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    Photos of retail oil and fluid display (or selection) in Taiwan

    Just for musing. No significant value here. I was traveling in Taiwan a few months ago and was at the department store. I thought I would photograph for your musing. Most vehicles are smaller and more scooters on the road compared to the US. *edit-Sorry the pictures are to read dues to down...
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    A bit of history.

    Part of living in a 120+ year old house. When newspaper made great floor plugs. This is from 1937. I now want a Packard car..
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    Power Quality of Generators Sine me up!

    There is a bunch of cheap generators on sale and I want to see how "clean" the electricity is. I have had a number of electronics go bad using the cheap car 12v power inverters. This is the website that intrigued me. http://www.jkovach.net/projects/powerquality/ I picked up a cheap 1000w...
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    Those pesky stickers

    I never knew this. Thought it was interesting this article is saying warranty "do not open" stickers are not valid. https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/26728...-flatly-illegal
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    'Synthetic' as the word relates to motor oil

    Interesting read for me as I have several years of BITOG to catch up on. I was wondering why some say that M1 is not really a Synthetic and found this. https://www.pca.org/news/2015-11-02/synthetic-word-relates-motor-oil
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    How to get gasket back in the oil cap?

    Anyone know an easy way to get the gasket back in oil cap. It slipped off and its acting like the three stooges as I try to put it back on. So far tried using the valve cover to push it back but no cigar.
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    OIl Leak Dyes

    Whats your experience with oil leak dyes, I borrowed papa's 07 Corolla with 189k. I took it for an oil change and added MMO to the oil and now is seems to be leaking more (dealer said there was an minor leak at the time). I also give the engine bay a wash. Anyways.. the oil is leaking faster...
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    My Suv had a heart attack, too much Bacon? Help!

    Long time occasional lurker of BITOG, but still newb on this forum so please excuse my etiquette. This will be unbelievable to many.. but watch the videos. I am trying to figure out what to do. I figured you guys and gals will go nuts over this. So long story short My new oil has gelled...
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