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2013 BMW X5 35d twin turbo diesel 120kmi Report is from the factory fill ATF Transmission is a ZF 6hp28x BMW says that you never need to change the fluid, though ZF later made a recommendation of 60kmi OCI's. The results are not pretty.

2010 BMW X5 Xdrive35d twin turbo diesel. All emissions equipment deleted, about 380hp and 550lb ft with tune. 210,000 on vehicle, 10,000 on Mobil Delvac 15w40 and a Hengst filter. Driving was done over the past year in Las Vegas, a mix of city and highway. About a quart of make up oil was added...

1991 Acura NSX manual transaxle. Uses a gear driven oil pump and has a mesh oil strainer. Holds 2.9 quarts. I previously tried the current Honda MTF oil and was very unhappy with the shifting quality. Honda recommended change interval is 20,000 miles. This oil felt great when first added, but...

I posted the first Redline run a while back, here are the three subsequent runs/analysis I've done since but haven't posted until now. Code: ELEMENETS IN PARTS PER MILLION Sample Date 8/6/12 9/14/13 12/27/15 9/25/16 Oil...

Hey guys, I have an Ingersoll Rand Powerworks 70LM Microturbine Natural Gas Generator that I just acquired. Looking through the maintenance book, there are two "coolants" that are used in this unit: Megacool, which is called a "turbine coolant" and Boostercool, a "fuel booster coolant". It...

Time to do a valve adjustment on the NSX, decided to snap some pics. First time I've had the valve covers off. 105,000 miles Mobil 1 for most of it's life. Redline 5w30 for the past 16,000 miles Inside of valve covers are a little dirty but head and valvetrain look good.

1991 Acura NSX 5 speed Stock 3.0 V6 engine, 8000rpm redline Enthusiastically street driven 99,429 miles on car 10,229 miles on Redline 5w30 Code: ELEMENETS IN PARTS PER MILLION Sample Date 8/6/12 Make Up Oil 1 qt...

I have the chance to acquire 5 free gallons of mobil 1 synthetic atf fluid that had only been run for about 5 minutes in a backhoe hydraulic system(wrong fluid). Does anyone know what else I could use this fluid for besides the obvious use in an automatic transmission?

I will be purchasing a slightly used 2005 yamaha rx-1 snowmobile that has 103 miles on it. It has a 1000cc 4 stroke 4 cylinder engine, same as the r1 sportbike. Many owners of this same sled complain of very high oil consumption, and some speculate that babying the engine during the break in...