Recent content by hholbein

Thanks, folks for the many good suggestions. I'll post back when I've checked a few of these alternative sources.

My friend has inherited an old 190SL that has sat in a garage undriven for 5 or so years. She indicated it had some brake issues (perhaps a stuck rear drum shoe, so I took a look. First thing I noticed was that the brake fluid reservoir was bone dry, with just some oily bluish/black residue in...

Originally Posted By: mattwithcats What may work to slow / stop oil burning / groove clogging is using Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel or Rotella T6 5W-40... Run only 250-500 miles, change oil and filter... Lots of detergents in those oils... I've run Mobil 1 5W-30 EP several times, but I have had...

I have inherited a granny-driven Avalon with 40K miles recently and am working on catching up on some maintenance. Most of those miles were driven in Arizona, mostly stop & go around Tucson. No towing, no jack rabbit starts. As far as I can tell, the transaxle fluid was last changed at the...