What weight do you prefer? 10W-30?
After how many miles do you have your oil changed in your vehicle? Do you have a favorite oil brand? One that you swear by? What weight do you prefer? 10W-30? Synthetic? If your dealer changes your oil how often do they say to bring it in? Do you know what oil they use? What about anti-freeze? Summer is almost here? Is your vehicle ready for it? You need the right oil because your car gets a lot hotter in the summer. You need the right ant-freeze mix because the AC also makes your car run much hotter. Is your vehicle "up to snuff"??
After how many miles do you have your oil changed in your vehicle? Do
you have a favorite oil brand? One that you swear by? What weight do
you prefer? 10W-30? Synthetic? If your dealer changes your oil how
It definitely depends on the vehicle. My diesel truck has a recommended oil change interval of 15,000 miles. Many people have told me that I am crazy doing oil changes at such a long intervals. I haven't had any issues yet and the engine has just crossed the 200,000 mile mark. The truck is a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 with a Cummins engine.
After how many miles do you have your oil changed in your vehicle? Do
you have a favorite oil brand? One that you swear by? What weight do
you prefer? 10W-30? Synthetic? If your dealer changes your oil how
It definitely depends on the vehicle. My diesel truck has a recommended oil change interval of 15,000 miles. Many people have told me that I am crazy doing oil changes at such a long intervals. I haven't had any issues yet and the engine has just crossed the 200,000 mile mark. The truck is a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 with a Cummins engine.
WOw. You must be a good mechanic. Me? I always buy the oil that's on sale. After all I have no clue what is really coming out of a container of oil.
I'm not a mechanic at all, but I don't mind turning wrenches on my
free time. Its just too frustrating for me at times. I remember
wanting to add a tachometer to my classic truck. One of my mechanic friends said that it was super easy to do. Basically, just wire the
tach to the ignition coil, then mount the tach. Its only a few
connections -- about 30 minutes of work.
This job took me all weekend. I knew I was in trouble when I unscrewed
the bolts on the ignition coil only to have the bolt break off. It all went downhill from there.
yeah... maybe 15, even...
This job took me all weekend. I knew I was in trouble when I unscrewed the bolts on the ignition coil only to have the bolt break off. It all went downhill from there.
are you talking about the two nuts on top of the coil where the two wires that provide power and ground are connected?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Igncoil.jpg
they should come off quite easily... if the threaded studs break, the coil needed replacing anyway...
are you talking about the two nuts on top of the coil where the two
wires that provide power and ground are connected?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Igncoil.jpg
they should come off quite easily... if the threaded studs break, the
coil needed replacing anyway...
Thats exactly it. Everything always looks good on paper, but this was how it all unfolded.
holy geez, man! that is really whack... i've seen similar but was wrapped in another project and was unable to watch it unfolding... that was back in high school...
then there was the time my mother got a gasket kit because she needed the valve
cover gaskets replaced... they had been leaking oil and she had overtightened the valve cover bolts which caused the gaskets to split and break... this was a
'70something toyota corolla... one of the gaskets in the kit was the exhaust gasket and she insisted that it be replaced, too...
two broken exhaust studs, several broken drill bits, and three broken EZOuts later, she drove it to the dealership... cost was two diamond drill bits, several more EZOuts, and several hours of labor... plus, of course, the replacement studs which ended up being all eight of them... she didn't worry about doing any of the other gaskets (timing chain cover, oil pump, water pump,
etc) after that...
i think she was happy to replace the vehicle after a train yard engine caught the rear quarter panel and rolled it over a year or so later... that's another story altogether, though ;)
It definitely depends on the vehicle. My diesel truck has a recommended oil change interval of 15,000 miles. Many people have told me that I am crazy doing oil changes at such a long intervals. I haven't had any
issues yet and the engine has just crossed the 200,000 mile mark.
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