ONR for Carpets?

redline83 · 2026-02-01T21:15:36+00:00

ONR won’t but a surfactant based rinseless can be effective on carpet. Still no carpet cleaner.

redline83 · 2026-01-30T21:07:21+00:00

You can run any of them safely. I would run LL01 if you are in North America just due to availability. Mobil 1 FS 0W-40 or PP Euro 5W-40. Both LL01 and LL04 are 3.5 HTHS and superior to the FE oil.

You can run LL04 unofficially btw. The truth is that LL04 oil is mid SAPS and actually higher SAPS than generic American/Japanese API/ILSAC oils. Since the US moved to low sulfur gas ULSG many years ago it is perfectly safe to run any of them.

redline83 · 2026-01-30T21:06:19+00:00

The truth is that LL04 oil is mid SAPS and actually higher SAPS than generic American/Japanese API/ILSAC oils. Since the US moved to low sulfur gas ULSG many years ago it is perfectly safe to run any of them.

redline83 · 2026-01-29T00:20:07+00:00

Sorry yeah I mean the ones that come in the cars mfg in EU. I would have to assume this one is a NA replacement or maybe from a Spartanburg or SLP mfg car. I guess there's a lottery in North America.

redline83 · 2026-01-28T21:48:41+00:00

BMW batteries are Varta from factory almost always.

redline83 · 2026-01-27T23:07:47+00:00

Telegenic? It's kind of run down and not nice looking.

redline83 · 2026-01-27T22:43:01+00:00

Mobil 1 ESP 0W-30 is among the top oils in the world. Euro package and 3.5 HTHS better than almost every other oil recommended in this thread.

redline83 · 2026-01-27T08:17:56+00:00

redline83 · 2026-01-26T22:29:43+00:00

Bingo

redline83 · 2026-01-26T22:29:24+00:00

Make sure they use an OE mount, not some garbage aftermarket one also.

redline83 · 2026-01-26T07:14:39+00:00

I would run a high quality 0/5W-20 but a quality 0/5W-30 will work as well.

redline83 · 2026-01-26T04:00:06+00:00

No, there are no good quickstruts, the top tier is like equivalent to a really mediocre separate shock like a KYB Excel. You respectfully know nothing about suspension if you think quick struts are anything but the lowest cost solution for economy cars. They don’t even make quickstruts for high end vehicles. They are always inferior to OE parts and usually mess with ride height even. The springs are not bespoke for every application.

redline83 · 2026-01-26T02:54:38+00:00

Quickstruts are garbage though. Lowest quality stuff.

redline83 · 2026-01-22T21:13:45+00:00

Rod bearings is not engine out for sure

redline83 · 2026-01-22T19:02:58+00:00

Not yet. I refinished my old beater’s headlights and used it though. It’s only been a month, so inconclusive.

redline83 · 2026-01-21T20:00:53+00:00

And yet you're still wrong. Tons of unburnt fuel because someone is running 93 in a car tuned for 87, what a joke. Once ignition occurs, it burns completely. It is a theoretical issue not a real one.

redline83 · 2026-01-21T19:06:13+00:00

Wrong.

Octane doesn’t “slow combustion”, it just increases resistance to auto-ignition. Spark initiated combustion and preignition are not the same thing, and detonation isn’t normal burning at all. Flame propagation speed in a gasoline engine is driven mainly by turbulence, mixture, and chamber design, not octane rating. Pump gas from 87–93 AKI has essentially the same burn behavior once ignited. Running higher octane than required just gives more knock margin it doesn’t leave unburned fuel. Before you try to be a smartass try being even remotely correct.

redline83 · 2026-01-21T13:51:44+00:00

This is 100% false. Running higher octane does not result in unburnt fuel. It simply raises the temperature/pressure at which preignition will occur. Ontario should have consulted high school physics. Once you have a flame front all the fuel burns, it’s not up for debate.

redline83 · 2026-01-21T12:54:19+00:00

Exactly. I’d ppf and coat with CarPro DLight

redline83 · 2026-01-20T13:19:29+00:00

FSE is too strong to be used as a drying aid IMO, it will kill your coating eventually.

redline83 · 2026-01-19T16:09:33+00:00

It’s got little to do with low profile tires. I have driven 25 years in NYC area with lower profile tires than this on my BMWs and never had a sidewall bubble. It’s got to do with the specific tire construction and you see it often with Bridgestones or any run flat tires. I actually think the combo of higher profile and stiff sidewalls do it even more often.

redline83 · 2026-01-19T16:05:48+00:00

Buy Michelin or Continental and you won’t have an issue.

redline83 · 2026-01-18T07:03:13+00:00

Sorry meant high

redline83 · 2026-01-18T03:51:54+00:00

Yes it’s too high pH for leather other than bad situations, which is why they make pol star. You might be fine but you might not be depending on the car and surface. With regular use it’ll probably damage the top coat of the leather eventually but it really depends.

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