Why are people stupid?
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RE: Why are people stupid?
Going back a few years ago i rented a trailer off of a man named nemo lawless. he lived on ducks corners oklahoma, nemo was a studebaker mechanic and was the last authorized mechanic for them in the world. he told me one thing i never forgot . NEVER PUT QUAKER STATE OIL in your motor.
he showed me motor after motor with sludge built up and everytime it was quaker state.
the moral of the story is dont move to oklahoma...... hehe
he showed me motor after motor with sludge built up and everytime it was quaker state.
the moral of the story is dont move to oklahoma...... hehe
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Going back a few years ago i rented a trailer off of a man named nemo lawless. he lived on ducks corners oklahoma, nemo was a studebaker mechanic and was the last authorized mechanic for them in the world. he told me one thing i never forgot . NEVER PUT QUAKER STATE OIL in your motor.
he showed me motor after motor with sludge built up and everytime it was quaker state.
the moral of the story is dont move to oklahoma...... hehe
Going back a few years ago i rented a trailer off of a man named nemo lawless. he lived on ducks corners oklahoma, nemo was a studebaker mechanic and was the last authorized mechanic for them in the world. he told me one thing i never forgot . NEVER PUT QUAKER STATE OIL in your motor.
he showed me motor after motor with sludge built up and everytime it was quaker state.
the moral of the story is dont move to oklahoma...... hehe
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I am going to have to take my camera to work next week and take some pics of this thing. It ended up being a warranty job anyway (don't ask...) and so I had to take the heads off of it to send them back......and I had to scrape the headbolts out of the sludge to get to them. The same for the cam cap bolts. So bad that I had to clean my socket out because the stuff was getting packed inside it and it wouldnt go on them anymore. Not to mention made one hell of a mess lol
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hey 00dakR/T i've got a question for you since you are a dodge tech. I had the balljoints on my 01 replaced a few years ago under the recall. Now it seems like the front end pops and creaks alot especially while going slow and turning and i suspect the ball joints are going bad again. is it possible to have them checked and replaced again for free if they are bad? I really dont want to have to do them myself if they are going bad.
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moe in wichita ks
the most important thing about oil is to have lots of zinc in the oil. i have done some searching on the internet on oil, filters, additives. i like to have oil as thick as i can and it still start in cold. so here is what i use, 2001 dak v6. valoline premium blue 15w-40 oil. purolator pl14670 pure one filter, use only a pure one filter that is shown by the p in the part no. then you need to go to zddplus.com site and get some zinc from them. my truck starts ok in the winter, but we normaly dont get below 0 f.
i did have trouble with 20-50 not wanting to turn over in the winter.
the most important thing about oil is to have lots of zinc in the oil. i have done some searching on the internet on oil, filters, additives. i like to have oil as thick as i can and it still start in cold. so here is what i use, 2001 dak v6. valoline premium blue 15w-40 oil. purolator pl14670 pure one filter, use only a pure one filter that is shown by the p in the part no. then you need to go to zddplus.com site and get some zinc from them. my truck starts ok in the winter, but we normaly dont get below 0 f.
i did have trouble with 20-50 not wanting to turn over in the winter.
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Sorry it took me a few days to get back to you about that...
More than likely you can have your truck checked again, and if the ball joints are bad again they can still be replaced under the recall. I have seen on a few trucks where the sway bar links will pop and it can sound and feel alot like ball joints. If you would rather check them yourself tho, its not too hard to do. Just get the front wheels off the ground and see if there is any play in the wheel.....top to bottom and side to side. If the wheel feels tight, try flexing the sway bar with your hands. If it starts to make noise that way, replace your links
More than likely you can have your truck checked again, and if the ball joints are bad again they can still be replaced under the recall. I have seen on a few trucks where the sway bar links will pop and it can sound and feel alot like ball joints. If you would rather check them yourself tho, its not too hard to do. Just get the front wheels off the ground and see if there is any play in the wheel.....top to bottom and side to side. If the wheel feels tight, try flexing the sway bar with your hands. If it starts to make noise that way, replace your links