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Post by abe on Nov 4, 2004 18:36:59 GMT -5
If you live in a humid cold place and park outside the air filter could be getting too wet. It would make the engine run rich.  Just a thought. I really is hard to trouble shoot over the internet  |
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Post by jbzoller on Nov 4, 2004 20:14:01 GMT -5
Well, don't feel too bad. I already feel like I've benefitted quite a bit with the discussion thus far. ;D At night, I do keep it in a garage where it at least stays dry, but the air is still humid most of the time. And then there are days like today when it rained pretty good for a while just after I got to work. So it sat out there drying naturally. Not much I can do... Does using premium gas matter at all with all this extra Wisconsin cold dampness? Or would I still be better off using regular unleaded and a cap-full of Heet? |
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Post by Vishnuk on Nov 8, 2004 21:56:08 GMT -5
Save yourself some cash and find the pump that has ethanol in it with a low blend percentage. All that Heet stuff is is some sort of alcohol, ethanol will do the same thing. The point of that stuff is to keep the water that works its way into the fuel emulsified so it doesn't freeze. On the plus side you'll be supporting your local farmers as well instead of the big nasty oil companies.
Premium really isn't worth it unless your driving a super-high performance vehicle.
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Post by abe on Nov 9, 2004 5:24:37 GMT -5
Awesome ;D Don't worry about the humidity in your garage. I just wasn't sure if it was getting soaked every night. Regular is fine. Some stuff runs better on race gas but as long as you didn't modify the internals of your engine you can run on the cheap stuff. Vish- I know your a man of science. How much rubbing alcohol would one need to use to get the same results |
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Post by jbzoller on Nov 9, 2004 8:12:54 GMT -5
So your saying my Ruckus could use a shot of 151 every once in a while? Will Peppermint Schnapps make my exhaust smell better?  |
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Post by Vishnuk on Nov 9, 2004 14:40:46 GMT -5
Enough to make you blind |
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Post by abe on Dec 4, 2004 16:33:15 GMT -5
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Post by greenchopper on Apr 17, 2005 14:31:47 GMT -5
Actually, the honda zoomer advertisements were for dudes. I have the japanese auto gude from a few years ago with every vehicle sold in japans specs. The crea scoopy (metropolitan) was for the girls, and the zoomer was for the boys.
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Post by abe on Apr 20, 2005 6:20:47 GMT -5
Are you talking about me? I just say the Ruckus is for little Japanese girls because girls think it's cute and the shock....well Honda had to be thinking of little girls when they part that baby on ;D
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Post by Dandy Dan on Apr 20, 2005 10:17:49 GMT -5
A mechanic friend of mine said that my oil had water in it. I changed it right away but does anyone know how this would happen? Was I just a little to friendly with the pressure washer? (This is really bad right?)
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Post by abe on Apr 23, 2005 7:43:16 GMT -5
Could be. What did the mechanic say?
It could just be condensation. If you live in a weird climate or let it sit outside it is possible.
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Post by jimthejet on Apr 23, 2005 21:16:26 GMT -5
 Water (or coolant) in the oil could come from a leaking cylinder head gasket, or cracked cylinder head. Don't take the mechanics word for it though. Change the oil and look for a milky appearance in streaks or spots. If you don't see it, but are still concerned (or if you do see it, and want to make sure) you can have your oil analyzed. Oil Analyzers is one place, at www.oaitesting.com/. I rebuilt an Explorer engine (4.0l V-6) that had cracked cylinder heads, so I was distraught when the "mechanic" at WalMart who changed the oil (I usually do it myself, but was sick at the time) told me I had fuel in the oil. The Oil Analysis proved that to be incorrect. If your mechanic was drooling when he told you, it could be that he was the source of the H20, and it was not just a reaction to his thoughts of a potentially high repair bill.
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Post by Dandy Dan on May 2, 2005 17:21:01 GMT -5
My mechanic friend is actually a co-worker who was a former mechanic so it wasn't like he was trying to make a few bucks off me. I know what water in oil looks like now because I just finished a 4 month co-op job at a water plant and we have a ton of submersible pumps that we recently changed the oil in. In a few of them the oil must have been 1/2 water. It was maybe 1/3 grey oil, 1/3 white sludge and 1/3 water. A few pumps had less so I'm getting a good idea of how much water does what to the oil. I don't think there was much in my oil and I've changed the oil twice since and it's been good both times so I'm guessing the high powered pressure washer I used may have been to blame.
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