Investing in your car's lubrication
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Investing in your car's lubrication
I don't mean switching over to synthetics.
I mean like adding on other components to make your car's oiling system work at it's best.
What things have you added on to your car to get the most of of it's lubing capabilities?
On my old T-Type, I had just about all that I knew to for preventive measures. A pressurised oil catch, magnetic drain plug, filter magnet, oil cooler, and an oversized NAPA oil filter.
I've since the 1st oil change, replaced the OEM drain plug with a magnetic unit, and reused my oil filter magnets. And since the aftermarket now provides a reusable stainless steel oil filter for my 636R, I've purchased one from Scotts Performance to better what a cotton element filter has. I've seached and found that Trasko offers something similar. I'm thinking about going overkill, just because the G deserves only the best. [img]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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I mean like adding on other components to make your car's oiling system work at it's best.
What things have you added on to your car to get the most of of it's lubing capabilities?
On my old T-Type, I had just about all that I knew to for preventive measures. A pressurised oil catch, magnetic drain plug, filter magnet, oil cooler, and an oversized NAPA oil filter.
I've since the 1st oil change, replaced the OEM drain plug with a magnetic unit, and reused my oil filter magnets. And since the aftermarket now provides a reusable stainless steel oil filter for my 636R, I've purchased one from Scotts Performance to better what a cotton element filter has. I've seached and found that Trasko offers something similar. I'm thinking about going overkill, just because the G deserves only the best. [img]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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Re: Investing in your car's lubrication
The magnetic drain plug is really for sh*tty American cars that are always shredding away at their own engine.
Metal shavings are only supposed to occur during break-in. A lot of American cars, such as the Escalade, are always producing metal shavings which the oil cleans out and the magnetic drain plug that catches them, comes stock. But the cylinders are always shaving away at the chambers and that is not good...eventually, there will be too much space between the cylinders and the cylinder walls and you'll get "blow-back" which is compression loss (which leads to power loss).
A good engine (such as this 3.5VQ) is pretty much self-maintaining. You don't have to worry about hydrocarbons or metal shavings and all that other crap...just perform all the scheduled maintenance appropriately, warm the engine up properly every time, and it should run for a long time.
One thing you can definitely do, that was recommended to me by a MB master mechanic, is to use STP Fuel Injector Cleaner every time you change your oil (you poor the stuff into a full tank of gas). It really cleans out the fuel injector and it is supposed to really help out for engine performance over time....I'm not saying it's fact, but it's only $2-$3 per bottle of this stuff, it's really easy to use, and it simply can't hurt.
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MrElussive
03 G35C 6MT
Metal shavings are only supposed to occur during break-in. A lot of American cars, such as the Escalade, are always producing metal shavings which the oil cleans out and the magnetic drain plug that catches them, comes stock. But the cylinders are always shaving away at the chambers and that is not good...eventually, there will be too much space between the cylinders and the cylinder walls and you'll get "blow-back" which is compression loss (which leads to power loss).
A good engine (such as this 3.5VQ) is pretty much self-maintaining. You don't have to worry about hydrocarbons or metal shavings and all that other crap...just perform all the scheduled maintenance appropriately, warm the engine up properly every time, and it should run for a long time.
One thing you can definitely do, that was recommended to me by a MB master mechanic, is to use STP Fuel Injector Cleaner every time you change your oil (you poor the stuff into a full tank of gas). It really cleans out the fuel injector and it is supposed to really help out for engine performance over time....I'm not saying it's fact, but it's only $2-$3 per bottle of this stuff, it's really easy to use, and it simply can't hurt.
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MrElussive
03 G35C 6MT
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