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Burnt a valve in a 1984 Audi Coupe GT at about 225k miles. Other than that nothing but I'm insane about maintenance like many here 😅. 2 more Audis taken to 250k and 278k before retiring them and both trans and engine were fine. The latter was a 99 A8 with reported trans issues (lifetime fluid)...

Do you have the filter? Count the flutes. From Wix website they state the diameter is 74mm. You could double check that too.

Yes, not really dangerous for someone using an action designed for it and having a pressure setup to ensure pressures are not exceeded.

Worse, downright dangerous. There is only one muzzleloader I know of that is designed to run smokeless and it's the Savage 10ML. No longer made

Do not use multi vehicle fluid in your Aisin trans in your Volvo. Your car takes the WS JWS3324 fluid as stated by others. Don't make it more complicated than it needs to be. I have 3 of these cars and maintain 4 more Volvos of similar vintage. Recommendations from Astro14, Chitown on...

As well a case of 4 for 138 shipped. Very good deal.

Thanks for all the input. While I'd like to try it out, found a good used for $30 and will go that route. The puller is in the 3rd drawer of the tool cabinet on the left, btw.

Hi All, I chipped the harmonic balancer while trying to pry it off (yes I'm an idiot). Do you think I can deburr the edges and still use it or replace? Leaning towards replacing. Don't want to rip up a belt. Its a Volvo T5 5cyl. engine. 2015 B5254T12.

2016 Volvo V60CC T5 2.5, 100,024mi on car, 4923 mi on oil. Out: Liqui Moly Special Tec V 0w30, Mann HU719/8X In: Liqui Moly Special Tec V 0w30, Fram FP9954 Sending samples to Wix and Blackstone for comparison. Should have results in about a month on the latter 😅.

2019 Volvo XC90 T5 60103mi 10k on oil Out: Dealer 0w-20 Volvo OEM Filter In: Liqui Moly Special Tec V 0w-20 Hengst Filter

Good point, just looked through some VOAs and didn't find EP but other Castrol 5-30s had 2 ppm. It's seemed whiny since April. I say seemed because nothing scientific about it. Could just be me finally noticing a normal sound. Yes, but not based on much except my perceived noise. 👍 Plan was to...

Has the 2.5L 5cyl. The turbo has been a bit whiny lately 😬. Let's see what the next one brings. Will probably send to 2 labs as well.

2016 Volvo V60CC, 95,101mi on car, 5331 mi on oil. Out: Castrol 5w30 EP, Fram FP9954 In: Liqui Moly Special Tec V 0w30, Mann HU719/8X Side note: A bit of flush to keep the rings extra clean on this known oil burner of an engine (B5254T12). After the B-12 soak at 70k it hasn't used more than...

I did send a sample out...to Blackstone, lol. Good point that it could have been torqued on removal. It's a non DI turbo I-6. Was serviced by dealer 100% according to schedule (10k oil changes) by PO before I picked it up with 125k. Did a LM flush when I got it and have been using euro 0w40s at...

The oil was run from early January in NH with PP 0w40 Euro for about 5k. Not particularly a cold winter this past year, nor a thick winter rating on the oil. That filter should be able to handle it. Sorry for late reply, wasn't getting notifications?