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Continental Pure Contact Eco Plus and Continental Pure Contact are both top rated by Consumer Reports, in the "all season" category that is. A friend of mine just chose those the Eco Plus' over the Cooper CS5's. How much snow in your area? And I can't answer for how C.R. will rate the CS5's, but...

This is a question for cold weather starts. Nebraska cold, -5F with -25 windchill,not Florida winter of 75F or Texas at 45F. From the Amsoil chart online,I got the impression that a very low CCV number was good for cold weather starts,and one of the best out there that I can purchase locally is...

And they are right with your transmission, whether it is a manual or automatic, do a fluid change. If it's an automatic and the fluid is still a nice red, do just one change. It takes nearly 3 quarts and they are $7/quart here in the US. If the fluid is dark red or smells burnt, do at least two...

Here's where I have to chime in. I just purchased a 2006 Acura TL with 145,000 miles that was very well maintained with whatever oil the Honda/Acura dealer uses, so I've been researching this site as well. The one thing I've noticed after being directed to the PQI America website is that one oil...

Why the switch from 5W-20 to 5W-30?

And what Norman said above. Only use what is recommended in the manual, I'm quite sure it is not 10W40. It very likely is 5w-30 or 5W-20 depending on the year of the car.

2006 Acura TL with 3.2 liter engine. 148,000 or so at the change. I was going by the oil life monitor and I don't know how many miles it had on the oil as I had just purchased the car. It was awfully clean though, but I have a hard time believing that the Honda/Acura tech who did the last change...

You are either leaking, burning or evaporating it. Slide a large piece of cardboard under your car when it is parked for a long time. I have had two mid 90's Accords and on the second one the oil sending unit started leaking oil pretty badly, along the lines of a quart every 2 weeks. Do you know...

I purchased a 1994 Honda Accord with 74,000 miles on it in '99. Do you think the dealer or previous owner ever changed the timing belt? I traded it in 8 years and 200,000 miles later with having never changed the timing belt. The car I purchased was a 1996 Accord, with a broken speed sensor and...

The Gold plugs look like they are for engine only, but from what I've seen on other sites, both plugs for the engine and transmission are the same size. The one big difference I notice is that the Gold plugs have a much shorter magnet than other brands for an engine oil magnetic plug, it looks...

Which is a better drain plug set to order, the Password JDM Magnetic Drain Plugs, or the MFactory Magnetic drain plugs? A little background, many years ago I owned a 1986 Chevy Nova/Toyota Corolla that was a manual and it had a magnetic drain plug for the transmission. From 1999 until two months...