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1 year ago Super Tech's ADVANCED Full Synthetic, not their regular Full Synthetic, was $17.98 for 6 gallons. Last November, it was $18.90ish for 6 gallons. Tonight I saw it in Walmart for $26.50 for 6 gallons. Valvoline's Advanced Full Synthetic, a better motor oil than Super Tech, was on sale...

So, what is the primary difference between Dexcool coolant and I assume a non-Dexcool coolant like the Motorcraft Yellow?

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My Ford dealership is telling me to use the Motorcraft Specialty Green? Is that also Dexcool? Is Supertech Orange Dexcool? Dexcool destroys seals? I've been using Supertech orange for years on all my domestic vehicles, I never paid attention to Dexcool and whatnot but now I'm worried so I am.

I'm the 3.5 Duratec V6 guy obsessing over the internal chain driven water pump failing. I need a coolant. FORD says on the coolant cap Motorcraft Specialty Orange. I call my FORD dealer and they say the Orange coolant is discontinued and I should use Motorcraft specialty Green...

I religiously maintenance my vehicles in general, but the Duratec water pump situation makes it worse. Shame because the 3.5 V6 is a really great running engine, at least in a Taurus. Solid power, great fuel efficiency, and that one fatal flaw that drives me nuts! I can't get rid of the car...

The 3.5 Duratec V6 in the Ford Edge and Taurus (and I think Explorer pre 2.3 turbo) runs off the timing chain inside the engine, not outside the engine off the belt. The oil directly lubricates the water pump and touches the outside seals (there are 2 sets of seals on the pump) and the coolant...

I ask because I have a Ford vehicle with the dreaded 3.5 Duratec V6 water pump. I know some may think this is splitting hairs but in my case I beg to differ. Since I got it at just 2,000 miles, I drained the Motorcraft blend at 4,500 miles and put in Supertech Advanced Full Synthetic and was...

"This little place where I live has a dam, therefore electric is cleaner" Michael Moore himself admitted that "alternative fuel sources" is a complete fraud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Humans Your cherry pick out in Vancouver, assuming it is true, does not extrapolate to the...

EV is pure politics. Electric is less efficient than Gas vehicles, and therefore are more polluting. My Taurus can get 550 miles in one tank, an electric car of similar size can get a little above 300. Where does the electricity come from? Coal. Electric vehicles are more expensive, don't last...

Turbo was always meant for squeezing the last bit of juice out of an already high strung engine. That's why they were always in racing and not commercial besides a few rare examples. Modern engineering is a fraud, look at GM's 2.7 turbo 4. It is more complicated, costs more to build than the...

How much would a complete rebuild cost?

He used the cheapest conventional oil. I am going to fill it up with some super tech advanced full synthetic tomorrow.

My dad used the cheapest conventional oil. He is a tight coonass. He couldn't spend 12 dollars on antifreeze, he filled the radiator with straight water and let it rust for years. I'm draining the rust out right now. Hasn't had coolant in it in years, my dad filled up the radiator with straight...

Damit, I should have replaced the valve stems. Ghat probably would have required removing the camshafts and the timing chain, no?

Forced induction won't last as long. You have way, way more pressure and heat in the engine compared to NA. It doesn't matter what you do, somewhere that extra pressure and heat is going to wear the engine faster. Natural aspiration is always better in my opinion. The modern trend of turbo...

No, I changed the intake manifold and valve cover gaskets when I also changed the valve stem seals.

Yes but I changed the old valve stem seals out and put brand new ones in.

I inherited a 1999 4.6 V8 F-150. It has 283,000 miles on the engine. It was smoking big time on start up. After starting it up and the massive smoke cloud blew out, the smoking almost went away, there may have been some slight smoke still while running but it was too close to tell for sure. So...