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Hey all, I am actually service manager at a Honda store (going on 18 years) and know all to well the dilution nightmares under the right conditions with these 1.5s My wife’s civic has 173,000KM, I only run Honda bottled oil with OE filter and I’ve been changing oil between 4-6000KM depending...

Hey all. I talked to Liquimoly and they advised for my LS1 To run 5w40 High Tech syn, with mos2 additive every oil change pre-storage. Question, I change my oil pre-Storage usually in fall I’ll do oil change drive 20km round trip to get gas then park it for season. Will the mos2 be ok in the...

Hey guys I dumped 300ML into my LS1 this morning for a small rear main weep (notice a decrease in “dampness”) after just 170Km today of driving. My question however is I added it this AM and did 170KM today. Now the car may sit for a week before weathers good again. Is it ok to sit for a bit...

Hey all, I plan on running some LMOS with my Valvoline Maxlife (red bottle) in my 2002 Trans Am. Have a small RMS weep that I will see how maxlife does first, but if 1000mi goes by with less the desirable results, will add the LMOS. My question is, the car is used may 5000mi a year, then sits...

Any harm is using Maxlife blend 5w30 and Liqui Moly Oil life extender for one full OCI to help an oil pan/rear main seep on an LS1?

Hey all, Filled my 2002 Trans Am LS1 with Valvoline blend HM 5w30 maxlife - it’s fresh fill for storage I started it to get things moving yesterday (usually once per storage on a warmer day and let fans cycle 2 times to ensure it’s fully up to temp) Piston slap noticeably quieter and ran...

2002 trans am LS1 / 6 speed 226,172 KM (140,000 MI) 99% highway miles Started Using red bottle 5w30 syn blend Maxlife and Napagold filter Usually do around 5-6000 KM a year (3100-3700 MI) Would I be safe to use this OCI?

Hey all I do a yearly end of season oil change on my 2002 Trans Am. It calls for 5.2L - depending on drain time it’s between 5.2-5.5L for a refill. I started with 2 5L jugs of maxlife blend 5w30, used one full bottle and .5L from the second jug. I’ve used a ziplock bag between bottle and cap...

A Posted another thread on this, but have a more concreate answer as to where leak is occurring. I used Permatex spray seal on the right side, that trapped this oil leak as pictured from rear cover to oil pan area, aswell as a little higher up and has not leaked in 2 years. I have a small sweat...

2002 Trans am LS1, 6 Speed 216,200KM When I got the car, had massive oil leaks under neath car. I changed : -Valley Cover Gasket -Valve Cover Gaskets -Oil Pressure Switch -Cam Sensor O-ring -Oil Filter bypass housing seal -PCV updated T and hose set -Retorqued all oil pan bolts in sequence to...

Must have happened During alignment flange got distorted. Bushing is firmly seated and hasn’t moved. Alignment is dead on with no noise. Would you try and bend this back or leave it as is

Hey guys! Just installed new loaded arms on my 2002 Trans am. The boots have a “relief” in them but I’ve grease them around equal, no grease is been expelled from the releif but the driver side looks a little different from passenger. Both sides the bolts have a little squish to them with no...

Hey all. I’ve been running Mobil 1 0w20 EP in my wife’s 17 Civic Hatch 1.5T 6 speed. I change it at 5000mi and it’s been running good. However I work for a Honda dealer in canada and we have this new Gf6 rated bottled oil. Anyone have any more information on this stuff?

Hey everyone! I have a 2002 Trans Am LS1 - Air Lid, headers, tune. 210,000km (130,000mi) Currently running Castrol Edge FTT 10w30 Cars used April to oct in Canada so warmer weather the old colder morning start in spring and fall as a nice weather toy not daily use. Would anyone suggest any...

Hey all Question : I am service Manager at a Honda dealer, but honda is very uninformative when it comes to oil grade required, other then confirming it is API rated for gas engines, lol She does all highway, 70km each way a day. Vehicle has 53,000km and is a year and a half old roughly. We...