Chris,
Re Fram filters, the cheap generic orange ones are pretty crappy (aka
Orange Can of Death), however the gold ones are very well made. As for oil,
I've used different brands over the years (Quaker State, Castrol, Havoline,
Pennzoil) in a number of cars (mostly Toyota, Hondas and a single VW) and I
don't believe there is much difference between the major brands. And even
the cheapest off-brand of mineral oil you can buy today is head and
shoulders above the most exotic motor oil you could buy in 1980. The only
major difference is mineral oil vs synthetic, with synthetic superior. I
ran Mobil1 Full Synthetic in my '04 Honda CR-V with a change every 10K
miles. It had 250K miles when my wife totaled it (no damage to her other
than her ego) and was barely down a half pint between changes.
Charlie
On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:57 PM Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Duh! Hadn't even thought of that. With nothing to lose, I went to
> the Walmart nearby and found that they had every Fram filter known to man.
> I bought an air filter so that I can complete the tune-up this weekend and
> the one that's in the mail will be for the next one.
>
> Oil was still a disappointment, though. All they had for 20W-50 was
> Castrol, and I'm not very enthusiastic about that brand. And no spark
> plugs.
>
> I think the smart thing to do is keep a complete set of tune-up parts
> handy.
>
> I can buy five quarts of Pennzoil 20W-50 on evilBay cheaper than four
> quarts of Valvoline locally. Go figure!
>
> >
> >Jeez, Chris, do you not have a Walmart near you. The ones here have a
> >billion Fram filters and any grade of motor oil you could possibly want.
> >
> >
> >> My 2000 Toyota pickup was giving me clear unmistakable messages
> that
> >> I need to do a tune-up and oil change. The last place I was able to get
> >> the plugs I prefer no longer sells parts, just service. So I ended up
> >> buying those on evilBay. This morning I went shopping for oil and
> filters.
> >>
> >> I was lucky to find any 20W-50W (Valvoline), and the 5-20 they now
> >> have is something I would consider only if I was in Alaska. And you can
> >> forget finding Fram filters anywhere. So, yet another evilBay purchase.
> >
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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