Recent content by Paul3637

Originally Posted By: Bullwinkle007 I believe the only purpose to a 0/20 oil is for an engine company to make higher gas mileage for EPA bullcrap. Will each individual actually see w difference in fuel mileage between a 0/20 and a 5-30? Maybe 1mpg, to an individual that's nothing but mutiply...

Originally Posted By: Throckmorton I just learned that new cars from Toyota will recommend 0W-16 or SAE 16 weight motor oil. I searched and couldn't find a thread on this so I am reposting an article on 16 weight motor oil here. This seems interesting: .......... I went to the Toyota website...

For 3.5L V6 2GR-FE: Six Quart Mobil 1 5W30 or Toyota Synthetic 0W20 with genuine Toyota oil filter $61.95 before tax AND ... they let you watch at BobTylerToyota.com Pensacola. Cheaper than most QuickLubes. They occasionally send out coupons for 4 cyl (5qt) 0W20 oil changes for $39.95.

Originally Posted By: Tabor ........ I will ignore brake fluid, brake lining, clutch, dampers, transmission fluid, coolant, spark plugs, and batteries since I got tired of doing math. But the difference between 5qt of Mobil1 0W-20 AFE and 5qt of Motorcraft SynBlend 5W-20 is $7 at my local...

Why waste this space. The owners manual to my el cheapo YardMarchine non-self propelled mower says to use 5W30 synthetic for all temperature ranges. Why would anyone in this century bring up single weight oil. It is not for use in any passenger car made in the last 30 years.

Originally Posted By: Nick1994 Nope, full synthetic Supertech is $17.47 for 5 quarts, Mobil 1 full synthetic is $24.47, I wouldn't want to wonder whether the cheap Walmart oil is ok in my motor, but that's just me. If you put on let's say 12,000 miles per year, and go 9,000 miles on a synthetic...

I personally hate fords because all five I owned between model years 1968 and 1989 were a lemons ....... with special focus on engine and electrical problems despite flawless maintenance. Ford just cannot ever get it right. Their direct injection eco boost engines are having deposit problems...

Originally Posted By: bigt61 Is it possible this 8 YEAR OLD oil laying around your garage was past it's due date? Did you at least shake it up well before you poured it in? Just sayin... I thought that immediately. Most of this discussion is absurd since the Mobil website states that 5...

Originally Posted By: Brons2 Why bother with a V6 when the 2.0 Ecoboost puts out 240HP and 270 ft/lbs? Both the V6 camry & Accord have about 268 horsepower, do 0 to 60 under 6 seconds, and get 5 mpg better than a titanium fusion in consumer reports real world mileage test. Ford made a...

Originally Posted By: Doog I have had 3 of the 2GR-FE engines and run synthetic with a 5000 mile recommended OCI. Always great oil reports so I simply stopped doing them except one at 100k. They are real easy on oil and have a 6.5qt sump which is nice as well. I think it is the best engine out...

3.5L V6 Toyota owners ...... if you don't feel like spending money on used oil analysis, over in the Avalon forum, 2 blackstone Mobil 1 results are shown at posts 47 & 54: http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/156-3r...r-change-4.html Although this was a 2011 Avalon, similar results should be...

Originally Posted By: DuckRyder Originally Posted By: dnewton3 Is it your mantra that cost means nothing at all, ever? No, my mantra is that no one who post here could possibly have missed your position on this - give it a rest. It is as bad as the one oil filter one OCI thing if not worse...

Wonder if there was a "special purchase" of V rated Primacys or something in your size sayjac. Or more likely, Tirerack made a mistake in your favor since our sizes are so close. For the heck of it, I went onto tire rack and in my size 215/55/17 the difference is even more pronouced than that...

Originally Posted By: KitaCam Sayjac....do I read correctly: "...I traded for the spec V rated Primacy MXV4 at Discount Tire.....I could have gone with the H rated Primacys looking for perhaps a better (softer?) ride, but in the MXV4's, the H rated version on Tire Rack is ~$100 more for a set...

I suggest you go to Consumer Reports online if you cannot get the hard copy. CR has the best/most comprehensive tire testing procedure .... IMO better than tirerack.com ... especially on treadwear rating. CR's ratings also tend to give consistent results with the tirerack USER reviews .... vs...