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Dexos for a ford…? Hmm
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SammyChevelleTypeS3
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Many are young with very minimal "on the job training" who have not many to help educate them. Especially working at places like QuickieLubes or WalMart Tires & Auto. Not their fault. Plus those places have a tough time retaining good workers due to hard working conditions with minimal pay rates. Soon as a guy learns enough and decides to stay in that line of work, it is off to a dealership or a better paying employer.
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That when you say, "Sir, I'm at a Walmart getting an oil change. Look around. I'm standing in line with a man shoplifting meat and a pregnant woman chain smoking. Can we stop pretending this is a Koenigsegg?"
Of course. The bar is low, but all things considered, the folks at the Walmart store did a good enough job while I shopped for diapers and baby formula, and didn't wreck my (non-GM) truck, so I will call it a win. I'm glad they were being overly cautious, even if incorrect, shows that they are at least doing _some_ form of training. One of these days I'll just start doing OCIs myself... probably once extended warranty is out. For now, Walmart seems to do the trick just fine... using the VL Valvoline Restore and Protect product.
Could be, but I don't think so. There is something that I did not mention, but I do have my reasons for suspecting clogged turbo drainback.
I found traces of clean oil in the intake tract right after the turbo, as well as the intercooler. I mean if it was valve stem seals alone, I wouldn't be finding oil before the combustion chamber, correct ?
PCV.
SammyChevelleTypeS3
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This was in no way meant to belittle the young workers. Its just sad that now a days they have far less opportunity to learn many mechanical skills that a lot of us older guys were able to be exposed to growing up. There was always someone working on cars or there was even so many part time jobs every where for young men to pick up skills in the 60s / 70s / 80s. Seems like from the early 90s on when so many jobs were exported right out of North America to the rest of the world that opportunity to exposure / learning of many crafts without going to dedicated schools has been lost. There are still places to learn the crafts but not like once was so easily available. Lots of managers at places tell me they offer all sorts of sign on bonuses and specific "paid for" training to folks who want to learn YET they have lots of trouble finding candidates who will sign up for that. SHAME.....
Same. Just finished a 3k mile run of HPL Engine Cleaner 30 in my parents 14 Outback and put 5 quarts of Valvoline Restore and Protect in this morning. The engine hasn’t had any issues, I just figure after 10 years and 168k miles it wouldn’t hurt to try some cleaning.
My son's car, which was my car, has ~135K on it/had it 12 years. I figured why not, it's only a few more bucks over ST or QS and may be a good thing for it.
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Wish Menards would step into the 19th century and speed up their rebates from the 2 month turnaround. I submitted a Valvoline one yesterday and it was paid within 3-4 hours.
Same, this is the fastest and most convenient reimbursement I’ve ever gotten from a company.
How long do you plan on running that Endurance?
I change his oil once a year. That car gets 3-5K at most per year...he's in college but will finish up this coming May. He does a few auto crosses a year as well. I'll leave that endurance on for 2 years I think.
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It's an RBC intake manifold that i once planned to install onto my K24. Semi abandonned that plan now that the car is nearing 500k km and perhaps only runs 1000km per summer.
The piston to the left is from a 2.4l Toyota Sludge Monster and the piston and rod are from a 3.5l direct injected 2016 Tacoma that decided to operate one of it's DI injector in blowtorch mode. The cat failed on that side, the DI injector literally melted the piston into the bore and that one broke in the ringland. Presumably due to expansion from the neighboring cylinder and clogged cat.
By chance, it's not happening often!
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Nice I was running a skunk2 until I blew a connecting rod through the side of my block. Dumped 4 qts of oil in 50ft in the road
Did the third drain of Valvoline Restore and Protect on my 2013 BMW X5. There is a noticeable amount of carbon in the filter. There was also slivers of non-ferrous metal that I don’t recall seeing before. I should send off a sample to Blackstone for analysis. Hopefully everything is okay.
My oil consumption went from needing to add a quart after 4000 miles to not needing to add anything during the entire 5000 mile interval. So, it’s definitely doing something.
On to the fourth run. I’m supposed to have a spotless engine now, right?
My oil consumption went from needing to add a quart after 4000 miles to not needing to add anything during the entire 5000 mile interval. So, it’s definitely doing something.
On to the fourth run. I’m supposed to have a spotless engine now, right?
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