The thickness affects how the engine performs. Older cars tend to be worn down, and thin oil will cause more friction between parts. This causes the car to wear out faster than normal. Thicker oil is better as your car ages, but thick oil can make it harder for your car to cope with cold conditions.
There is hardly a need to entrust this simple job to a professional mechanic. You can save (a lot, in some cases) of money by doing this job on your own. Stop by your local auto parts store near me, pick up the blades appropriate for your vehicle, and put them on. There are numerous instructional videos online to show you how to do it, if the instructions that come with the blades aren’t sufficient. You may even be able to talk the workers at the parts store into doing it for you for free!
If your car needs a part to be replaced, go for one that’s reliable. Using cheap parts can put your life at risk, and do not at any cost compromise on safety. Use parts that either come directly from the car maker, or from a source approved by the car maker, or from a source you trust. The second hand parts stores may at times give you very good products, but is it really worth the risk?
Here’s a quick how to guide on how to apply Carbon Fiber Wrap. First, take the part that you want to wrap, and clean off any grease that may be on the part. Wax and grease remover can be found at your local auto parts near me, or something like rubbing alcohol can be used. Next, mix the epoxy resin with the polyamine hardener. It’s one part epoxy resin to one part polyamine hardener. That means that if you want four ounces of the mixture, you’d mix two ounces of resin with two ounces of hardener.
Smooth as Silk – Smooth driving pays, really, really well. If you’re a closet drag racer that has to be the first one off the line then you can expect to pay for it. Starting slowly and allowing your speed to increase along with your RPMs will save you money every time. Punching the accelerator is like punching your wallet. Ditto for the hard braking that inevitably follows now that you have sped up to get to the front of the pack. Just not worth it under any circumstances.
Learning to replace your own air filter will save you significant money and prevent you from being taken advantage of by the oil change facilities. You can easily drive to the nearest auto store near me and grab an air filter for as little as $6, depending on what style you need. If you’re willing to ask for guidance, employees at some auto store near me will show you what to do. Although changing an air filter is usually no more complicated than removing a wing nut or releasing 4 clamps that hold the cover on. Next, autozone around here lift out the used filter and set the new one in its place. So rather than pay an oil change center $240 every couple of years to replace your air filter, you can spend a mere $10 to $20 every two years by doing it yourself.
Protecta makes a tailgate cover too to match the rest of the mat. That way you can get the same dent protection and scratch prevention for the vulnerable gate area as you get on the main bed of the pickup. It does match too and it could stay on even if the rest of the mat gets pulled out.
The ZD30 engine has suffered a poor reputation for premature failures including melting/cracking pistons and overboosting, largely due to some common issues. These engines run a variable vain turbocharger with boost controlled by the ECU, and to meet stringent european emission standards run an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system. Running fairly high boost levels from factory causes the ZD30 to be a heavy breathing engine and oil vapour is forced into the inlet tract contaminating the Mass Air Flow sensor (MAF), working its way through the intercooler and into the inlet manifold. The EGR system can turn this oil vapour into a thick tar like consistency, blocking inlet runners, which in turn can lead to some cylinders running rich and some lean, resulting in melted pistons…
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