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Post by MoBuckChaser on Aug 21, 2018 11:53:31 GMT -6
SD - what kind of vehicle do you have? Maybe we should all offer a guess and whoever guesses closest gets a free bag of Don Higgins beans from MO. I think you are a 2005 Ford Taurus guy. Likely light gray and missing a hubcap on the front passenger side and a Wall Drug sticker on the bumper. Funny Shit Right There!
Because I am driving a beat up rusted out 2003 Ford Taurus right now! LOL!
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Post by batman on Aug 21, 2018 12:07:44 GMT -6
Subaru Brat. Him and Foggy both live the pickup life in faux trucks.
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 21, 2018 12:16:14 GMT -6
SD - what kind of vehicle do you have? Maybe we should all offer a guess and whoever guesses closest gets a free bag of Don Higgins beans from MO. I think you are a 2005 Ford Taurus guy. Likely light gray and missing a hubcap on the front passenger side and a Wall Drug sticker on the bumper. 3 bags of those beans would top the last offer I entertained for my vehicle three years ago.
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 21, 2018 12:19:40 GMT -6
Guess away fellas. We could have a lot of fun with this.
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Post by wklman on Aug 21, 2018 13:16:10 GMT -6
1989 Buick century.
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 21, 2018 13:27:53 GMT -6
Nash Metropolitan...
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Aug 21, 2018 13:58:37 GMT -6
Yugo?
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Aug 21, 2018 14:10:20 GMT -6
Chevy Vega? You seem like a fucking Vega guy for some reason......
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Post by Reagan on Aug 21, 2018 14:23:27 GMT -6
1998 Civic.
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Post by Tooln on Aug 21, 2018 16:01:00 GMT -6
GEO
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Post by Tooln on Aug 21, 2018 16:01:23 GMT -6
Give us a hint what year is it?
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Post by Foggy on Aug 21, 2018 17:06:30 GMT -6
In the early 70's I sold oil analysis services for an independent testing lab. This was pretty cutting edge technology bar then......Our company and Caterpillar were the few in this biz at the time. We had a atomic absorption spectrophometer....and would check for wear metals, ethylene glycol, silicon (dirt), and other stuff. I find it hard to believe that some of your wear metals are as low as those shown by your sample. I used to read and interpret the test results.....and almost all engines would show some copper, iron, lead, chromium, and such at levels higher than those you show. When parts would be going bad....they would be severely elevated so you knew where to look. I think this service is especially good for construction equipment and aircraft....but I've never wasted my money on cars......and you really need a trend of 3 or more tests to determine what is going on with many engines.....unless its a catastrophic failure, or antifreeze leak or bad air filter.....IMO. Of course....like so many other things.....I am pretty out of date. . Nevermind. .
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Post by Foggy on Aug 21, 2018 17:09:19 GMT -6
I think its a Ford Taurus.....or a Geo Meto.....Maybe a VW. Puke.
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 21, 2018 17:37:22 GMT -6
2001, it has most of 2 doors.
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 21, 2018 17:46:20 GMT -6
In the early 70's I sold oil analysis services for an independent testing lab. This was pretty cutting edge technology bar then......Our company and Caterpillar were the few in this biz at the time. We had a atomic absorption spectrophometer....and would check for wear metals, ethylene glycol, silicon (dirt), and other stuff. I find it hard to believe that some of your wear metals are as low as those shown by your sample. I used to read and interpret the test results.....and almost all engines would show some copper, iron, lead, chromium, and such at levels higher than those you show. When parts would be going bad....they would be severely elevated so you knew where to look. I think this service is especially good for construction equipment and aircraft....but I've never wasted my money on cars......and you really need a trend of 3 or more tests to determine what is going on with many engines.....unless its a catastrophic failure, or antifreeze leak or bad air filter.....IMO. Of course....like so many other things.....I am pretty out of date. . Nevermind. . I was impressed by the lack of wear metals too. I've also ran better synthetics or sythetic blends in it, and still change around 3000. A lot of the new shit is requiring full syn and going out to 6,000+ miles, but my vehicle doesn't get miles fast enough so I change it before it's due mile-wise. I was a tad surprised by the sodium level in the oil, and we didn't have a standard for sodium. After a little googling, I came up with a good article talking about sourcing for sodium, and it's a purely external factor, so I've got to figure out how that's getting in there. I made an appt to get the O2 sensors done on Monday. I raked the dude over the coals about making sure we put good parts in it. I was told by an objective guy that Bosch was a good brand, and that happens to be what they put in. I mentioned those sensors burn out it seems within six months of being put in. He thought there may be an issue upstream causing that. So we may work our way backwards and find an electrical problem causing them to go out. This last oil change, I switched to my own company's synthetic blend oil. I know it's a better quality product, because we can't even make it for what the whore house jobbers sell their "house brands" to the independents. The key is in the additive package. API doesn't rate additives, they just stamp products that meet the minimum.
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