Recent content by jimbrewer

Law of diminishing returns. The longer the OCI the less potential savings in stretching it even further.

Pfft. Another woke advocate of these newfangled finless cars.

I really really like the 3.7L in my 2012 F-150 Ford. Never used a drop of oil in almost 120000 miles. 302 hp. Excellent gas mileage considering it’s hp. Smooth. Quiet. Easily the strongest point on the vehicle. A way underrated engine.

My experience, too. Surprisingly durable for a spray wax. Waxy buildup from reapplying too soon is more of a problem.

Thanks for posting the comparison. Reassuring, overall. Also, a UOA without absurdly low mileage. Good.

I do, based on a thread I saw here. Original battery lasted 8.5 years, although I didn’t start doing that until after a couple or three years. I notice that the light only blinks maybe 45 minutes before turning steady green. So I’m wondering how much effect this is really having.

There are quite a few durable spray waxes these days. I use Optimum Carnauba. Good, not great, shine. Fairly priced. Lasts pretty long in my cool climate with my washing (rinseless, lots of microfiber towels ) habits. Not as durable as Collinite or as shiny. About 7X easier to apply.

It does lack a solid gold colored bottle, I admit.

It certainly is. Check the approvals. As you would expect from a top-line oil from Shell, a $200 billion multinational integrated oil company.

When I deliberately ran my IOLM on my 3.7L F-150 down to low single digits (around 9k+ miles) and tested, the standard Quicklane oil and filter change, the oil was still OK—-barely. Good wear numbers but zero margin of error. For fancy-pants oil like this and a good filter, I would feel...

Can’t argue with numbers like that. Also, a reasonable (not ridiculously short) change interval. The only thing not to like is the price.

Exact same advice. My 11 yr. Old Ford pickup has thrived with this. I use the two-bucket Garry Dean method. If it’s more than just road film I’ll take it to the coin op and hose it off first, taking special care to hose off the undercarriage good. The spray wax mentioned (Optimum right?) is...

That phrase has a history. It was meant as a slam at Lee Iacocca who had just left Ford for Chrysler. In car manufacture parlance, “Job One” means the first car of a new model to roll off the assembly line. When he was at Ford,, Iacocca was thought to be obsessed with bringing in “Job One”...

You don’t have to be an OCD BITOG person to see that there isn’t much percentage in trying to squeeze an extra 2K out of an oil change. When I deliberately ran my F-150 down to the bitter end on the oil life monitor and UOAed, it was fine—-barely. No way do I want to cut it that close. Since...

Granddaughter of Max Born. Nobel Prize winning physicist who more or less invented quantum mechanics.