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I just finished doing a pan drop and filter change on the 6L80 in my Tahoe. And I have some pointers for anyone doing the same. I used 5 full quarts and about 10 ounces of Castrol Dexron VI and 20 ounces of Lubegard platinum. So 6 quarts is just about perfect. The y-pipe is in the way of the...

The intake manifold on my Crown Vic has been leaking on the rear driver side of the intake manifold for a while now. It's an external leak and, for the longest time, was very small and only when the engine was cold. Over the course of a year it had leaked less than half a gallon. That was low...

I'm going to be replacing the radiator on my Tahoe tomorrow and just remembered I'll need some Dexron VI to replace the amount in the cooler. I live 30 miles from a real parts store or Walmart. The best I have is Dollar General's selection (Valvoline Maxlife) or some Supertech Dexron VI that's...

I've recently started in a new career field in which I drive 50 miles to the location, sit idling 10-12 hours, then drive 50 miles back. I normally change the oil in my Crown Vic every 3000 miles. I remember reading somewhere that Ford recommends accounting for 25 miles per idle hour. With that...

I finished my GST9, which I got a couple days before they were all "out of stock" everywhere presumably forever. Got it done just in time. Overall, I like the design, feel, and how easy it is to build over the P80 I built last year. The GST9 has a much better jig and the channel that needs to be...

My dad won a Hayabusa in a police seizure auction as a project. It has been sitting for quite a while, so the fuel tank was filthy. He got everything cleaned up and replaced the fuel pump and a couple other things here and there but ran into a snag. It has an anti-theft device that he...

Here's my 2008 Crown Vic Police Interceptor. It's the same car I posted "under the valve cover" pictures of. I originally bought it from my dad for $2000 last April to use as a backup. My other 2 vehicles were my daily driver 2019 F150 and my wife's daily driver 2015 F150. Over the first 6...

I'm in the market for a cash car and have found a 2011 Honda Accord that is in my price range and seems to be in good shape. It has 200k miles on it at the moment. The Carfax shows it was a 1 owner. It has had almost all its oil changes at Valvoline. Most were done between 5k and 7k miles, with...

I decided to change the leaking driver side valve cover gasket on my Crown Vic today. I believe it was the original gasket, and after 14 years it had basically turned to plastic. The car is a CVPI that was in service at Travis County Sheriff's Department in the Austin, Texas area for about 150k...

I just picked up a few jugs at my local Walmart. No Magnatec to be seen anywhere so I assume this is their replacement for it now. I like the bottles so I'll keep buying it. That's all that matters, right?

Your buddy, Frank, is buying oil for his car/truck/SUV and is looking for a synthetic blend 5w-30 that's cheap. He finds 3 brands, all around the same price. He doesn't know which to buy so he calls you. Here are his choices: Napa Synthetic Blend Chevron Supreme Synthetic Blend Mobil Super...

Here are some pictures of the differences between the 2062 and the 2062a. The 2062a is apparently the redesigned oil filter for the 2.7 ecoboost engine. I'm not sure if I could call it a better or worse filter as I really don't know what helps or hurts cartridge filters. Unless there's a big...

I was in Dollar General today and I was a couple dollars short of using a "5 off 25" coupon. I remembered seeing Magnatec on the shelf a few months ago, so I got a quart. I consider this quart to have cost me 95 cents as it was listed at 5.95. I just wonder why it's in a different bottle than...

So I have 2 Ecoboost F150s. One is my daily driver and the other is my wife's. My truck is a 2019 2.7L with about 7500 miles on it. I drive 3 miles each way to work 5 days a week with a highway run of about an hour mixed in once a week. I did my first oil change at 1000 miles, second at 4000...

Hey everyone, I've been a lurker for a while and I figured it's time finally be a member. So here's the deal: I bought a 2011 Silverado 5.3 that I'll put about 7500 miles a year on. With that being the case, I've decided to go with a quality oil and filter and go with a once-a-year change...