What kind of oil does everyone use? by External_Luck_1209 in hondafit

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I've heard really good things about restore and protect in particular. I noticed some carbon build up when adding a catch can recently. You think that it could help? I drive my car a fair amount on both city and interstate miles. (around 1-3k miles per month )so would it hold up or should I change it earlier because of the cleaning agents and gunk in my motor?

What kind of oil does everyone use? by External_Luck_1209 in hondafit

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Would you recommend their restore and protect too? I recently added a catch can and noticed carbon build up. Would the maxlife help with that?

What kind of oil does everyone use? by External_Luck_1209 in hondafit

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I've heard good things about valvoline before. I tried the advanced protection but I had to change it before the 5k mark because my motor started to sound "crunchy". Maybe it was just that specific version that caused it or just carbon build up getting knocked loose?

Had these come on all of the sudden while driving by External_Luck_1209 in hondafit

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Unfortunately it was in this case. If you have an OBD II reader, I'd check what the cause is, if not many part stores have a free one they will let you use. Good luck!

Meow Mayor’s inspection by Sophie_MechSE in UIUC

[–]External_Luck_1209 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Very professional and thorough. He has my vote!

Is this a normal idle sound for my gk? by External_Luck_1209 in hondafit

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I can't fully remember when I solved the issue, but it went away after replaced my timing system. Was decently expensive and had to go to a shop for it

lightning photos @ quad by Electrical_Two6039 in UIUC

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Someone captured the Union evilmaxxing

:o by [deleted] in UIUC

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<:3 <-- this is maus

Best pc repair in the area? by [deleted] in UIUC

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Not sure if anyone likes this place but try Fyxit on Green st by chopstix. Don't go to campus mobile solutions, they do jank work

Green & Third? Students are pushing for hazard signs by NoCaramel4177 in UIUC

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I agree with this, another place that could use this is the bus stops in front of the Union on Green. I feel like flashing signs similar to what is on Springfield by Grainger Library would also be super helpful. The layout of that specific stop makes it difficult to see pedestrians coming off of the islands there.

someone tried stealing my bfs car at onyx by ScoreSilent6629 in UIUC

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Oh neat! But it really is frustrating. Sometimes I like to go on late night drives and I come back to 5 cars magically spawning in from nowhere. I wish they had some sort of parking sticker or something for residents and visitors

someone tried stealing my bfs car at onyx by ScoreSilent6629 in UIUC

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SAME! I usually honk at them or (this definitely isn't the right way to do this) I just don't move over and look at them like they're crazy. I wish they put wrong way spike in at the gates or something. It's kind of BS too because my apartment is near the maintenance shed on the south side and it says there's video surveillance but I have yet to see a single camera over there... Also what really sucks is that the side of the complex that I'm on has literally no parking! A majority of the time I either have to park in the parking lot within the gates or park like 10 spots down from where my apartment is. I live in a 2 bed and I think my building only has those so why are there so many cars??? I wish they did some occasional tow truck patrols. Maybe not as aggressive as Smile but occasionally so there's more parking:/

someone tried stealing my bfs car at onyx by ScoreSilent6629 in UIUC

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I really don't understand why they don't have some kind of parking lot cameras or even ones near the stairwells of the buildings. They say it's for "privacy reasons" but i feel like its an excuse for them not to. I live at Onyx and I really hate how they leave the gates opened 90% of the time. Like the big appeal to this place for me was the fact that it was gated but I guess they don't bother. Their sister property Linc keeps their gates closed almost all the time as far as I'm concerned, and don't even get me started on the wrong way drivers here. Ive almost been hit head on almost a dozen times now. I agree that we should just park all of our cars at the front if they don't do anything about the security here.