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Which Engine Oil is Best for Used Engines ?

September 22nd, 2009
Personally, if I bought a good used engine with less than 75,000 miles, I might consider switching to Valvoline engine oil. If you have not noticed the commercials on TV or the internet car sites, they now offer up to a 300,000 mile warranty on your engine if you use their oil and follow their [...]


Engine Oil: Synthetic versus Conventional engine oil…

August 22nd, 2009
In the old days, people living in cold climates put in a thinner oil in their engines for the winter with a “W” or cold temperature-viscosity rating. Although they poured better at low temperatures, straight-viscosity “W” oils, in turn, didn’t do a good job of protecting engines once they reached normal operating temperatures, so they [...]


The Dipstick Has No Oil On It, but It Is not leaking..

February 7th, 2009
What does it mean when you have a vehicle with over 160,000 miles on it and the technician at the lubrication and oil change place says “sir, there is no oil on the dipstick”. There are only two things I can think of, one of them is you have an engine oil leak. The other [...]


Engine Oil Choices Prove To Be a Slippery Subject…

January 25th, 2009
When one goes to purchase engine oil for their car, how do you know which one is correct? Or for that matter, how would you know if the lubrication joint used the proper engine oil? There are so many different quality ratings for the various levels of slipperiness of oils which are rated by the [...]