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Originally Posted By: antiqueshell Originally Posted By: Techniker If money were no object (or you were a professional lab)- GCMS. That was the term I was looking for when I first posted but not being a scientist or engineer I couldn't recall that one. For others that are too lazy to search...

If money were no object (or you were a professional lab)- GCMS.

Originally Posted By: MrWideTires Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite NO - meant are u adding oil or other additive into the fuel? You running premium/race fuel or and octane booster? - the plugs have a fair amount of deposits. I Dont really see any MMT brown dust of death. very rarely a tiny...

Originally Posted By: ltslimjim To the OP: Marketing. ...and if you are buying a full synthetic whats up with being a tight wad? Spend the $2-$3 and then go celebrate with your favorite beverage of choice on top of that! Haha, it's not being a "tight wad". For the price, I could have...

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR Many shops in So Cal charge $10-15 for changing oil and filter when customers have their own parts, nothing else. They may charge few dollars more if you ask them the check and top off vital fluids such as ATF, PSF ... Wow, I can't even imagine- what kind of tech...

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR I agree, especially for drivers who don't like to change their own oil, buy oil+filter and then bring it to a garage or dealer and pay $10-15 for labor. If OCI with syn oil is twice as long as dino oil, the labor cost of dino oil change is twice as much as with syn...

Originally Posted By: vaboom123 I can't have tools letting me down, and the local sears probably won't have many things I'm looking for (large sizes). How many Sears will have an 1 3/16" wrench for a cummins fan tensioner nut? Actually, all the ones I've been to that I can think of have them...

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete I can't really make out what it says on that pic that the OP posted, but on Pennzoil's website it says that PU "keeps pistons up to 25% cleaner than Mobil 1". And as far as cleaning ability, PU now gets 5 stars while PP gets 4 stars, whatever that means. The...

Originally Posted By: KrisZ Or maybe people outside of BITOG didn't fall for marketing hype and just bought what's cheaper, which most likely was PP or other synthetic oils. And if they wanted to spring premium, they got M1 EP or Edge with actual benefits of extended OCIs. That wouldn't...

Originally Posted By: JasonC My guess is that it was either hurting PP sales or it simply isn't true any longer. I am thinking that it may not actually be true any longer...in which case I feel like I wasted a few bucks.

My apologies if this has been posted before, but I was just wondering about this. I have been using Mobil 1 (and usually Mobil 1 EP) in my car its entire life. However, after seeing the UOAs, some reviews, and a recent onset of a sticking valve on cold start up, I decided to give Pennzoil Ultra...

Originally Posted By: ffracer I bought this Ranger/Bend-Pak racing jack from Automotive Service Equipment, and while it is $70 over your budget - it is well made and serviceable. $214 shipped. It has been under my BMW for a week now and hasn't moved at all. they sent me the wrong part for the...

Originally Posted By: ChiTDI My '02 Avalon has a separate dif plug and it is accesible from behind the drivers side front tire. Same 10mm hex as the trans plug, but doesn't face the ground like the trans plug does. The hex faces the rear of the car, so your wrench (assuming a ratchet with...

Update: Strange, the website for Valvoline still lists it as being Mercon and Mercon V compatible yet the bottle does not...I've heard things about Valvoline not always updating their website. I'm really starting to lose faith in them.

This is the Valvoline MaxLife Dex/Merc bottle. Its listed compatabilities are for Dex II, III, and VI and Mercon LV. It appears that Valvoline MaxLife has done away with being Mercon compatible. Glad to see they give such good warning on a bottle specifically labeled Dex/Merc on the front...