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The car: 96 Saturn SL1 manual transmission, $800 used car with a little over 100k now showing on the odometer. The oil change history is unknown. It was burning more than a quart per 1 thousand miles in "average" driving conditions, and getting noticeably worse. Driving at "interstate...

A while back My Cub Cadet Rider suddenly developed a nasty vibration in the mower deck. So...checking the nuts holding the blades; one was loose. Problem solved, I thought. No, the problem remained after tightening the nuts. Drat! Next I removed, sharpened and balanced all three blades. No...

On a recent trip to the Gatlinburg Tennessee area my travels included a climb up "Black Mountain" at Old Fort on I-40. This climb consists of a mile or two of solid uphill grade at @ 55MPH. At the beginning of the grade my oil temp was logged at 238F with coolant at 224F.(Dashawk) After a mile...

Cut and paste from GM's Dexos information center: http://www.gmdexos.com/aboutdexos.html "dexos1™ is designed for use with gasoline engines and replaces GM-LL-A-025, GM6094M and GM4718M" Notice it says "replaces"......so is Dexos superior to those specs? If it is better than 4718M, it is a...

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/26/toyota-recalls-nearly-million-vehicles-1956580065/ 1.3 million recalled are in Japan.

Toyota to Pay $10M in Runaway Lexus Suit

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/arti...235945eb9c6374d Chump change for Toyota. I hope they are back on course now. Rickey.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/26/news/companies/ford_earnings/

"brake fluid and fuel pump problems." http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/10/21/toyota-recalling-million-cars-globally/?test=latestnews

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...d=moreheadlines

http://www.gtr-xs.com/models.htm I understand that they have already accepted orders. >2000 Bhp on race fuel. 1300 Bhp on pump gas. Rickey.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/28/business/la-fi-0729-toyota-blackbox-20100729 Translation: If the data is against us it is unreliable. If the data supports us then it IS reliable. Of course you still can not examine it.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/wireStory?id=11276451 Thankfully the problem appears to not be widespread, with only 3 accidents reported. To their credit Toyota is being pro-active by recalling 412,000 cars "mostly Avalons" from model years 2000 to 2004. The recall covers potential steering...

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/03/03/business/econwatch/entry6261851.shtml

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/...d-its-recalls/1

Cut and paste from an LA Times article : http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/08/business/fi-toyota-recall8 "Runaway Toyota cases ignored Safety investigators dismissed numerous reports of sudden acceleration, then said data were lacking. November 08, 2009|Ralph Vartabedian and Ken Bensinger...

Among other things I am responsible for maintaining several large cooling systems that use glycol for its antifreeze properties. Glycol comes in several forms; ethylene, and propylene are common types used for heat transfer systems. In my experience most automotive cooling systems use ethylene...

Anyone know which Xw30 has the highest Noack? Or for that matter I might consider an Xw40. I'm sure that Amsoil, RLI, and Redline will be mentioned and considered. I'm looking for something that can be had at the typical auto parts store or even WalMart. I have a gasoline direct injection...

I was looking for a dry lube for my new Cub Cadet. This would be used on various bushings,pivot points and linkages on the tranny, mower deck,etc. I had something graphite or moly in mind. The choice of a dry type lube is to minimize contaminate pick up. In a hurry in wallyworld, the only...

Compared to the potential gains that could be achienved with increases in thermal efficiency. The average internal combustion engine is only about 30 percent thermally efficient on a good day. Burning fuel creates heat which expands gasses which drive the piston(s) down converting part of the...