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I haven't take a valve cover off since a valve job on a 91 grand am 4cyl. I just don't go through the trouble to remove it just to look.
Originally Posted By: spasm3
I haven't take a valve cover off since a valve job on a 91 grand am 4cyl. I just don't go through the trouble to remove it just to look.
+1. We had a 91Ranger with 354K (miles) and never had the VC off. What about oil fill hole PICs?
I haven't take a valve cover off since a valve job on a 91 grand am 4cyl. I just don't go through the trouble to remove it just to look.
+1. We had a 91Ranger with 354K (miles) and never had the VC off. What about oil fill hole PICs?
Originally Posted By: spasm3
I haven't take a valve cover off since a valve job on a 91 grand am 4cyl. I just don't go through the trouble to remove it just to look.
+1. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I don't mess with valve covers unless they are leaking.
I haven't take a valve cover off since a valve job on a 91 grand am 4cyl. I just don't go through the trouble to remove it just to look.
+1. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I don't mess with valve covers unless they are leaking.
The Focus is one pointy cam lobe. I guess that must be a short durantion cam.
When did that start happening?
This was taken about 2 years ago. Unknown service history. I had recently began running Pennzoil synthetics and using kreen. My f150 I think it had 130k on it at the time
This is my explorer. 90k or so with pyb and qsgb with 3k ocis then three 3k ocis with PP.
Originally Posted By: electrolover
This was taken about 2 years ago. Unknown service history. I had recently began running Pennzoil synthetics and using kreen. My f150 I think it had 130k on it at the time
In all the post Kreen cleanup pics I've seen you can see small patches of varnish just like yours. Like it was manually scraped. The varnish coating is evenly distributed throughout the engine surface in regular pictures. IMO that means it was removing varnish rapidly and subsequent kreenings should remove the thicker areas that are left.
This was taken about 2 years ago. Unknown service history. I had recently began running Pennzoil synthetics and using kreen. My f150 I think it had 130k on it at the time
In all the post Kreen cleanup pics I've seen you can see small patches of varnish just like yours. Like it was manually scraped. The varnish coating is evenly distributed throughout the engine surface in regular pictures. IMO that means it was removing varnish rapidly and subsequent kreenings should remove the thicker areas that are left.
Currently using PU but I have used MaxLife, G-Oil, Castrol HM and QSUD
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Originally Posted By: tig1
The Focus.
The lack of focus.
The irony.
The Focus.
The lack of focus.
The irony.
Looks very clean, Tig. I once had the valve cover off the Escort at about 225,000 miles... the commuter car that we used 0W20 Mobil 1 in for its entire life with 20K oci's.
I was surprised at its cleanliness since maintenance had always been a back-burner priority on that car... the entire area was clean with what I would call a light yellow/gold stain.
The reason I had the valve cover off.... the valve cover gasket suddenly squirted out the side just like shooting a pumpkin seed out. After 225,000 miles went from no oil leaks or usage to just drizzling oil - all at once. Maybe the Mobil 1 was too slippery, making it shoot out!
Anyway, a new valve cover gasket, and a couple of minutes spinning the hold down nuts and I was on my way.
I was surprised at its cleanliness since maintenance had always been a back-burner priority on that car... the entire area was clean with what I would call a light yellow/gold stain.
The reason I had the valve cover off.... the valve cover gasket suddenly squirted out the side just like shooting a pumpkin seed out. After 225,000 miles went from no oil leaks or usage to just drizzling oil - all at once. Maybe the Mobil 1 was too slippery, making it shoot out!
Anyway, a new valve cover gasket, and a couple of minutes spinning the hold down nuts and I was on my way.
91,700 miles ... mobil 1 5w-30 HM 1,500 mi OCI
Front bank of my car
Originally Posted By: vtecboy
91,700 miles ... mobil 1 5w-30 HM 1,500 mi OCI
Looks pretty good!
91,700 miles ... mobil 1 5w-30 HM 1,500 mi OCI
Looks pretty good!
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1. 2000 BMW 328i, unknown maintenance history 263,000Km:
2. 2000 Ford Focus w/SPI engine, close to 300,000Km on it (RIP):
3. 2001 BMW M5 w/162,000Km on it:
4. 2003 BMW 330i, 12x,000Km:
5.2002 Ford Expedition 5.4L w/251,000Km on it:
6. 1987 Mustang GT T-Top (engine, car is no longer with us) w/332,000Km on it, the last 150-ish thousand on various grades of Mobil 1:
2. 2000 Ford Focus w/SPI engine, close to 300,000Km on it (RIP):
3. 2001 BMW M5 w/162,000Km on it:
4. 2003 BMW 330i, 12x,000Km:
5.2002 Ford Expedition 5.4L w/251,000Km on it:
6. 1987 Mustang GT T-Top (engine, car is no longer with us) w/332,000Km on it, the last 150-ish thousand on various grades of Mobil 1:
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