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I believe it's somewhat common for those engines to drop valve seats especially if they are overheated. I've got my 97 escort's engine pretty hot a couple time and nothing bad happened.

Any brand of silver hi-temp paint would probably work just fine.

Ethanol belongs in my drinks, not my gas tank.

Nice! Enjoy working on your new ride.

I was gonna say solder it but then I saw the part about it not being metal. I'd say any two part chemical resistant epoxy would be the easiest solution.

It seems like it would be easier to locate a "newer" used compact spare from a totaled vehicle than trying to locate a new compact spare.

Mud, if you want you can safely running your directional tires in the wrong direction. According to bitog's resident tire engineer (Capriracer) the only downside is about a 10% decrease in wet traction. Tirerack test: Lap time with Eagle F1 GS-D3 Mounted correctly on a dry track: 29.387 seconds...

I think you have to pull an oil baffle also in order to see the rods.

Originally Posted By: JasonC My 2012 Mustang GT w/ MT82 has been flawless. I have almost 6k on it. The Internet seems to make issues seem more common than they actually are.

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete 5-door Yaris is available with a manual trans, but it's the SE model. You're right. I think it's just their website vehicle builder that's wrong.

That's lame that a manual Yaris is only available in a 3-door, oh well their loss. You could also check out a Scion xD, not sure if they're any good. If you check out the Kia Soul I'd check out the Kia Rio 5-door at the same time.

Originally Posted By: Char Baby TylerL, I see in the report that there was no make up oil and I may have missed it somewhere but, did you have to add any oil during this OCI? I don't think my dad added any oil. There was no oil showing on the dipstick when I pulled the sample. Burning a quart...

Honda has Type 2 Extreme Cold Weather coolant in quarts which I think is full strength. part number OL999-9020 I'm guessing only Alaskan and Canandian dealers carry it so you would have to order it.

I was going to suggest a base Mazdaspeed 3 but then I saw that good gas mileage is a requirement.

Originally Posted By: Donald Always get the TBN done! I really just wanted to see what the wear levels were. I have no intentions of running dino this long again.

Originally Posted By: addyguy There is a thread in the oil additives setion about problems caused in Honda 3.5 engines from conventional oils run too long causing severe varnishing. The varnishing then causes engine problems....I'm not sure I'd want to see the inside of this engine.....good...

Originally Posted By: dnewton3 ...And it shows what a waste synthetics are in "normal" use. If you never let your equipment to get into this bad of a circumstance (and by definition any anal-retentive BITOGer simply won't), they how much does one really "need" any synthetic? Maybe this sample...

Originally Posted By: JRed Was this Supertech dino or synthetic? Supertech Dino.

This the conventional super tech oil. My dad forgot to change the oil or even check it so when the sample was taken only about 2.3 quarts remained which is half the capacity. Would the low oil mean the wear metals aren't as high as they seem because they are more concentrated?

Zoom Zoom! I like how Mazda doesn't offer any of the sporty looking colors with the sporty manual trans.