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NP - FWIW, def keep running that oil in your Subie. With the winter cold coming though, I'd honestly consider pulling that oil from the Corolla and putting a lightweight oil in, depending on your location. It's $$ though so it's understandable if you don't. I'm around ~195,000 miles on the...

thanks bud! FWIW, I wouldn't use Rotella in the Corolla - The Legacy, yes - the boosted Subies love Rotella. I've got an Evo that I run a nice thick 10w30 in, but for the Corolla I stick with 0w20. Most engine wear for a normal car occurs on start up when the engine is "cold" (not at operating...

Thanks - sounds like the shop I found near me via that website has those in stock. I will probably pick up 4, at $100 each. If someone's selling theirs and has a better price, please let me know!

check amazon for an exedy oem style replacement - always had good luck with those

Also, got into a minor accident with the car last Saturday (10/24) - was minding my own business in my lane, going straight not speeding. I was in the left lane of a two lane road, with a parking lane by it - a parked car jumped out, crossed the right lane, and into my lane and hit the car. the...

sounds good! keep me posted on it. So you ordered totally new headlamps? The only headlamps with HIDs I could find were all the ebay ones with the halo rings, which I wasn't too crazy about. Interesting choice on the oil - isn't it a 5w40? I've been running 0w20 with good success based on the...

Been a while - car will get a UOA for it's annual oil change soon, after which I will do a 1yr UOA for Redline 0w20. Giving Redline a try due to it's higher moly count, which I think may be better for a daily driven car.

FYI car has been running great. new battery in and handling the weather perfectly, and at least in my area today is probably the last cold day there is. Trans doesn't slip anymore, everything is running perfectly.

spoke too soon: car parked, took a solid 2 seconds, one-one thousand, two-one thousand, to get ANY response from the car after turning the key to start the ignition, thereupon which it started up fairly easily. will be getting that new battery now, lol

thanks for the info. the battery hasn't died or shown any signs of weakness since - including leaving it with flashers on, for a slightly shorter time than when it has died. i may hold off on it for now, idk

gotcha. i've got no reason to believe it's not the factory battery, so 7 years and 180k miles. i guess i can leave the alternator alone, perhaps i should get a new starter just for good measure?

had something odd happen yesterday: car is driven regularly, and after a 20 minute drive i parked and put my blinkers on for about 30 minutes. when i got back, the car would click at a rapid pace but not be anywhere close to turning over. nothing where i could give it a little gas and it would...

you can prepay in bulk at a small discount. it's still $30/analysis if you want a TBN reading /fail that said, IMO if you're running the same oil/filter, and relatively the same intervals/driving, i would be comfortable doing a TBN once, and if it's decent just not worry about it after. I guess...

blackstone offers tbn, but the price is quite hefty. i'll probably switch oil testers once i use up my prepaid package of blackstone uoas

about $20

at least the oil turned out okay... i guess the only thing to note is the silicon, but the air filter is a relatively new mann filter that still looks clean.. shrug. im impressed with how it held up, a lot of the driving is cold short drives. interesting to note that it is on the relatively...

yeah that's probably what it was then. just weird, it shifted perfectly before the flush. 15k is my interval with my other transmissions which get fairly abused. i'll probably do this guy again with 100% amsoil in 30k miles, and then just leave that in there until this car dies, and scrap it

gotcha. parents had the car for the first 160k or so, so I'm in the dark as to exactly what went on. I'm sure no burnouts though lol. Probably just wear and tear, I believe they changed the fluids at 60k and 120k, and I just did the 180k. Oh well. She'll keep ticking along, it's a good car

so.. the trans has been worn down to the point of slipping? something inevitable with the mileage, or was it neglected in the past etc?

To be honest it's probably the first time in this car's life the filter has been changed. I think the two other times the transmission fluid was changed the shops just did a drain and fill, which leaves at least 4 quarts still in the system. Probably won't do a full flush again for a while...