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In Reply to: Re: What's the word on sythetic oil? posted by Rich Brkich on August 16, 2004 at 17:52:12:

I just traded my 8 year old Cherokee for a new xB. It has the standard Toyota 1.5L. I started averaging 33 to 34 mpg with the second fill up! It's a terrific vehicle and I want to keep it fit. I may check into a blend or full synthetic at the second change.

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Great motor ,use best oil and rough service interval. . . - clbeanz 16:43:36 08/26/04 (0)
Those are quite peppy weight to hp ain't bad.Me old 86' MR-2 had that motor 1.5liter 16v four/about 108hp.(TRD supercharge another 50)
Had some oil getting past valve guides early,probably due first owner(22k miles)abuse. Yet that little hi-revver never gave me trouble or stranded. Great fast short throw 5 speed.Sold at 128k miles,new young owner thrashes it,still after 162k miles no rebuild.Just a wonderful powerplant.

clb~out
"The line between America's funniest videos and the emergency room is fine".
Re: I just became the world's oldest teenager . . . - Rich Brkich 15:01:52 08/17/04 (4)
Those new Scion xBs are pretty cool. With a new car I tend to get the oil changed at 1,000 miles and run dino oil (tuner speak for conventional oil made from dead dinosours :-) ) up to the second change and then switch over to synthetic.
Next thing you know you'll be posting with pictures showing the "new shoes on my ride! Ya know you have to have some bling on the ride!" :-) :-) :-) (tranlations for the non tuner crowd... New shoes means new rims which are peferrable sportin some really low prfile tires - make them chrome for the some bling bling!)

Happy Listening,
Rich Brkich
Retailer & Audio Asylum Industry Liaison
- Middle-aged performance mod: K&N air filter . . . - albee33 08:11:49 08/18/04 (3)
  Thought about a super-charger but decided on an air filter. Would post a pic but it's already installed. 8^) It does make a difference!
  - RE: Middle-aged performance mod: K&N air filter . . . - audioAl 01:29:50 10/27/11 (1)
    I have used Castrol and Royal Purple, both are great syntec oils. My 98 Villager GS sports a 3 liter v6 and has 2 1/2 inch pipes from the resonator,
    Spectre short Air Ram filter for 20 additional horsepower.
    Vista Ultimate 64 bit/e5300 Intel 45nm cpu/ASRock G41M-LE/Asus Xonar DS R 7.1/YamahaRX-V465 HT receiver/ Infinity RS1001 & Cambridge SoundWorks speakers/Yamaha YST-SW216 subwolf
    - RE: Middle-aged performance mod: K&N air filter . . . - audioAl 01:34:18 10/27/11 (0)
      Here's a picture, Cheers! Let's go racing boys!
      Vista Ultimate 64 bit/e5300 Intel 45nm cpu/ASRock G41M-LE/Asus Xonar DS R 7.1/YamahaRX-V465 HT receiver/ Infinity RS1001 & Cambridge SoundWorks speakers/Yamaha YST-SW216 subwolf
  - Re: Middle-aged performance mod: K&N air filter . . . - I call shenanigans 14:40:44 08/20/06 (0)
    yeah a supercharger and an new air filter are pretty much interchangable, i dont know why anyone would spend thousands of dollars boosting their engine when they can just drop in a $20 air filter and get the same performance gains...
    that was sarcasm, by the way.

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