SoCal General Chat

[e30trooper]

If your car is heating up it's probably not because of old coolant. ;)

Well the coolant does look pretty rusty. The fan clutch is good. Soon as I start driving it drops right above the 1/4 mark.

Over heating to me is a little past the half way mark lol

[e30trooper]

First, don't use fram filters. Second, make sure the gasket is mated to the housing. Third, at least you know you won't overtighten and strip your drain plug. Fourth, at least you can see what your old oil looks like in case there are metal shavings, coolant mixed in, etc. Fifth, at least you KNOW for sure what oil is going in the engine.

This^^^ also make sure to put a bit of oil on the rubber seal. I used to work at a oil change spot and have seen those seals blow out on diesel trucks. talk about a mess lol

[fatsooo]

First, don't use fram filters. Second, make sure the gasket is mated to the housing. Third, at least you know you won't overtighten and strip your drain plug. Fourth, at least you can see what your old oil looks like in case there are metal shavings, coolant mixed in, etc. Fifth, at least you KNOW for sure what oil is going in the engine.

I have to second that. Ever since I got my license (before I knew anything about cars), I would change my own oil. Took it in a few times back then and saw the aftermath of shady stuff that happened. Things like needing a breaker bar to pull drain plug, shitty drain plug gaskets, and stuff like that. Not to mention the usual shitty oil filters and stuff like that.

I actually had a guy try to downsale me one time when I was picking up oil and a filter. He told me "you know fram filters are like half the price of this one" I said "yeah but I don't like fram filters." He said "but it's way cheaper than this one" I said "I know. If I wanted a cheap filter, I'd get a cheap filter" lol

What choice of filters is everyone goin with btw?


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[semaj4712]

I run a wix filter on my bmw, and a farm on my stude...I've never had a problem with either, change my own oil too...the oil filter for my stude has to be Fran since they are the only ones that make it

[R3Z3N]

What about just the sticky messes?

A sock.

[Herr Faust Schinken]

i like mann/mahle filters thats what bmw threw in from the factory so i guess they figured they were good, i normally use castrol 20w-50

[einstein57]

Hay Ben. Can i have your busted half shaft? Want to make side table.

[e30trooper]

Hay Ben. Can i have your busted half shaft? Want to make side table.

Sure , when can you pick it up. trash pick up is tomorrow morning. Its getting tossed with my busted fittipaldi unless you want that too lol. Cut it up and put it on the wall?

[IRON-E]

Sure , when can you pick it up. trash pick up is tomorrow morning. Its getting tossed with my busted fittipaldi unless you want that too lol. Cut it up and put it on the wall?

You could also use the rim, to put a garben hose away. ;)

[einstein57]

Sure , when can you pick it up. trash pick up is tomorrow morning. Its getting tossed with my busted fittipaldi unless you want that too lol. Cut it up and put it on the wall?

Sometime this week. What ever day i end up driving my car to pick up stuff in anaheim. I pretty much only use a car to go to meets or as a parts hauler.


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[fatsooo]

I run a wix filter on my bmw, and a farm on my stude...I've never had a problem with either, change my own oil too...the oil filter for my stude has to be Fran since they are the only ones that make it

My cousin only uses wix too. On his race car and dd and he says he loves em too

i like mann/mahle filters thats what bmw threw in from the factory so i guess they figured they were good, i normally use castrol 20w-50

Do you source them locally or on the interwebz? I'm all about that factory bizz for now since I haven't really modded anything.
I'm running castrol gtx too but need to find something for the zinc content Castrol lacks

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[semaj4712]

A sock.

:) This

My cousin only uses wix too. On his race car and dd and he says he loves em too

Its not that I love them, your not going to convince me one way or another that anybody is going to see any amount of difference in their oil filter short term, sure there may be a bad one or whatever but nobody changes their oil and is like shit, must be a bad oil filter...maybe over a decade of using a bad filter eventually you may yes see a difference, but thats just me

[Herr Faust Schinken]

Do you source them locally or on the interwebz? I'm all about that factory bizz for now since I haven't really modded anything.
I'm running castrol gtx too but need to find something for the zinc content Castrol lacks

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you can order them from pelican they are like 4-5 bucks, i normally throw a few extra into my order if I'm trying to use a coupon, you can never have to many filters

[thebutcher37]

I recommend the K&N oil filter, its just like their air filter, I been reusing that bitch for some time now. I just rinse with water spray it red, wala!













































LOL.

[mkcman17]

I usually have a few spare mahles, but my castrol deal came with a fram. My headers make the filter a real bitch to see or get to.