Recent content by Oily Ed

It was Shirley Feeney on Laverne and Shirley. I watched that show when I was a kid

Wife’s 2016 Buick Enclave. 83,032 miles on vehicle. 3519 miles on oil with 18% life remaining. Out: Kirkland 5w30 In: Castrol Edge EP 5W30 Off and on: Hengst H98W filter

1996 Saturn SW2 277.8 miles traveled 6.89 gallons to fill 40.31 tank mpg This is the first 40 mpg tank I’ve ever had in the 3.5 years I’ve owned this car. I commute not quite 50 miles round trip every day Monday-Friday and fill up at the same station every Friday on my way home after work. I...

I work as a millwright in a paper mill. We can’t have a beard with hair over 2” and hair is supposed to be collar length. Lots of rotating equipment.

Wife’s 2013 VW Beetle convertible 2.5. 40,250 on vehicle. Out-? Whatever dealership put in 1.5 years ago. In-Valvoline 5W-40 Euro. 6ish quarts Reused filter. Oil and filter had less than 2K of use. This was my first oil change on this bug. 18 fasteners with 4 different bolt head sizes to remove...

I remember thinking I was pretty high tech using a dwell meter instead of feeler gauges to set my points.😏

Thanks. Just ordered 2 jugs for the wife’s Beetle 2.5.

I’ve had the same thought. I work in the paper industry which uses secondary high efficiency filtration in a lot of our equipment.

Went to our local advanced auto and the Castrol Edge EP 5w30 was only $13.19.

The part of the clip from 40 seconds to 1:50 or so is in Oregon. They are removing juniper trees which are a weed tree which use a lot of water and choke out native grasses. Historically natural fires kept these areas clear of juniper.

Wife’s 2016 Buick Enclave-79,500 miles 3,800 miles on oil. 27% oil life remaining. Drained Kirkland 5w-30 and refilled with same. Reused Hengst H98W filter. It’s a rare sunny dry day and decided to just ” git ‘er done”

I don’t think it matters. I would recommend using an angle grinder with a cutting wheel on it.

The owners manual says to contact customer service at fna-group.com for service questions.

Yup. Leave that filter for 2 oil changes in my book.

1996 Saturn SW2 118,300 miles, 4100 miles on oil change Out: Frankenblend of 1 quart of Mobil 1630, 1 quart of Delvac 5w40 and 2 quarts of K&N 5w30 synthetic. Off: Denso 150-2010 filter. In:4 quarts K&N 5w30 synthetic On: Denso 150-2010 I did a piston soak before the previous oil change with...