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Hi all, The exhaust pipe of my beater is starting to leak. The hole is located few inches near the flange of the muffler pipe. I usually replace myself the whole pipe when it starts to leak. But since I don't think the car is able to last for another two years, so this time I plan to just make...

Hello all I'm going to change the exhaust pipes of my beater this wk end and I have a noob question for someone who is familiar with exhaust gasket. In fact, I notice the gasket between the cat and the A pipe has one flat face in one side and a "round" face in the other side (link)...

Hi Can someone give me an official or a credible link regarding how to use the dielectric grease? I watched some video in Youtube and there are conflict messages. Some state that we should never apply the dielectric grease on the electrical connection. But other state the opposite. thx

Hi I have a noob question for material experts. I was shopping some bolts and nuts for my exhaust system today. I notice that even though all those bolts and nuts are made of steel, they have different colors. Some are black; some are shining silver; some are grey and some are brown yellowish...

I'm planning to do some brake maintenance this week end. Now I'm looking for a video in youtube about the "best practice" for the front brake maintenance. I also did some searches in amazon about the brake lubricants. For now, I'm little bit confused. In fact, in some youtube video, they ask to...

Hi guys I just changed the muffler from my beater (see my My initial thread). It took me almost 5 hrs for the job. Because the idiot who installed the exhaust system had spot welded the nuts to the flange. https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/foru...ion-for-exhaust-bolts-with-spring#UNREAD As for...

Hi I haven't repaired any exhaust system for a while and I need to change the muffler from my beater this Saturday. I bought a muffler and a set of bolts and nuts with spring. My noob question is do I need to tight the nut until it touches the end (or the stopper) of the bolt? I know the...

Hi Do someone know about the oil filter "expired" date is just a scheme from the oil filter companies to make more $$$$$ or it's for real which is based on facts and tests? What I mean "expired" dates are those "suggestions" of "3 months" or xxxx km, whichever comes first. To put thing in...

Hello guys, It's me again, I just update my previous thread regarding my brake line repair and bleeding. But I have another question for you for a new problem. https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/foru...need-brakes-specialist-helps#Post5057684 To make a story short of my endeavour, I was able to...

Hi Just curious. What is your trick to prevent brake bleeders from rusting and seizing? thx

Hi guys. I'm not very familiar with brake fluid so I have a noob question for you. Are all DOT3 brake fluid compatible? If the answer is yes, are all DOT3 the same quality? I need to bleed the whole brake system of my car. For this I need a great amount of brake fluid. A local auto parts store...

OK guys, I have a stupid question for you, I recently open a thread about what is your most preferred penetrating oil. https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/foru...r-very-rusted-nuts-and-bolts#Post5060530 After reading your comments, I notice the acetone/ATF mixture come up very frequently. Since I...

Hi what is your preferred penetrating oil for very rusted nuts and bolts? thx

Hi guys Long story short, I have a Honda civic 2000. one of the brake line section (between the brake and the flexible from the rear passenger side) was ruptured suddenly and all brake fluid in this brake line where emptied. The master cylinder also look emptied. I bought a new brake line from...

Hi Which grease doesn't dry and it's plastic and rubber compatible?

Hi Do someone know which group of base oil liquid moly use for their engine oils? thx

I just received the oil analyse regarding a sample of used oil from a civic 90 engine. The car is not driveable, but the engine is still in "good" condition. The civic was rotten in my neighbor's backyard for more than 10 years now. I was curious about the condition of the engine oil in this...

I went to check some popular group V oil companies in their webpage about the oil specs. I notice the CCS viscosity (ASTM D-5293) of their oils is way higher than group III and IV oil. [censored] ??? Isn't the group V was God's chosen oil . ...

Hi I just receive my 2nd uoa recently (link). Today, I noticed the iron count of this uoa was as the same as of the first one, even though the mileage was almost three times higher. If understand well about the engine wear, the iron count should follow with mileage, right...

Hi Just curious, why most MTFs are way more thicker than ATF ?? I know the AT are more complex than MT, but both have gears and their differential are the same. So for these, I don't see any technical reason why I can't use an ATF in a MT.