Recent content by AlanCanada

Thanks for your help, clearance is not an issue, it's a longitudinal / horizontal mount and there is space for 3 times the height.

Cut open an oil filter after 20,000 miles and let us know what you see. :)

I just picked up a 2020 Dacia Duster with a 2.0 L Gas (F4R), naturally aspirated engine. The car has 8,000 KM on it. I'm in South America where the temperature ranges from 10 to 30 celsius year round, no freezing. I'm looking at running Mobil 1 3000 5w30 vs Mobil 1 FS (Euro) 0w30. The 5w30...

You can buy a vivida borescope on amazone for like 200 bucks. You then pull the spark plugs and use the camera in every hole you can open easily. https://www.amazon.com/Vividia-Ablescope-VA-400-Borescope-Articulating/dp/B00GY7C9ZW/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=Vividia&qid=1690396135&sr=8-7

I was driving a Dodge charger for many years, but when my life changed and I started to need to travel only 1 KM to a train station and back for work, I realized the cold dry starts in the parking lot would be killing the ICE engine so I sold it and bought a POS Nissan Leaf. I remember telling...

He informs me he has about 120,000 KM on it and they replaced the transmission under warranty a few months back earlier this year. You definitely called it.

It was an adventure finding one for my friend in Montreal. That Petro Canada Web site is terrible. I am going to call the company tomorrow and find out if they offer the products. Do they have a line of engine / transmission filters that you know?

I'm thinking of going with this approach: M1 EP 5w30 every 3 months or 30,000 KM Transmission fluid change same time Transmission filter changed every 3 intervals (9 months 90,000 km) This is a normal guy, what's a good oil filter for this vehicle at Canadian Tire / Walmart? Any advice on the...

120,000 KM / year.

Hi everyone, looking for recommendations on an oil change interval, oil and filter recommendation for this vehicle. It's in Montreal Canada so they have 5 months per year of freezing temperatures with no engine preheat on the start. The owner has been using mineral oil and monthly oil changes...

Update: These engines use two spark plugs on every cylinder fired by two independent magnetos. I have diagnosed that one of the magnetos was going bad and have removed it for an Inspect and Repair As Necessary (IRAN) also known as a 500 h inspection. I'm going to be interested to see if this was...

Using that logic, why don't you change it after every flight? Originally Posted by FastLane I also only run my oil for 25 hours. Oil is cheap. Engines are not. I would try some Phillips 20W50.

Thank you everyone for the follow-up. Answers below Cylinders are not chrome, they are steel Lead numbers are not my concern as it is in tolerance. I am going to keep the same oil as the chromium is going down. I read an article that said that mineral oil removes more lead from the engine, that...

I purchased an aircraft with an O-470 Continental, 6 cylinder engine. I'm into the second oil analysis report with the analyst identifying higher than normal chromium in the sample. Should I be concerned? Report section attached. I run it about 50 hours between oil changes.

Ok guys, here are the acidity results: TBN 6.64 TAN 3.15 Also, it was M1 High Mileage 10w30