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NO luck here, even this moly laden HPL didn't quell sloughing off with an engine likely running in the boundary regime with too much fuel dilution. May have bore polishing or worse.

Why I had been running 10W30 low vm oil in my Ford D.I. I guess I should have continued. Thing already makes a lot of doom racket when the oil gets thinned. I discussed with the Service writer about using a 10W30 at my last OC, but he said they will only use 5W20. This was my first dealer oil...

Post #17 Read: My co-worker at our vintage repair garage just put up the show-off squarebody** truck that is mint inside and out with killer paint. It's a breathed on 400sbc with long tubes and full out-the-back exhaust, THM 400, and we just put a fresh ford 9 in it with somewhat steeper gears...

How about a 100hp Nitrous shot and a cold start injector upstream for the extra fuel needed. " ... but officer, I was just cleaning my intake valves!"

Whilst Nat Filmore roils in his grave, I'll share this: My wife while on a shopping trip to Exeter noticed this old Volvo sports coupe, one of her favourite 'dream' automobiles - though not in her colour of orange. The vanity plate reads: DRM CAR VOLVO 1800S

With that big fat Standard Deduction, it's almost like a tax refund in retirement; you Gotta use it or loose it to peel off some of your Trad Ira/401 money and get it into a Roth bucket. My wife and I are pretty much typical middle class with 40 years in the workforce and just recently retired...

I work on old cars often. from 1934 to '67 to '71 and my DD. Pull the fuel line off the mechanical pump and drain out the gas if it had less then 3/4 a tank. At least get the water off the bottom until the stuff looks and smells good. If it smells stale, you will have to drain the whole tank...

Yes! 1099-B entry the past took the most time, I had a little trial balloon acct with Ed Jones and they broke that little piece of change into twelve different investments (!) with multiple short and long gains and rebalanicng - all to earn about 5% after their 1.3% take. Terrible. I elected to...

Wondering aloud if the old solution using A.I.R pump or reed valve carrying PCV directly into the exhaust just post-cat might help. You will still have E/I valve overlap at certain cam phasing but that can be mostly tuned out at low speed - if they were not also trying to achieve EGR through...

I would use Quaker State full synthetic 10W30 to get a heavier base oil in the blend for the D.I. It's a great oil. I ran Valvoline Advanced 5W30 in my Mazda/ Ford 2.0 D.I motor and it did not like it at all Don't forget about Motorcraft 5W20 SS which should be fine in there for the colder...

Hey that was my idea! It is documented on these pages at least twice. That one is a little too small by 50% though; Maybe o.k. for a fuel filter. I have even been saving up empty Beefaroni cans for when the day comes!

I don't have FB account but that's at least 10K too high even in the N.E market where rust free is almost non-existant. And things are cooling off a bit. And they may not look as good but a mid-ninties drives better - just drop in drivetrain of choice. LS motors are everywhere and cheap if...

I am still stuck on, "My neighbor asked me to do a quick oil change today on his daughter's car." o_O

My co-worker at our vintage repair garage just put up the show-off squarebody truck that is mint inside and out with killer paint. It's a breathed on 400sbc with long tubes and full out-the-back exhaust, THM 400, and we just put a fresh ford 9 in it with somewhat steeper gears last spring. I...

No dictating. Instead professional engineer(s) making a conservative estimate then seeing quotes 2x. That's just gouging and again up here the Contractors just sub out green card immigrants then scoop up 1/2 the contract price. The most I have witnessed them do is quote the job do a materials...

What is a "VW guy" ? The service writer? Time to talk to the Service Manager and lay out the facts. Writers are there to deflect at most stores. Primary issue I see is an old car with likely high mileage. Did you buy it there and happen to get a "million mile" drivetrain service contract...

That siding repair will likely need a gen contractor to do that and possibly a repaint. Unless you are contracting a "siding and roofing Company.

It was a general comment to the forum before you told us about the oil usage. Did the VW dealer install the 10W30? I am not aware of a spec 10W30 oil for that vehicle. Where did you get the 10W30 and what is it?

Which moderate power density engine will have increased wear or destroy itself on a quality synthetic oil with mid 3 hths and a kv100 over 11? Let's get practical here. I am more curious concerning the 10W30 "full synthetic" already in the sump and .... where does the O.P reside?