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My sister-in-law has a 2006 Toyota Camry with 60,000 miles on it. She gets the oil changed at the Dealer and they recommend additional services. They recommended a Throttle Body Cleaning at 60,000 miles. The car idles fine and has no hesitation problems. I told her I didn't think she needed...

I read that someone took their car in for an oil change, and the place unknowingly drained their automatic transmission oil instead. Then they added oil to already full oil pan (without checking oil level afterwards). The person didn't get far, both transmission burned up and engine broke...

I recently bought a new 2014 Chevy Impala with the 3.6 Liter (305 HP) engine. Looking at the maintenance schedule, it has engine air filter change at 120,000 miles!? That's unbelievably long! There is a pretty long description in the owners manual on how to change this. It appears quite large. I...

Got a new 2014 Chevy Impala LTZ with 3.6 liter V6, 305 HP engine, fully loaded. On a recent 168 mile trip, I got 28.9 mpg, pretty good as it was not all highway driving. The adaptive cruise control is freaky, it actually stops the car when car ahead of you stops at a light., then starts when...

My son has a gas log fireplace with two switches, one for flame and a second turns on two receptacles for a fan (not supplied). We bought a fireplace fan, but both receptacles are too shallow to fully accept the plug. We wired the plug, it did not come with the fan. I suggested cutting off some...

Are there any high mileage synthetic oils? My 2006 Nissan Murano with 141,000 miles on it has started using 1/2 to 1 quarts of oil every 2,000 miles. I had been using PP 5W-30 oil.

Why is Pennzoil ULTRA not DEXOS approved when Pennzoil Platinum is? Is it just that they didn't want to pay the fee?

I recently bought a 2013 Buick Enclave and I was planning to change the factory fill out early, at 50% OLM. I now hit that at 4,000 miles and I am wondering if it is that big of a deal. DEXOS is almost synthetic (I will change to Pennzoil Platinum) and with engines not needing much (if any)...

My son did some research, including asking friends and settled on a 2013 Cub Cadet 50 inch Kawasaki Engine Tractor to mow his grass at his new 1 acre lawn (new to him house). Any comments? I thought it might be a little large (I thought maybe 42 or 46 inch). I use a 28 inch Snapper Riding Lawn...

Well I traded my 2001 Impala LS (135,000 miles) in on my 2013 Buick Enclave for $1880 (Blue Book $1800-2800). It was the worse car I ever owned ! I put over $6,000 in it. Transmission went out at 50,000 miles, other failures included: radiator, electric window, electric radiator fan, camshaft...

Bought a new 2013 Buick Enclave, when do people think think I should do first oil change. I usually do it at 3000 miles or 50% of OLM life. Dexos I is at least semi-synthetic. I plan to use Penzoil Platinum 5W-30 and use factory OLM for later changes.

Since GM 4718M is obsolete what supercedes it? Is it Dexos ?

Have you ever noticed that people who don't do preventative maintenance, or even minimal service, often have no problems? Here is my example: I once observed my boss filling his car's radiator up with water before leaving work several days in a row. I asked him what was going on. He said that...

My daughter has a 2011 Chevy Equinox V6. I know that the OLM interval was changed (decreased) to a maximum of 5500 miles due to problems with lubricating the timing chain. My daughter does mostly highway mileage and gets oil changed at the dealer. In the past her OLM maxed at about 5500 miles...

I've noticed that my web "Connecting"/updating continues for a long time in some sections of this Forum. For example the "Passenger Car Motor Oil (PCMO) - Gasoline Cars/Pickups/Vans/SUVs" section. For a long time I mean minutes. While it stops on "Forums" real quick. Why?

My 11 HP Briggs & Stratton powered Snapper real engine riding lawn mower is in the shop. It creates a huge cloud of blue smoke about 1-2 minutes after startup. The shop suspects that ethanol has damaged the carburetor (rubber gaskets) and it is dumping excess fuel. I have NOT been using an...

Tiger Woods just won ! His 71st win, the Arnold Palmer Invitational. His first PGA Tour win since September 2009.

I Replaced Rear Brakes on a Nissan Versa, whew what a job ! I hate drum brakes ! They are like a jigsaw puzzle. Two springs took me 40 minutes to get back on. It was my daughter's-in-law car. We got the best OEM Type pads from NAPA, $60 with a $9 core charge. She called Nissan to see what the...

I just saw a post on Peak Global Lifetime Coolant, and searched but could not find anything on it. Is it an acceptable lifetime coolant? I'm changing coolant every 5 years/100,000 miles with my GM Cars and every 40,000 miles with my Nissan, and my son's Honda. Be nice not to ever have to...

I have a riding lawn mower and usually just mulch leaves with it. But I was wondering, what is best for leaf pickup? Should I get a pull behind mechanical lawn sweeper or a powered walk-behind vacuum/mulcher? OR just keep using riding lawn mower to mulch?