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vrdublu

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  1. Just checked my catch after an oil change about (4500km) since, I had approx. 2/3 full of oil/gas/moisture in the can. I have 45k km on the odo. Just curious how much oil/crap people are getting in their catch cans? BTW: no mods and it's cold outside and that seems to play a role here as well. Summer time I would get about half of that.

  2. Seafoam the intakes or take the throttle body and intake off and clean by hand. The oil that gets into the snorkel and makes it's way into the intake through the throttle body eventually messes with your octane and degrades your mpg's. This takes awhile so it's hard to pinpoint the problem right off the bat. Plugs should not increase or decrease mpg performance, unless you're at the scheduled maintenance interval and should do them anyway. Transmission fluid change has nothing to do with bad mpg unless you're not shifting into 6th at highway speeds, but that would be noticeable. Bad MAF will throw a code.

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  3. I also just recently performed a PTU and RDU oil replacement. The first time the oil changes were done was at 80, 000 KM at the dealership. The second was done by myself at 167,000km. The PTU was darker than the new oil, but flowed nicely and probably could have stayed in there longer. The PTU was surprisingly easier to get out than the RDU. The RDU I struggled to get a hose in there to suck out the old fluid, I just couldn't get the right angle no matter what I tried. I eventually only got 1/2" liter of fluid out of the RDU. Neither fluid really required servicing, but it's done and gives me a piece of mind for the time being.

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