Well let me tell ya something.a 47yo female shouldn’t be a clueless 19 yr old girl,
Well let me tell ya something.a 47yo female shouldn’t be a clueless 19 yr old girl,
Yup.It’s a Kia…it can be stolen with a USB stick. Park it on a city street with the doors unlocked.
I used to run LubeControl and that stuff kept the engine clean. Maybe 20 years ago there was a guy on here (maybe from Florida) selling an engine flush and there was great results. Auto-RX. Not sure if it is still available.So my lovely new bride has finally let me take over the maintenance on her Kia Forte. I was horrified to find her oil filter was dated 10/19. I asked her when the last time she had her oil changed, and she gave me a puzzled look. I tried not to get angry, and just took a walk. About 3 quarts came out when I drained it. I’m guessing that oil had 25-30k on it, looking at her title paperwork and when she bought it. I’m sure the thing has more sludge than I know what to do with. So I filled it with Supertech and a Fram synthetic filter. Plan on changing that oil again in about a month. I ordered HPL’s engine clean tonight. I think next month I’ll add that. Obviously I’ll be changing the filter too.
Anyone have any advice on what I should do to try and make the best of this situation? I would assume short intervals on filters is definitely called for. Once I put that HPL in it, I assume it’s best to run it a few thousand miles before replacing it. But filters I ASSume are going to get plugged up pretty quickly. I ordered a filter cutting tool tonight so I can visually inspect the filters to make sure I’m on the right track. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I’m not really in a position to replace her car at this point, because I just bought myself a new car last month. I guess if I absolutely have to, I can but I don’t like the idea of having two car payments.
@Elijah1 did you land on trying post #44? Or did you serve papers. Just kidding. The members are so antsy.
That is 30,000 mile oil. But, I agree that this mechanic is blowing the slim chance of bringing this car back by using all purpose cleaner internally to the motor. I think he did an okay job mechanically removing the crud. Was a little concerned about how he thinks the problem is material "falling down into the oil pan." It doesn't really matter, this 192,000 mile Nissan is most likely at the end of its road.Watching this was a straight up horror show. He has another video where he hand cleans the top and bottom end of an engine. Thank you for sharing. I like horror shows but feel REALLY bad for anyone who goes to him for service.
I'm assuming the engine is quiet..... is that correct?No papers have been served. I changed the oil to 3q of NAPA branded full synthetic 5w30 and a quart of HPL engine cleaner. Will change the OEM filter at approximately 1,500mi and see what it looks like. Then likely run the concoction another 1,500mi then change it out. Not sure, might do a 5,000mi run on HPL when I’m done.