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Something does not make sence here. I own a 2001 Cadillac Catera Sport with a 3.0L V6 under the hood. The car has roughly 270k miles. For the last 100k or so I have been driving it with 10W-40 HM Mobil1. After reading this blog and the University section where it talks about oil...

Here is the latest walmart shelf photo... The bottle is the same but all new label and I expect that to happen to all of them. Now is there a change of the formulation or is it just a marketing upgrade. It says it meets ILSAC GF5, as well as API SN, SM, SL... < sounds like a new...

Last weekend, I was on a road trip when the oil level light came on... I pulled over at one of the Illinois Oasises, and checked the oil, found it to be 1qt low... so I went in the store and looked at the oil that they had, found out Mobil 1 which was way over prised and this Exxon stuff...

Was out there the other night and noticed the new jugs, they seem taller and wider but skinnier depth-wise, also the jugs now appear to stand higher then the rest of the jugs on the shelf making them appear more superior perhaps. We Americans like our stuff supersized! The new Ultra looks tiny...

Hey fellas, I am about to run an experiment on my car with larger injectors and ported intake system. The plan is to get fuel injectors from a 3.2L engine and install them on my 3.0L. The gain of fuel must be matched by some extra air which is where the bottle neck of the system will be...

So here is the story: My GF drives a Dodge Stratus wtih a 2.4L engine, and I drive a Catera wtih a 3.0L V6. Last week we see a gas station down the road from our house that sells gas for 2.57, all others were at 2.65 or higher. So we decide we need to get gas for both cars, so we stop by...

This is my own spread sheet I have been compiling of Mobil 1 Oils and their additives: This first pic is a guide of what all the components mean. This is the various oils and viscosities compared: Rotella T - MAGNESIUM Should be 1 not 1099

Here is the story. My GF's best friend called the other day complaining about her brakes making odd sounds, and asking what it will cost to fix them, she was short on money, so I offered to replace them for her. The brakes cost 20$ and took 15min to replace... so while the car was on the...

Car has around 105K, OCIs 7500-10,000 depending on driving habits. Oil used mostly Castrol Synthetic and lately Mobil 1. Car was autocrossed quite a bit. Looks spotless under there. Notice the oil is almost black, its due for change in 2.5K... at a 7.5K interval.

Here is my 2K1 Cadillac Catera SPORT, which now has been converted to a European OPEL OMEGA The car is built on the european assembly and shipped on boats over here. Asside from a few engineering changes for crash safety its one and the same vehicle. Under the hood is a 3.0L V6 24V with...

Just like the title says, I get a lot of that milky stuff under the oil cap, its mainly due to short tirps, work is around 3mi away so a lot of cold enigne runs. on the last OCI, which was Valvoline and Lucas, 5:1 and I was adding MMO to top it off, so I noticed that it started to go down a...

Premium Guard: M2224 PG5309 These go on V6 3.0L engines sold in the Cadillac Catera, Saturn L series with the 3.0L and I think a few Isuzu models. I have owned the car (2K1 Catera) since 59,000mi with regular 5k oil changes and I used WIX filters for the longes time. Then they got more...

Anyone have the VOA of this oil, they say its made with old Valvoline Formulas, and my dad uses it in his shop a lot, with good results. Thanks.

Hey fellas, I drive a 2001 Cadillac Catera (German Built) with a european spec L81 engine, fairly high compression. Factory Spec oil 10W-30 Summer, and 5W-30 Winter. Purchased the car at 60K, and switched to M1 following the factory specs for viscosity, then 15-20k later I started noticing...