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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 12:33 AM
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dump oil before firing up the z from last fall, or heat her up than dump.
its about 45 degrees now what do you think.oil is kinda dirty from last fall.
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 05:20 AM
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Always get the oil as hot as you can before draining it, so it gets rid of more contaminents.
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 08:01 PM
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any body, common dont be scared
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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before i change my oil i aways take it for a quick spin(15-20 mins.) just to get it up to operating temp and get all the fluids hot and then drain right away. i even do that with trans fluid and gear oil. to make it easy though every year before i put my car away for the winter part of my winterization process is to change the oil with some fresh mobil 1 syn a day or 2 before i put it away so that way when its time to awake the beat all i have to do is rehook up the batter and go. it makes it alot easier especially when you got the itch to just get in and go and tear up some road
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 08:22 PM
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Thanks Hugger , Been Doing Little This Alittle That But I Think Im Ready To Change Oil And Fire It Up. Warm Up First Than Drain Thanks Man......
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by zrater
Thanks Hugger , Been Doing Little This Alittle That But I Think Im Ready To Change Oil And Fire It Up. Warm Up First Than Drain Thanks Man......
no problem man anytime glad i could help, what kind of oil and filter you runing?
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 08:41 PM
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BEEN USING 5-30 MOBIL1 SYN AND FRAM FILTER, BUT I CHANGE TO K-N
BUT THEY ARE LIKE 11 $ MY Z HAS 100.00 ON IT I BOUGHT IT WITH
7O.OOO ON IT FOR 10 BILLS 2 YEARS AGO ITS A HOT LOOKING
CAR FOR A STRIPPER. MY LAST THREEE GMS HAD OVER 300 ON THEM
WHEN DONATED. MY TWO DOOR 96 OLDS RIGHT NOW JUST WENT TO TEXAS
FOR THE 7TH TIME IT HAS 307 ON IT , AND THEY SAY GM DONT BIULD A GOOD
CAR HA...........
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 08:47 PM
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Boy Hugger After Looking At You Mods , I Look Like A Jacker !!!
I Got All The Toys Been Scanning For 8 Years, Just Dont Get It All To
Gether All The Time. You No.............
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by zrater
BEEN USING 5-30 MOBIL1 SYN AND FRAM FILTER, BUT I CHANGE TO K-N
BUT THEY ARE LIKE 11 $ MY Z HAS 100.00 ON IT I BOUGHT IT WITH
7O.OOO ON IT FOR 10 BILLS 2 YEARS AGO ITS A HOT LOOKING
CAR FOR A STRIPPER. MY LAST THREEE GMS HAD OVER 300 ON THEM
WHEN DONATED. MY TWO DOOR 96 OLDS RIGHT NOW JUST WENT TO TEXAS
FOR THE 7TH TIME IT HAS 307 ON IT , AND THEY SAY GM DONT BIULD A GOOD
CAR HA...........
ya ive ran mobil 1 5-30 syn since the car was new w/ ac delco pf59(long) filters. i just switched to mobil 0-40 right before i put my car away for the winter. i have heard that the k/n filters are good but have never tried them. i cant wait to see your car man i bet its sweet. i hear ya i have never owned anything but gm's i have a 85 monte carlo with 325,xxx on it, orginal motor and trans and it still is running strong. i know i just dont understand how gm can be doing bad when they build cars like that.
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 08:57 PM
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I Got All The Toys Been Scanning For 8 Years, Just Dont Get It All To
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its not a whole lot i have alot more planned for it and i just got $2500 back in taxes so i think im gonna sink most of that if not all into the car so ill be adding some more mods to the list
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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hugger were do you dyno, or do you have a wide band. i havent bought a wideband
yet, but i know brian up in anoka at high tech motor sports has a dyno shop works
with a lot of cars,hes usally at the track on the weekends.i got to get a wide band 02. im not highly modded at all i just like to tinker.and alot of grease wrenching.
always playing with the cars. hugger do you have a good shop at home to work out of or what. i only got two apt garages, and keep every thing inside but works ok i do all my work in them, sounds funny but it gets the job done.my cars are my pride
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 06:26 PM
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hugger were do you dyno, or do you have a wide band. i havent bought a wideband
yet, but i know brian up in anoka at high tech motor sports has a dyno shop works
with a lot of cars,hes usally at the track on the weekends.i got to get a wide band 02. im not highly modded at all i just like to tinker.and alot of grease wrenching.
always playing with the cars. hugger do you have a good shop at home to work out of or what. i only got two apt garages, and keep every thing inside but works ok i do all my work in them, sounds funny but it gets the job done.my cars are my pride
i acutally havent had a chance to dyno my car yet but i would like to i just havent got around to it. i dont have any kind of tuning software or a wideband o2. i also like to wrench im actually a mechanic at luther nissan but when i wrench on my own time i usually just work out of my 2 car garage unless i need to use a lift for something then i just go over to my work.
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