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Just 2 days in beautiful downtown Houston (well, the Flying J east of town) ago I ran into another Sprinter owner who was proudly boasting about his rigid PM schedule. He changes the oil every 3000-5000 miles, and uses only SuperTech synthetic motor oil from Wal Mart. It's about $12 for a...

Greg, I forgot to answer about the Spinner II or the bypass filter. Whoops. I considered it, and did quite a bit of research. One thing a bypass filter does is remove the microscopic particles of engine wear. The vast majority of metal loss with the Sprinter's aluminum engine happens within...

Greg, there are many fundamental differences between European and American motor oil. Mainly, European engines tend to be smaller, and American engines tend to be larger with much larger displacements, so the oils will be different. In a nutshell, though, American oils are designed for better...

Greg, the Euro Sprinters are actually set for 20,000 kilometers as the recommendation (12,427 miles), which is pretty much what you'll get when you change the oil by the ASSYST computer. If you have a service tech reprogram your computer for metric, when the ASSYST is reset it'll reset to...

http://www.cleanmpg.com/ Cutting edge information on what's out there, what's coming, and seriously serious tips on hypermiling. Hypermilers, by definition, are those who get better fuel economy than the EPA's highly distorted figures you see on the stickers of new cars. Most hypermilers...

The 2002-2006 Sprinter Technical Service Manual (the one the Sprinter Techs at the dealers use) states: "The engine manufacturer strongly recommends the use of synthetic engine oils, such as Mobil® 1 SAE 0W-40." OK, a couple of things. One is, it is not an insignificant thing that a specific...

RE: looking for answers to a couple of questions t Gravity doesn't exist, the Earth sucks.

Walk into a McDonalds, say, in Louisville, and demand to be able to pay for a Big Mac with Canadian currency. Considering how most American business view Canadian currency when it's presented to them for payment, I can't blame anyone in Canada for not wanting to mess with exchange rates for...

I'm a Howes fan, too. I can see a definite difference in tank fulls with and without it having been added. It's pretty amazing, really. Nitrogen Replace the air in your tires with nitrogen. It'll save your tires, and you, from unnecessary wear and tear. Nitrogen seeps through the rubber and...

A random drug test can only be considered an illegal search and seizure of your person if, and only if, the sample to be tested were collected without your consent. If you consent to it, and offer it up freely, it ain't illegal. No rights were violated, no court order needed. Where certain...

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Car_Care/AskMobil/Comparing_Delvac1_TurboDiesel.aspx Question: How does the new Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel Truck 5W-40 oil compare to Mobil Delvac 1 5W-40? Which is better for my 2003 Ford F-350 Powerstroke diesel? Answer: Either brand is a great choice...

Thanks, Leo. I know I'm long winded at time, but I try to be thorough. I never know what little tid bit I through in that may help someone. RLENT, I never had the fuel restriction light come on. The van just died. In all cases, sit a half hour and it would start up and go just fine. Happened...

Leo, well, the bottom shelf is about 8 1/2 inches, and the top shelf is about 4 1/2 inches. Unfortunately, the curve isn't a constant one. It's close, though. As it come up from the floor is starts curving in, then goes back out a bit at the center horizontal seam/beam, then goes back out a bit...

dieseldoctor1" Thanks for the tip on the homemade compass. Something along those lines is what I was wishing for for the vertical supports. The horizontal shelves didn't really present any problems insofar as the curves were concerned. The front to back slope wasn't significant enough to mess...

Generally speaking, Panther drives me crazy. They wouldn't be so bad if they'd just quit their cluckin'. You know how mother hens are constantly clucking over their chicks? I had a mother hen the other day tell me that, 'Whew!, Panther sure clucks a lot.' They have an insatiable need to pester...

My MicroFridge. :)

OVM: Yeah, it's at least 48" all the way up. 48 1/2" all the way up, in fact. The narrowest spot between the skid guides, from the wheel wells on forward to the bunk, is 48 1/2". At the stage where I had the supports and shelves installed, but weren't yet painted, I measured the width between...

(Trickin' The Sprinter - Part Two) A long overdue follow-up to the Sway Bar and Koni Shocks installation. I installed the sway bar, and night and day is right. It's a different vehicle. These heavy duty anti-sway bars should be standard OEM, or at the very least the very first thing a new...

Keep on listening. It won't take long before you'll tire of the advertising. You'll quickly tire of the automated advertising from The Pizza Man in Oklahoma City, the DVD Man in Effingham, the Party Man in West Memphis, the list goes on and on. I was once heading to a CB shop and on the way I...

"but to have a program that will show you each and every connection point when you move is illegal to have." No, it's not. The Windows tool does not show each AP, as it combines them into a single connection. But, the basic connection utility that comes with most WiFi cards (Broadcom, Netgear...