Recent content by oilmanatwork

Ahh... since when did gramar become a prerequisite for hanging out here. And I guess Ziggy has every right to repeat a question. For as long as he likes, if he feels his question has not been answered. There are several guys here poking fun at Ziggy for absolutely no good reason. Its turned...

I'm primarily an oil change shop. But do do a fair amount of trany flushes too. In my experiences I've seen more than a few tranies come in with buggered threads, broken off bolts, weird over size bolts with odd thread pitch. And one Neon with a large section of the sealing surface and trany...

I change my PS fluid on my 98 Escort every oil change (well most every one :-) Its one of those things. Keeps it clean and quite. I bought a Wynns Power Steering service tool. Basicaly two 12v pumps in a tool box for like $750 or something along those lines. But anything that sucks works. Why...

Its somewhere in here. http://www.autoserviceworld.com/ Closer http://www.autoserviceworld.com/issues_SGM/past_issues.asp?PC=SGM Found it http://www.autoserviceworld.com/issues_SGM/ISarticle.asp?id=164230&story_id=79069124846&issue=05012005&PC=SGM

I read in a trade magazine (SSGM)up here in Canada. Something along the lines of. The newer coolants must be used in newer vehicals. Refering to new Fords I think. Because older green coolant can actualy cuase water pump seal failures. THey have these articals online too. I'll try and find a...

The volt meter trick is a good cost effective way. As cars come through my quick lube I check each cooling system for freeze/ boil point, Acidity and check the cap. Its totaly amazing how many caps fail. Even on vehicals as new as 04 and low low milage. I like the PH strips as its a little...

A little hand vacume pump is a great investment for the doit yourselfer. And has a lot of uses. Not only for fluid evacuation but some tune upo diagnostics can be done on older vehicals. I got into the rutine of sucking out the master cylinder (resevoir) and refilling every thre thousand K...

My Question is how safe is this stuff to work around. I usualy sell Wynns "tune up" as a 15 min clean before changing customers oil. THe fumes when you pull the plug are something else :-) I also own a Wynns engine flush machine. Nothing special. Its basicaly an inline filter and you remove the...