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I can see that happening, always changing it at 3k. One day when a car dies at 300k or 350k miles, I want to fix whatever problem would normally doom it to the junkyard. Or to selling it so cheap that the next guy can afford to put an engine or transmission in it and run it another 50k. Cause...

You're forgetting one very important thing... Oem has an interest in you buying a new car from them. They prefer sooner rather than later.

I don't want to change it often, because it's inconvenient. So my interval is 7500 miles. Also I want the engine to last until 400k miles. So for me it probably matters more than someone who changes oil often and then gets a new vehicle every 5 years. I keep work mobiles for 12 years.

Which is super easy on the hybrids. You get all the fluid just by draining it. Like a differential or a transfer case. Very little gets left behind unlike some other fluid services.

Now when you say "warmed up" does that mean all the way to operating temperature, before being driven? So we assume the thermostat would have opened at least once for cooling, before someone drives it.

So apparently all these super thin oils are hurting the engines, link below. In an attempt to chase fuel mileage, as I'm sure you're aware, one of their latest stupid ideas is to make the oil too thin. But what if you just ignore that and use a quality thicker oil, like Royal Purple 10w30? Is...

I need some help finding out if there's 2 drains for the inverter coolant. On my 2018 Camry hybrid. I used the valve on the bottom of the radiator already, the one with the yellow handle. I was able to drain about 1.2 liters of fluid. But everything I've read says there is 1.8 liters of fluid...

That must not be the one that is notorious for burning oil. There's some kia that doesn't have a good reputation at all, but I forget which ones specifically. But iirc there was one where they said some oil burning was going to happen even when new. And it wasn't a percentage you wanted to see.

Would this be pointless on a Cadillac? I heard they all have max options. In other words, you can't buy one that has less options than another one. If it's the same model, of course.

That's what he said in that video. It's all just begging him to break something, and then he's on the hook for that part because he can't really give them back something that he broke. It would probably rattle and drive the customer nuts. I always thought that if you had to pull a modern dash...

You know, I'm starting to question a lot of these repair estimates. If you've done the job in roughly an hour, then maybe these shops are doing it wrong. Take the guy linked below for instance. It seems he's pretty well respected. Be he goes on about how the whole thing has to come out and it's...

Yeah it looks like the Camaro mods would be the way to go, if one was going to do it. And as someone said, that means a twin turbo. Then transmission upgrades, brakes, etc. Money. Man it sounds like you had a LOT of trouble out of that thing lol. I would still be interested in seeing a list of...

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Not when you need the power to get out of the way of something, or you're changing lanes and something unexpected happens, and you need to move. There's times in life when the extra power is very handy, and if you don't understand the utility then I don't have any business arguing with you. If...

Try getting around an 18 wheeler in a 1996 ford ranger 4 cylinder. I'd wager the insurance companies would advise against it.

Sir I recommend that you and the thumbs up you received please go back and read post #3. It is indeed desirable to have good power solely for passing, especially when the vehicle in question may be suspected of lacking in this regard. I would of course take the advice of other members and test...

Hmm, your reply would seem to indicate that I would use a Buick Enclave to play around in, or otherwise feel like I'm driving fast. I have a Mustang that is plenty fast for that job. I can assure you I have no intention of doing anything like that in a lumbering SUV beast. When I pass something...

Hi all. I've settled on a Buick Enclave to haul our first kid around in. I remember Buicks being nice, with a soft ride and low road noise, so the Enclave is what I'm going to buy. But it's going to be a lower mileage 2013-2017 model. I like the way those look, and I need to like the way my...

Or just run propane. It is known to contaminate engine oil less than gasoline does in an internal combustion engine. Propane burns more cleanly than gasoline and produces fewer byproducts that can mix with and contaminate engine oil. Gas produces byproducts like unburned fuel, soot, and acids...

Ok so we have to rig up small distiller that can somehow be installed in a car. Is this possible? LOL!