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I need to replace the passenger side door lock actuator on my Insight. I can get the Honday OEM part for about $52 shipped. I can also buy an aftermarket model on Rock Auto (standard replacement quality) for about $28 shipped. Anybody have experience with OEM vs. aftermarket door lock actuators...

I've got a 2000 Honda Insight that I've done 7500 mile OCIs on for the life of the car. That car now has over 203,000 miles on it. Also, I've used oversized Baldwin and Hastings filters on this car. I change the filter every oil change. My UOAs with Blackstone are always very good. I now own a...

Now that Honda is selling their own 0w-16 (http://www.hondapartsnow.com/genuine/honda~fullsyn~oil~0w16~08798-9061.html). Does anybody know if they have back spec'd any of their vehicles to be able to use it? I can't find any information regarding that.

So, I've seen the occasional threads on BITOG regarding people who have kept their cars going for many, many years, and a few for 500,000 or perhaps even a million miles. But I've been thinking recently: What if I imagined that I would never be able to purchase another car again? How would this...

I'm currently running Sustina 0w20 in my 2000 Honda Insight. From what I recall from about a year ago, or so, the three lightest 0w20 oils were (in order): 1. Sustina 0w20 2. Mazda with Moly 0w20 3. Toyota 0w20 Just curious, if Sustina 0w20 is still the lightest 0w20 on the market. Or has...

I've got about 130,000 miles on my 2000 Honda Insight. For the last 110,000 miles, I've been using Pennzoil Platinum 0w20. The car has never consumed any oil during the 7,500 mile oil change intervals -- at least not anything that I can detect. I've got enough PP 0w20 remaining for one more oil...

Hi, Earlier today, I was changing the oil on my Father's 2003 Saturn Vue today. This has a 3.0L V6 engine in it. He has 149,400 miles on it. The car has an oil life monitor on it an usually, the monitor tells him that the oil needs to be changed around every 6500-7500 miles. This time, it was...

The other day I ordered a Baldwin B1416 and a Hastings LF483 filter for my wife's Ford Focus. The consensus on BITOG seems to be that Baldwin and Hastings are the same filter, just branded differently, since they are both owned by the same parent company. After I've used both of them, I plan to...

"Seventy years ago, 70 percent of U.S.-made cars came with a stick shift. The number is less than 9 percent today. But at least one man is on a quest to reverse that slide." Car Guru: Stop Downshift In Manual Transmissions

Last summer, I had some trouble getting my mower to idle smoothly. Took the mower to my implement dealer who ended up testing the gas. They said the gas turned out to be of somehwat poor quality. I get the gas from my father in-law's bulk tank (he is a farmer). Anyway, the implement dealer ended...

I emailed Chevron this past weekend to ask them if Havoline Synthetic 0w-20 really exists. Has anybody ever seen it, either in person or on the Internet? I'd be interested in giving it a try in my wife's Ford Focus station wagon. I'm a Platinum 0w-20 user, so obviously I'm comfortable ordering...

So, I've just purchased a 2004 Gravely 34Z with 182 hours on it. Naturally, the first thing I'd like to do is change the oil. :-) Reading through the owner's manual for the Kawasaki 15HP engine that is on this thing, Kawasaki states that in my temperature range, to use either SAE 30, 10w-30, or...

Two weekends ago, I changed out the manual transmission fluid on my 2000 Insight. I'm not the original owner, so I don't know if the MTF has ever been changed. But it has 56,000 miles on the odometer, and I know that I've never changed the MTF after having purchased the Insight with 23,000 miles...

Hi everybody, Looks like 9,884 miles with M1 0w-20 isn't a good fit for my 2003 Ford Focus. Iron climbed dramatically higher. So, either my car is starting to wear in a bad way, or this oil isn't a good fit. The oil was in the car for about 9 or 10 months. The oil filter was a Wix. BTW, the...

Quote: "According to a report from Beijing's Jinghua newspaper, China's Hunan Chengfeng Motor Company is in talks with Indiana-based AM General over a possible joint purchase of ailing HUMMER." GM Finds a Buyer for Hummer

Quote: As General Motors executives weigh the future of the disappointing Saturn division, GM is not allocating new money toward future Saturn products, according to a source familiar with GM's budget. Saturn: Not dead yet?

Just got back another UOA from Blackstone for another run with Pennzoil Platinum 0w-20. You can find my first analysis here: Analysis with 5126 miles on PP 0w-20. My copper is still high, which worries me -- even though Blackstone says it isn't at a problem level. Code: MI/HR on Oil 7,501...

Not trying to start a conversation about the merits of Top Tier gas. Nor am I trying to start a conversation about regular vs. premium gas. Rather, I'm simply interesting in everybody's thoughts on BP statements regarding Top Tier. BP isn't a member of the Top Tier group. On BP's main webpage...

Hi guys, This is my Blackstone Labs report for my Honda Insight. The oil was Pennzoil Platinum 0w-20. It was in the car for 5,126 miles. The car has a total of 30,007 miles on it. Both oil and air filters are WIX. I changed the air filter during the middle of this oil run. On the whole I'm...

I thought I would add my recent oil analysis to the forum for those people looking into Amsoil 0w-20. A couple of notes: 1. Driving is a mix of highway and city, probably close to 50/50. 2. Oil is still in the car. I'm planning on taking it out to around 12000 miles. 3. Filter is an EaO filter...