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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

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12 minutes ago, thegreengamers said:

Today I'm going to change the oil in my dad's 2004 Corolla, but I don't really know what to expect when I see the old oil since neither him nor I can remember the last time he's had it changed... The recommended oil change interval is 5000 miles, and I'm pretty sure he's gone way over that.

since he's prone to missing changes, use synthetic oil when you change it.

looking at the oil itself wont tell you much unless you send it to a lab.

Look under the oil cap (look down the hole and also on the underside of the cap itself) for thick black sludge. If you see that, then make sure he knows he's been going way too long on oil changes. (and make sure he knows the likelihood of having a big issue has greatly increased because of it)


That's about all you can do really.

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59 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

looking at the oil itself wont tell you much unless you send it to a lab.

I can think of at least ONE case where it does.

 

Image result for engine oil sludge

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1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

since he's prone to missing changes, use synthetic oil when you change it.

looking at the oil itself wont tell you much unless you send it to a lab.

Look under the oil cap (look down the hole and also on the underside of the cap itself) for thick black sludge. If you see that, then make sure he knows he's been going way too long on oil changes. (and make sure he knows the likelihood of having a big issue has greatly increased because of it)


That's about all you can do really.

Thanks for the advice, I've made sure he changes the oil every 5000 miles now. The old oil was actually changed last April, which wasn't as long ago as I thought; he only drives about 6000 miles every year too.

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4 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

idk how people live like that... makes me nervous just thinking about it.

They live with a Peugeot 407 they can’t afford to fix and constantly breaks, but love it anyway

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1 hour ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I can think of at least ONE case where it does.

 

 

What is this disgusting mess??? 

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6 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

looking at the oil itself wont tell you much unless you send it to a lab.

Does if the viscosity and look are that of cream soda.

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6 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I can think of at least ONE case where it does.

 

Image result for engine oil sludge

 

4 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

What is this disgusting mess??? 

That, I'm fairly certain, is a VW/Audi/Porsche VR6. Not sure if it's the FSI, 3.2, or 3.6 though. Being that it's dual VVT it's likely FSI, possibly the turbo from the Audi TT since it's so badly sludged up.

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9 minutes ago, flya00 said:

Gotta look cool in high school. Family own a car dealership and everybody focuses on me.

Any good suggestions??????

Miata is always the answer

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3 hours ago, Bitter said:

 

That, I'm fairly certain, is a VW/Audi/Porsche VR6. Not sure if it's the FSI, 3.2, or 3.6 though. Being that it's dual VVT it's likely FSI, possibly the turbo from the Audi TT since it's so badly sludged up.

Definitely a VR6 of some sort.  I don't even understand how this happens.  If this 50k miles without an oil change, or did someone use Hershey's syrup in place of oil?

 

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32 minutes ago, flya00 said:

Gotta look cool in high school. Family own a car dealership and everybody focuses on me.

Any good suggestions??????

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25 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

No its consistantly missing oil changes. You do 20 or 30k on the same oil once it won't fucker up this bad. If you do this repeatedly for  10 years you will run into issues.

but that mobil 1 annual protection tho lel

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Metal valve cover so it's the 3.2 VR6 for sure, looks like in a Touraeg or Cayenne, the 03-07 without direct injection. We have one at the shop with...problems...It needs to find a deep quarry to fall into.

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ccyj2Tf.jpg

 

I would say thats the source of losing 1.5 quarts of oil in less than 1k miles. 

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Bugatti veyron tire appears on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Michelin-Pilot-Sport-Pax-PS2-365-710ZR540A-108Y-Bugatti-Veyron-5-6-32-104739-/302992115950 

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14 hours ago, vetali said:

ccyj2Tf.jpg

 

I would say thats the source of losing 1.5 quarts of oil in less than 1k miles. 

I’m probably just stupid, but what’s wrong here?

 

is the bottom ring gone?

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4 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Bugatti veyron tire appears on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Michelin-Pilot-Sport-Pax-PS2-365-710ZR540A-108Y-Bugatti-Veyron-5-6-32-104739-/302992115950 

Wtf is a 365/710ZR540A? Proprietary tire size naming? Lol

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3 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

Wtf is a 365/710ZR540A? Proprietary tire size naming? Lol

so thicc it needs its own naming :P 

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