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mishuko 10-06-2014 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by blackcherry20 (Post 2989300)
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Love it. Seriously a cool place.

And sarcasm. :inoutroflpuke:

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Originally Posted by SlowRollin (Post 2989315)
That settles it. I'm going to set up my first oil change for next weekend... they sent me a coupon for a hand wash/wax as well.

I'm so glad you guys are such a great community even for those of us stuck in DD mode, who might not be upgrading our Z in the short term. I love my ride and catch myself finding excuses to go for a drive, just to spend time with "her".

I drive mine down the block just to grab anything... It puts a smile on my face sitting down in the seat and hearing the vrooom!!!

oh and I would pass on that wash/wax... Do it yourself... I would question the quality of their wash clothes and their technique. Atleastif you do it, you only blame yourself for swirls/mars. Also you can chose the shampoo / wax. I use megiaur's gold wash shapoo and the gold wax. Lots of info in the detailing section and on the interwebs.

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2990184)
yah, but my trip meter has never been reset so it's follows my odo. :icon17:

I did that with the left console guage console thingie the it rolled over on my trip... I was like :shakes head: why you do this to me!!!

kenchan 10-06-2014 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by mishuko (Post 2990210)

I did that with the left console guage console thingie the it rolled over on my trip... I was like :shakes head: why you do this to me!!!

:rofl2:

VCuomo 10-06-2014 03:51 PM

I'd also recommend putting a FilterMag on your oil filter at the next oil change.

kenchan 10-06-2014 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by VCuomo (Post 2990840)
I'd also recommend putting a FilterMag on your oil filter at the next oil change.

does that really help, or more just in your head? ive never used that or the magnetic plug on my cars..

MacCool 10-06-2014 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2990870)
does that really help, or more just in your head? ive never used that or the magnetic plug on my cars..

Yes. And you should pick up one of those water injectors too, so that you can double your horsepower and triple your gas mileage.

mab864 10-06-2014 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2990870)
does that really help, or more just in your head? ive never used that or the magnetic plug on my cars..

IDK if they really help or not. I do know that my magnetic oil plug has little filings on it every time I change the oil. Not many and they are very fine. They look kinda like oil sludge but they are ferrous beings they're stuck to the end of the magnet and they're hard to get off.

Verda7junior 10-06-2014 10:50 PM

I stayed under 4K rpms until 1200 miles and then went to the drag strip. I change the oil with Mobil 1 5w30 and a Nissan filter every 3750 miles.

VCuomo 10-07-2014 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2990870)
does that really help, or more just in your head? ive never used that or the magnetic plug on my cars..

Well, I'd say that if something in your engine is starting to fail and ferrous metal shavings are getting into the oil, then something bad is going to happen fairly soon and you're already in an expensive repair situation. So if when you change your oil you take the time to remove the magnet, remove the oil filter, pour the oil out of the filter and look at it, any unusual amount of metal shavings will at least alert you to a problem brewing (maybe before a bad problem turns into a catastrophic one). Although, of course, with non-ferrous metal like aluminum a magnet won't help at all.

So a FilterMag and/or oil pan drain plug magnet might or might not help you, but it sure can't hurt.

jpkirk 10-14-2014 09:25 AM

Still plenty of ferrous metal parts in the engine. They do wear and the itty bitty particles of ferrous metal would seem to me to be abrasive. The question for me is the capability of the filter to filter that stuff out. Assuming a Pure 1 oil filter, 99.9% of 20 micron particles are captured. 20 microns is slightly larger than the width of a human hair. Small, but do you want that, at the power downstroke between crank pin and the rod bearing? True, it is minimal but, for 50 bucks, why not?


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