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It has been a LONG time since I posted, but need some advice for my 2000 Chevy Venture van. When I got the van from my grandmother in September 2009 (about 90K miles), I had the PCM solenoid replaced due to the P1811 trouble code. It ran great until we were on our 4500 mile vacation last August...

I have had quite a time in the last couple months with my '95 Aerostar w/ 183,000 miles on it. In January it would intermitantly turn over fine but not start (it ran fine when it did start). I took it to a local NAPA garage and they did a tune up with new plugs, dist cap and rotor. After that,it...

I made the switch from dino oil to Pennzoil Platinum 5w-30 in my '01 Saturn SL1 at 55k. During the first 3800 miles, oil consumption was around 2 quarts. I did have to replace the intake manifold gasket during this time (it was leaking around cylinder #1 and causing idle problems). I decided...

I am thinking about changing the Pennzoil Platinum early (about 3k miles) on my '01 Saturn SL1 and want some oil guru opinions. I had some issues with my car for a few weeks idling very poorly. I tried new plugs, fuel injector cleaner, fuel filter (a costly part for this car ), 2 temperature...

This is an FYI for any Saturn owners out there with a 1.9 L engine (SOC or DOC). Here's what happened to me. I have an '01 SL1 w/ 57k on it. When the weather got cold, it just so happened that the car started to idle rough and sound like it wanted to die at the stop light or when it was parked...

Well I've done a lot of surfing and thought I'd pose this question: On my '01 Silverado I am currently running 10w-30 Havoline (have about 2k miles on the oil with the majority of the driving for camping). My plan is to go to a 5w-30 oil for the winter. From my experience, the truck tends to...

This is my first UOA, so I am pretty excited! 2001 Saturn SL1 1.9L SOHC 55,000 miles on car 4,000 miles on oil Background: Pennzoil 5w-30 high mileage oil (SM) with Napa Gold filter. I added 4 oz LC initially and followed up with 1 oz every 1k miles. I drove the car almost exactly 4k miles...

With all the attention that higher heating costs will be getting very shortly, I was curious if there is anyone using a corn burner for heating their home? I have been researching them for about the past year or so, but as of yet I have not spent the $$ to invest in one. I am planning to get...

On the Ford Aerostar, I bought Dayton Quadra SE tires for it when the original's wore out at 55k miles years ago. The Quadra tires I believe are a 40-45k tire. Now those tires lasted on that van for over 70k miles! I was not very good at rotating them on a regular basis (only when I replaced the...

My wife came home from taking my daughter to ballet and I noticed that the front emblem to my Saturn was gone. I walked closer and seen some major scuffing of the bumper and crinkling of the paint in the center of the bumper. The hood has a minor dent above the headlight. It appears that...

I have a 16.5 HP Onan in my Simplicity 4040. It starts right up every time and runs really good, except it does burn some oil. I have used SAE 30 oil (Napa brand) in it during the summer (with a Napa gold oil filter) and used 5w-30 in it last winter. It doesn't smoke that much, and has good...

I have 2 vehicles that I have questions on: I have a 2001 Saturn SL1 with 50k miles and a 2001 Silverado (5.3L) with 49k miles.I have used either Valvoline or Napa 5W-30 dino oil every 3,000 miles on both. We put a lot of miles on the car (20k in the last year since it gets us 37 mpg!) and have...