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Dont Waste Your Money On This Type of Engine Oil

Dont Waste Your Money On This Type of Engine Oil

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Dont Waste Your Money On This Type of Engine Oil Jeff Ruebens: I buy half regular Valvoline motorcycle oil and half full synthetic Valvoline motorcycle oil to mix my own semi-synthetic. I think the semisynthetics you buy have maybe a couple of drops of the better oil per quart, to save money. Walmart sells it. Many motorcycles will take the filter for a Mazda 1993 MX-3 with a V6 engine- and for Suzuki motorcycles you can buy an adaptor- it might be worth your time to look this up online. I am not too worried about oil filter quality- my 1975 Yamaha XS-650 had a course mesh metal screen as an oil filter and air cooling, and lasted a long time- people are still using this engine to build a low budget Triumph copy. I change the motorcycle oil when I notice the shifting feel is getting worse- wayyyyy (see John Cadogan videos) before the every 7, 500 miles in the owners manual. We take our Mazdas to the dealer shop every 5, 000 miles for an oil change with full synthetic Valvoline, and to be checked for typical problems. We get the tires rotated every 10, 000 miles by the small independent shop that installed them for less than the dealer shop. I buy Pirelli tires for cars (our newest are their Scorpion Verde) and Michelin Commander II tires for motorcycles.
Date: 2019-05-28

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Once I talked to a Jamaican Exchange Student. And he said that his friend at the gas station had fixed his brakes. And one of us asked him howmuch it cost? He said; 400. 00 dollars ( U. S. ) I ask, What did he do? He said; He surfaced All of the Drums & Rotors I told him [ to the effect ]that He Had Been Swindled His friend at the gas station, was an Indian, Not an American Indian, But an East Indian So, these Foreign Exchange Students, Need, toLEARN How to Fix a Car, and then if they choose not to do it [ themselves ] then at least they will Not be Swindled As an example; Once I was listening to an Old Radio Show of The Lone Ranger and Tonto said; There goes Marvin, . Him Fool-um Sheriff Twice in one Day Do Not Let This be said about you.
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All of the auto makers are into hi tech racketeering selling specifications and everything else that should be available to and owner upon receipt of said product. They make Nucky Enoch Thompson look like a fine upstanding citizen. Any dealer charging 100 to tell a customer a gas cap is loose in no better than a scammer. If we could buy a 1965 Ford or Chevrolet or Dodge pick- up with a six cylinder and a four speed HD transmission with no power anything and no A C life could be a lot better. Check out the price of anti venom here and in Mexico, 200 vs 18, 000 per unit here (takes 4 to 16 units depending, the same maker and identical product. Barnum Bailey had it named over a hundred years ago.
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Since my Toyotas engine has had notorious sludge problems (Youtube has a vintage 90s video about customers suing Toyota for it) in this 1MZ-FE engine I use Castrol that has good sludge protection and change the oil every 3, 000 miles or so. Never had a noticeable problem with oil burning or oil levels dropping. I feel as though Im preventing a sludge problem from ever happening by staying on top of it with frequent oil changes. Maybe Im overdoing it but rather be safe than sorry. The oil and filters are cheap and I dont even have to jack up the car to change the oil because its an 02 (and 94) Camry. I just burn my hand on the exhaust manifold a few times and bam, its done in a snap.
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Oil leaks KILL alternators. I was going through alternators for a while in my Celica, and using quality ones with lifetime warranties. I think Ive gotten 10 alternators for free. Heres the thing though. That car was leaking oil for a while. Not much, but I never cleaned it so there was oil on everything for a while. I eventually got tired of my filthy engine bay, and started keeping in clean. As soon as I did that, I stopped losing alternators. Turned out, it was the engine oil that was killing them. After going through these things year after year with the dirty engine bay, I havent had to replace it once after keeping the car clean.
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Sorry, Scotty: You cannot: Learn to do all those things yourself (Your Quote. Why? Answer Legal, Accounting, Taxation, or re-stitching your severed finger or pulling out the steel chard out of your eye - Practice of Medicine, etc. Recommendation: Hire the professional, just like you advise in your own videos: certified & licensed & experienced with good recommendations and stick to your personal and professional competencies. Note: Ask the IRS, about all those self-employed people who try to do their own taxes, and lets not forget about the State, the local government, Workers Comp, unemployment, zoning laws, EPA, etc. Shall I go on? Ha Ha
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About alternators burning, my 95 Grand Prix went through 3 alternators years ago by the time a friend who was a mechanic discovered the ground cable was terribly loose where it was bolted to the body of the car. It was such a simple fix I didnt know whether to laugh or cry. You know, so happy to solve the problem but yet cry to think of all the money spent on alternators. That cable was so loose it had started to affect the transmission performance from absolute lack of voltage. My friend suspected a grounding problem when he noticed the lighting in the instrument panel was flickering in a weak fashion.
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My Mercedes E class Coupe only takes Mobil 1 0w 40 Dexos 2 oil - anything else and the rubber seals can perish, damage to the catalytic converter will occur and the turbos life is significantly shortened. I have absolutely no doubt that Scotty means well but some engines are so advanced that they require very specific fluids and judging by how he answered the question Im not sure that he really fully understands that. All General Motors cars in Europe, Opel / Vauxhall require Dexos 2 oil to be used otherwise like Mercedes they understandably will not honour the warranty.
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My Mitsubishi Outlander was supposed to have a bad alternator, but after 1 alternator and 2 batteries the problem was far simpler than that. the ignition key cylinder was stripped out. the part costs was 65 dollars not the 2, 000. 00 the dealership wanted not the 200. 00 dollars the shade tree mechanic wanted. I actually saw the fox on YouTube. They did it it 15 minutes it took. me 45 minutes. sometimes the fox is far simpler if people research it. since that fix Ive never had another problem with the car starting in 4 years.
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Hi, Scotty First of all, congratulations for your useful and nice videos I am the owner of a 1989 BMW E30 and have two questions to ask you: 1. I notice that the engine of my car tends to hick up between 2, 000 and 3, 500 rpm. What is the possible cause of it? Could it be a problem related to the fuel pump, perhaps? 2. I have started to use gasohol E20 for my car. Is there any issue connected to using this type of fuel? Thanks for reading my comment Cheers.
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