Been using Valvoline for 60 years. Things may have changed over the years but a respected mechanic once told me he could tear down an engine and tell if it used Pennzoil (and that wasnāt a good thing).
Had an 82 VW Rabbit diesel. On a hot day it would get 55 mpg. But it had 52 hp and would have been a real danger on an 80 mph road. Drove from Boise to Reno once and hit a 40 mph headwind. Had to shift down a gear in order to get up to 35 mph
But Ethanol canāt be moved through a pipeline. It has to be hauled in tanker trucks that burn diesel. Doesnāt sound to me like itās any more environmentally friendly
In my 2005 f150 I got at
Least 5 mpg better with non ethanol gas. The only advantage of ethanol is it gives farmers a reason to grow more corn. If you go to a town like West Yellowstone Montana you have trouble finding ethanol fuel. Lots of four wheelers and snow mobiles there and they donāt...
Found the problem and Iām embarrassed. Turned off the vpn on phone and CarPlay works fine. Even more embarrassing is that I figured that out months ago and forgotš
My 24 Maverick is sync 3 so I have a usb dongle so I can hook up my iPhone 16 pro max wirelessly. It worked fine until this week when Apple pushed out update iOS 26.3.1. Now the wireless dongle wonāt connect at all and in trying to trouble shoot that Iāve also managed to shut down sync 3 cable...