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Originally Posted By: edyvw Originally Posted By: Benedikt Same kind of 2016 Passat 1.8TSI, similar question: I'd been using M1 0w40 (which on the current bottles says "meets VW 502 and 505") in its otherwise identical predecessor, and was planning on using it in this one too (in fact, I just...

Same kind of 2016 Passat 1.8TSI, similar question: I'd been using M1 0w40 (which on the current bottles says "meets VW 502 and 505") in its otherwise identical predecessor, and was planning on using it in this one too (in fact, I just replaced the mystery factory fill with it). Going to pick up...

Well, except for floor-it-to-merge once or twice a day, and occasional put-a-punk-in-his-place we don't exactly race, and the only engine mod is a pcmforless.com tune. I'd never considered that the 5w30 spec combined with the Mobil 1 recommendation could have been done in full knowledge of M1...

Those "beats" heaphone do have major bass - but how? Bass boost powered by filtered-out DC? Reduced higher frequencies? Either way, can't be good for quality. And I have a pair of handmade-in-USA speakers (on a par with $1000 hi-fi store speakers) that cost not much more then the beats...

I couldn't say for sure whether it's any louder, but it certainly isn't extremely much louder. I've only mowed twice since the change. I've got the mulching plug in the Hivac tube; the first time I put the bag over it like the manual says (which seems to deform the bag flange), the second time I...

Originally Posted By: river_rat That looks brutal combined with the dark paint. I have to repaint some areas on my red Snapper anyway; this picture does tempt me to try a "murdered-out" (utterly black) look. But for now, I'd be happy just being able to lower this snapper.. It's a...

I've got a 4-year-old Snapper self-propelled with a B&S Intek 190cc "8.75" engine. I've just finally switched to a mulching blade, which is said to tax the engine even more than the Hivac setup. I've been changing the oil, probably not often enough, with whatever xw30 I had around, usually...

This is the lower-hp higher-torque LT1 in a 96 Roadmaster wagon. Lots of short and medium trips (Home Depot and several other stores are 1/2 mile away, other frequent targets 5-15 miles, lots of surface streets with 5 miles of interstate in the middle) and occasional 150-250mile all-interstate...

The B&S 190cc "8.75" Intek in my 4-year old Snapper had recently been smoking a bit on startup, and more recently started to backfire (not a pop, more like a .22) after every shutdown. I had changed the sparkplug late last year, but didn't think to check the gap. I'd several time knocked the...

So, having established 5w30 and 15w50 (both EP?), let's discuss M1 TDT 5w40/Delvac 1 as the next. That's, to a large extent, another whole separate customer base (though I can't seem to find any trucker forum discussing synth. oil). Are there any indications or testing possibilities as to what...

I use neither 5w30 nor 15w50. (I used 5w30 for years until this forum made me aware that 5w30 is far too 5w20ish for my application.) So if I could trust EM when they say the M1 TDT 5w40 is still PAO-based, I'd probably continue to buy it, based on the excellent results other people have had...

Ironically, his decision to never again post an oil composition (presubmably due to actual or anticipated pressure from Mobil) will result in all sorts of people who'd stick with other weights of M1 (as long as they're still primarily PAO), to now stop using all those as well (because theyre'll...

Could somebody that found M1 Turbodiesel 5w40 in the 5-quart jug please post the bar code number (for cash register scanning - I just can't think of the right word)? I gave a printout of the M1 product web page to a Walmart employee for the purposes of ordering. Though I'd been previously (when...