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I recently purchased a 1998 Dodge truck from a friend who had installed one of the round "top of the throttle-body" K&N air filter assemblies on the vehicle. I have noticed on some of the posts here at BITOG that the K&N filters can cause increases in Silicon levels in UOA's. I was wondering if...

OK...hopefully I don't win the "Stupid Question of the Week Award"...but has anyone been using motorcycle spec oils for their cars? For example, the Mobil 1 Product Guide lists their motorcycle oils at "1600 nominal phosphorus/zinc content"...compared to only around 800 for most of their...

Dear All, Has anyone out there had experience with running one of the newer Toyota Tacoma V6 engines on Rotella Synthetic 5w-40? I purchased a bunch for my diesel Dodge and thought it would be kinda neat if I could use the same oil in the Toyota. Both vehicles see a lot of desert heat, deep...

Sorry if this has been asked before...but has anyone had experience with adding a small amount of supplemental ester to their Group III synthetic motor oil? I'm talking around a pint of Redline or Motul added to a standard 5 quart pan. Any advantages? Disadvantages? I actually run motorcycles...

Dear All, I've enjoyed reading the posts on BITOG for some time now and finally decided to join in. Lots of collective wisdom on this site! Regarding the new "GF-5" oils due out in 2009-2010...is this stuff really going to be as bad as it sounds? Seems like the only things they mention with it...