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My new Mitsubishi Mirage came with a pencil type tire pressure gauge. I used it to check the tires and got two very different readings. Checked once and it read 35, checked again and it read 55. So decided to replace. Bought a bunch at WalMart to keep in each car for a little over $1 each. Made...

Was thinking about doing the first oil change on my new 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage. Very reluctant to use the spec'd 0w-20 dinosaur wizz as good old M1 5w-30 and 10w-30 have been working so well for me for over four decades. YouTuber Turd Pails & Trails maintains a fleet of Mirages in Canada and...

Greetings Oil Men. Looking to pick up a new AGV motorbike helmet. Every online supplier wants $600 except Champion Helmets that wants $350 + $50 shipping, so $400 total. How can these guys sell for so much cheaper? Have read numerous online "great service" and "great experience" reviews and...

I still have a low speed misfire on my 2006 Chevy Aveo 1.6L with 263k miles on the clock. I changed to a new OE coil, new Denso wires and new plugs recently. The car was missing very bad about 9 months ago. I found carbon tracking on the high mileage plugs and changed them. Greatly improved but...

RockAuto lists 19 different coils for my 2006 Chevy Aveo. 18 are between $15 and $30. The Genuine GM is $85. Was having a bit of a low speed miss. Changed to a $25 SMP coil which fixed the problem. After 1000 miles or so, getting a low speed miss again. Saw on YT a number of cases of...

WalMart has Mobil 1 0W-20 in Extended Performance, Advanced Fuel Economy, Hybrid, ESP X2, Truck & SUV, as well as High Mileage and Advanced Fuel Economy High Mileage. All within a few dollars for 5 quarts. Is all of this really necessary? Can't imagine what could possibly be the difference. The...

Greetings Oilmen, Any recommendations for a scanner that will read live data? $1k is way over my limit. Just added a 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage to the stable and am thinking about a possible Subaru in the next couple years. I think Subaru might have some proprietary software but not sure. Have a...

I'm about to pull the trigger on a new Mitsubishi Mirage. The last subcompact economy car and last year for it supposedly. From what I see on YouTube this is a great car. Cheap, simple and bulletproof. It is what it is and sounds perfect for trips to WalMart and carrying my dogs around. Any...

Greetings, I want to get my wife a video camera as a gift. She likes to film the dogs, wildlife, outdoor activities, etc which she now does with her laptop. Have heard good things about both Sony and GoPro. Any recommendations? Thanks. Nibbana

Greetings Oilmen. I use Lucas extra heavy duty grease in my mower spindles and some Ag equipment. It used to be available at Walmart. Now all they have is the Red'nTacky. Walmart worker says it's a distributor issue. Doesn't know when they'll have it in again. The cheapest on ebay is $24/tube...

I have been looking at WalMart for "regular" M1 10-30 oil for months now and can't find it. They have the "high mileage", "extended performance" and maybe some other types of Mobil 1. But can't find the regular old bare bones stuff that I've been using since the 80's. No problem getting the M1...

Greetings Oil Men, Need a new water pump for my 1993 E350. It is a bit of a pain to replace this thing so I don't want to do it again. And I don't want to break down. But I don't plan on putting many more miles on the vehicle either. A new Gates from RockAuto is $30, ACDelco $60, Motocraft $70...

Greetings Oil Men. About a year ago I went to check the Transmission fluid in my 1993 E350 5.8L gas. The dipstick felt like it was stuck but I pulled hard and it came out. I noticed there was a spot where the dipstick had rusted to the inside of the filler tube. Didn't make a lot of sense to...

Greetings Oilmen, I need to replace the rear brake line in my 2002 E150. Rock Auto has the Poly Armour PVF and the nickle copper. What's the best? Have to drop the tank to do this. Thanks. Nibbana

Greetings Ye Merry Oilmen, I use 93 octane fuel (e10 AFAIK) with StarTron fuel additive in all my outdoor power equipment. I have had to clean varnish flakes out of carbs on both the Echo string trimmer and the Husq hedge trimmer so far this year. They don't get used often but at least a few...

Greetings. I disconnected the battery in my wifes 2013 Kia Rio in order to replace the starter. I replaced the starter and the car starts, runs and drives as it should. Except there is no clock or radio. Fuse is good. Manual says after the battery is disconnected clock must be reset by holding...

Greetings oil men. My wife's starter failed on her 2013 Kia Rio. The availability and prices are all over the place. I want new and don't want to compromise on quality. Napa has one for $246. Ebay ranges from $77 to over $300 for claimed oem. The oem I have failed after only 135K miles, mostly...

I have a squeaky smog pump in my 1993 E350, 5.8l. I have had the thing out twice and was able to lube all the bearings pretty well except the front bearing, which I attempted to soak in oil overnight by just setting that end down and putting oil in there. No success. Still squeaks. Don't really...

Just replaced all four ball joints on the 2002 E150 with new Moog grease type. (Broke one 24oz ball peen handle swinging on the axle yoke. Steering knuckles looked like Titanic anchor.) What's a good lube interval for these? IIRC, they used to say 1K or 2K miles. Don't want to do that again...

Wondering if anybody knows the answer to this. I am going to replace a toilet and want to get an American Standard Champion 4. They come in one piece and two piece models. I would like to get the one piece but was told by a plumber that (years ago) they didn't like the one piece toilets because...