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Just checked, it was CJ-4.

2006 Speed3. ~26K on the bike, 3,200mi on the oil. Mostly commuting and ~50 mile weekend rides, a little hooning here and there. Shifting got a little notchy towards the end (probably from shearing down) but still fine to me. Wear looks excellent. New oil is the non-synthetic 15W40, I was going...

Haven't seen many UOAs for GS500, nor running this oil, so figured I'd post this. Didn't come out nearly as bad as I anticipated. The fuel dilution might have come from the short trips I had been doing with the bike - my commute was 7 miles each way and I didn't have much time for longer...

Guys, the MZ3 2.3l has a cartridge filter. The ADBV is not in the filter. So I don't think the filter is to blame in this case.

Originally Posted By: suzukiguy1978 You guys in the USA know my bike as a "Superchicken". FTFY

Was going to suggest looking into Diesel oils like Rotella 15W-40 or even the SuperTech 15W-40. Since you're not doing super-long runs on it between oil changes, you shouldn't have to worry about oxidation, and the ZDDP levels should be ~1500ppm in those oils.

Originally Posted By: Bladecutter Until you actually get to a point in your life where you can consider test driving and owning one, you will never understand this. The same applied for Italian cars, Italian motorcycles, and German motorcycles. Both countries aim to be the best at delivering an...

Unlike the outside, the interior mostly doesn't get dirty unless you make it dirty. So I try to avoid eating in the car, tracking in dirt, etc. Every time I wash (every 2-3 weeks) I shake out the floor mats and dust all of the surfaces with a slightly damp cloth. Every 6 months or so I remove...

Originally Posted By: javacontour The Suburban is a light truck as far as CAFE is concerned, where the full sized car goes against the car portion of CAFE. Since CAFE is a weighted average of all vehicles they sell, the more cars they sell below the average means more smaller cars they must...

Epic report, esp with that many miles. I don't think the engine will be the reason this car gets retired.

My car sees similar use (garage queen, "spirited" driving but only after warm-up) and I changed at 3k/2 years. Didn't do a TBN (darn!) but the wear numbers were pleasantly low.

Originally Posted By: M1Accord What is so special about it? Take one for a test drive, and you will understand. If you don't understand, then it is not the car for you. By this logic, why do motorcycle manufacturers with 0.6l displacement motorcycles charge like $11k for it? They're like...

Yep. It's a DIY job fortunately, just involves lifting the engine slightly with a jack and everything else should be easy peasy. If it goes out again you can get a solid aftermarket one, it will last longer but maybe vibrate a bit more.

Originally Posted By: Mazda3LA Thanks a lot for all of your responses. Took it to the shop on Saturday and had the mechanic test drive. He felt the vibration. Looks like I misdiagnosed it. It felt more like a vibration when at cold start than a rough start. He took a look at the car to see if...

Originally Posted By: Kiwi_ME My two Japanese cars calibrate the throttle closed position automatically in 10 seconds without the odd requirement to wait until it warms up fully at only idle speed. Yap. This has happened on all other cars I've owned. All I know is that when I reset the ECU in my...