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I use Penzoil sync HM 5-30 in my focus with 206k on it. Doesn't leak a drop. Switched over from amsoil signature perhaps 40k miles ago. My wife's camry uses Penzoil syn with 86k on it.

It was -5 here and my 02 Focus with 194k miles fired right up. I'm running Penzoil Platinum HM full synthetic 5-30.

Just wanted to give you folks an update. I went with the Amsoil signature series ATF. Put on the Mazda pan with drain plug with a new filter. Trans took a bit less than 4 quarts. As of 600 miles or so the occasional 3-4 flare hasn't returned. In about a month I'll do a drain and fill to get as...

My two air-cooled '84 FJ 1100s are definitely harder on oil than any liquid cooled bike I've owned, and about average for other air cooled bikes (except a husqvarna motard I owned). I run amsoil motorcycle formulation and do approximately 4-5K ocis. I have larger oil coolers and spin on oil...

Yes, Mercron V.

It looks like Amsoil has an ATF for Mercron V, and then others for LV applications. Interestingly enough when you use their product finder they specify the two LV fluids they make for an '02 Focus. I've used the regular signature series atf in perhaps a dozen Fords over the years with excellent...

Thanks for the replies! I just ordered the pan, and will likely do an fluid change next week. If I do the Lubegard which one should I use?

Thanks for the replies. Do you think Lubegard would help, or would max life do it? I'll keep doing 20-30k pan drops regardless of what I use.

Evening folks, My wife drives an '02 Focus ZX5. It has 162k. Purchased it 7 years ago with 80k. I've done 4 pan and filter drops over the years, each at approx. 20k. Regular ford atf. It will occasionally make a hard 1-2 shift when in traffic under partial throttle I recently noticed a...

When my wife and I first moved up to N NJ my driving in my f150 went from 90% highway to perhaps 30%. I was using Amsoil SS 5-20 with little to no usage over a year/15K avg to perhaps 1.5 QT in the first 3 months after we moved (perhaps drove 2.5K miles during that time). I switched to XL 5-20...

I use SS 5-20 in my wife's '02 Focus (119K miles) and XL 5-20 in my '98 F150 (139K miles). She averages 22K miles a year, and the SS holds up with fantastic results. I am typically all local, with a few long drives (150 miles or more) a month) and I did 9K miles this past year. I get fantastic...

Thanks for the replies folks. I think I may give the Napa Platinum a shot. I have to swing by Napa over the weekend anyway... Cheers for all of the suggestions!

Hello folks, I was about to place an order with Amsoil for oil and filters for my truck ('98 F150 4,6, 131K) and my wife's car ('02 Focus ZX-5, 98K miles). I use XL 5-20 in my truck because I typically do short distance stop and go driving and the 6 month OCI works for this, but I use 5-20...

I've owned a lot of chain and gear driven engines, and only a few belt driven ones. I'm not a fan of the belt driven motors because to me it seems asinine to have such a critical part of a motor's ability to operate be left to a rubber belt (although to be fair its a strong belt) makes my head...

Is there any way that you can retrofit a mechanical fan (i.e. motor driven) to this vehicle? Unless you can get a submersible electric fan this is going to keep happening to you. Water and electrical bits not designed for wet environments tend not to get along very well.

Man, I read threads like this and I am reminded why I've only owned one BMW ('98 540i) and only kept that one long enough to pay it off and sell it (2.5 years). Mine was mechanically sound, but was riddled with electrical issues. Cars like BMWs and Audis are just too complicated and too high...

It could be clogged or weak injectors, or the fuel pump could be on its way out. You have to have a very serious misfire for the CEL to come on. How many miles are on it? If the wires and coil packs are original I would replace them immediately. If you still have a misfire after this I would...

My friend is a semi-retired large diesel and automobile mechanic, and he has told me a few stories about how "back in the day" sawdust in the trans was a "quick fix" to hold it together to sell it. Another trick he told me about putting a ping pong ball in the gas tank (these were the old...

I've been using Amsoil ATF in my wife's '91 Accord for the last 2 years and 40K miles. Picked up the car then with 140K on it, fluid was brown but not burnt. Really hard 2-3 and 3-2 shifts. Did a trans flush and put Amsoil in and shifts smoothed out a lot. Crazy part is at 40K miles on the fluid...

Synthetic. Motorcycles (especially air-cooled bikes) beat the snot out of an oil, so +1000 for syn in my bikes too.