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Just picked up a new-to-me 2011 Toyota Tacoma double cab 4x4, 4.0L V-6, 5 speed auto, 126,000 km. It was originally a US vehicle per the Carfax report, sold Sept. 2010 in Tennessee and imported into Canada in August 2012. It's in great shape both inside and out. The seller said his small town...

An awkward subject title I know but I couldn't fit exactly what I wanted within the letter limit. I guess I'm excessively loquacious in my verbiage. I've got a 2008 Cadillac Escalade ESV I bought used in 2011. The AC Delco battery died within 2 months of my ownership. That should have been a...

Just curious what everyone does. I only started using 5 gallon oil pails since rebuilding the 5.9 Cummins in my Dodge Ram last fall. I used 2.5 gallon jugs before that. When doing this fall's oil change with a 5 gallon pail of Rotella T 10W-30 I unscrewed the cap and just poured the oil into...

My wife's 2005 Chrysler Pacifica, 3.5L V-6 started to use oil over the past year. It's at 309,000 km (193,000 miles). It developed a valve tick a few months before the oil consumption increased. Car was bought new and is still in good shape overall, it runs well, blows no blue smoke, no rising...

https://www.mann-hummel.com/en/corp/news/news/newsdetail/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1009&cHash=60095371cb8410789277eb745dab72a6 Just found this: Mann-Hummel buys Affinia Group. Very interesting! I read that Mann-Hummel was the biggest filter manufacturer in the world, but I though Affinia group...

I've been looking at oils at Canadian Tire and Walmart recently. It struck me how odd we have it here in bottle sizes. Some are in US quarts, some in US gallons, many in 1 litre bottles and 5 litre jugs, rare 5 US gallon pails (18.9 litres), only one 2.5 gallon jug (Rotella T), and then quite a...

New to us 2013 Dodge Dart, 2.0L engine and manual transmission (yay for manuals!), bought last month with 13,400 km (8375 miles). The car looks like new. The exhaust heat shield was shiny like it came off the assembly line. Cool little car. Got a good deal as it was sitting on a Ford lot and...

I discovered a local independent oil distributor while researching HDEO's for my rebuilt Dodge Cummins. They seemed like a cool place, friendly staff who wheeled everything out to your vehicle for you, ~ 35 ft ceilings stacked full of interesting items. I needed various filters for my two...

Time for an oil change on my John Deere 1025R subCUT. Factory John Deere filter M806418 cross references to many other brands as it looks like a common filter in older small cars and even motorcycles. Here's what I've found so far: John Deere dealer price: $13.95 Local independent distributor...

Since my previous cooling system post has gone south, I thought I'd redeem myself and post another question. It's time for fluid maintenance on my John Deere 1025 subCUT tractor with a Yanmar diesel NA engine. Of course the owners manual recommends John Deere products including Cool-Gard II...

I came across this oil when picking up Rotella T at a local independent distributor. I hadn't thought about URSA for years, as I last remember using it in my old 98.5 24V Cummins. It was the last CI-4+ oil I could find when everything switched to CJ-4. I was holding out until there was more real...

In my recent explorations of HDEO I was surprised to find that Shell states both grades of Rotella T have a pour point of -30C°. Yet, the 15W-40 is clearly a more viscous oil with a kinematic viscosity of 120 at 40°C vs 83 for 10W-30. Shouldn't a less viscous oil freeze at a lower temperature...

I need to replace the coolant in two of the family fleet, firstly my wife's 2005 Chrysler Pacifica. I'll use Zerex G-05. The last two times one of my vehicles needed a coolant replacement I took it to a local independent father and son shop. I used them quite a bit for about 10 years but they...

Greetings BITOG gurus! This is my first post though I've been reading this site for several years. I finally decided I needed to join so I can ask a few questions that are weighing on my mind. I hope I can be of assistance to others in the future with whatever knowledge and experience I can...