Recent content by Lonnie

I stand by my mileage statement, but I do have to agree it's driving the speed limit on the freeway or a bit less and I've learned to stay away from the gas pedal. When I've had to hurry on one or more trips the mileage takes a dive. I do thing that synthetic lubricants, hight tire pressure...

Thai, thanks for the info. You have confirmed what I think is a general plan for addressing the use of engine oil. I'm just surprised that so many Mobil 1 users thing they are getting something special with their engine oil. And not that the prices for Mobil 1 are going up, I guess that's proof...

I'm bleeding the brakes this weekend and if I find anything unusual I'll post it. I do know that mositure in brake fluid leads to expensive maintenance down the road. As I understand it, when you have the key on you don't have to pump the pedal to do the rear brakes, that the system will try to...

Do you think that using a real synthetic like Red Line or Amsoil is better than the group III based synthetics (synthetic by court definition) like Syntec or Mobil 1?

Thanks for pointing me to the O2 sensor. I cleaned the connection and the next time a drive the 4Runner the light did not come on.

I have an engine light on and the VSC TRAC and TRAC OFF messages are on. Where do I start to check this before I go to the dealer?