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Originally Posted By: daman You can start using Synthetic now no need to wait. A good quality 5w30 will work. I thought it was something about rings not seating properly with synthetic?

Originally Posted By: jayg Now that's it's been broken in, Delco filter and any name brand full synthetic 5w30 would be fine. To be fair, that SBC doesn't care. Peak conventional 5w30 would do the same job. The only reason I recommend synthetic is to stretch out the intervals and change it...

I recently had a remanufactured engine installed in my 1991 GMC Sierra K2500. First oil change was done by the installer at around 500 km. I am now at around 3000 km total and would like to change oil again. With a fresh engine, I would like to treat it right from the start. What brand, type...

Originally Posted By: Superflop Yeah check air filter. Turbo won't spool much unless you are revving/driving it. Diesel can sit for a very very long time. Personally I'd check fluids n air filter and take it for a drive, get it nice n hot. Did it pop a cel? no cel - yet. There are some...

Originally Posted By: clinebarger Rodent nest in the air filter housing?? I'm getting a lot of rodent comments over on the TDI forum - definitely not something I had thought of before!

Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman Is the turbo a fixed vein turbo or vvt? If the latter then it's possible the turbo rusted and is sticking You have me worried - I actually don't think I hear the turbine spooling up. Have not driven the car yet though.

Originally Posted By: Nick1994 Originally Posted By: Hemispheres Have you burned through the old gas yet? It's a diesel. 3 months is nothing for diesel fuel, after 10 years is when I'd start to worry. Post over on www.tdiclub.com, they're the TDI experts and where I always went for my TDI...

Originally Posted By: Taildragger A little 'jail time' ? No jail time I just decided to drive my truck instead for a while, but the fuel burn is no fun after a while and I am ready to go back to my dielsel.

I parked my 2000 Golf TDI for 3 months approximately. The car was running very well before I parked it and smoked very little. After sitting, I was getting ready to re-insure it and put it back on the road, but now it smokes heavily and it does not seem to go away. Still starts easily. Any...

Originally Posted By: Ramblejam Wouldn't it be prudent to first figure out what exact model transmission OP has? My truck has the 700R4 transmission, which to my understanding is basically the same as the 4L60, but without electronic controls.

CT8 - partial change about 4K miles ago (pan drop). Rest unknown as it was in there when I bought the vehicle. Sierra048 - that sounds reassuring - I will be missing 1 OZ as the bottle I have is only 10. Hopefully it still proves to work

Thanks LeakySeals - yeah I have a bit of a rough 1-2 shift happening. Is is not always there, but much of the time. I have also noticed that on a cold transmission, the very first shift from 1 to 2 requires high rpm to make it happen. About 4K miles since pan was dropped for a filter and...

I have a 10 FL OZ bottle of LubeGard red that I am wanting to try in the auto transmission on my truck (1991 GMC K2500). I often read that it is very important not to overfill the transmission. The level is currently fairly near the high operating level on the stick. My question is, will adding...

Ok, so finding and fixing this oil leak has been quite the ordeal. I spent way too much time underneath the truck, cleaning and looking, with and without UV light - yet never able to figure out where in the world all this oil was coming from. In the end I threw the towel and took it to a shop...

My truck is "clunking" (for lack of a better word) when switching between forward and reverse. My uneducated guess is that it is not a worn u-joint issue since the drivetrain is otherwise nice and tight when driving. The transmission shifts very smoothly when driving. Fluid is clean. Any...