Nanotech Environmental

I've used a fumoto valve on my current truck for over 100,000 km. Best thing I ever did for vehicle maintenance. It makes oil changes so much easier and less messy. I have the nipple on mine & just run a length of rubber hose from it into a 10 liter jug to catch the old oil.

If a touchless car wash is having those kinds of issues, they are using the wrong chemical profile. There are many effective products on the market that are very gentle on the surface, or clearcoat being cleaned, but very aggressive on the dirt being removed. As far as waxes getting stripped, again, the right chemicals will not affect waxes much. Besides, wax gets stripped bit by bit from rain/wind,snow, sun, washing, etc. I never use carwashes with brushes, as they are problematic for a number of reasons.

I've checked mine a couple times and it was pretty close both times.

Heat cycles really don't do anything for an aluminum engine. It's possible they were helpful for old school cast iron blocks waaay back in the day, but serve no purpose on modern engines. Load cycles are a different story. On any fresh engine, load cycles are the only way to get the rings seated properly & you have a narrow window of opportunity to do that - about 20-30 min when brand new.

I was actually referring to my previous truck; a 2006. I used FF on it a few times, but it just couldn't handle our winter road conditions in ON. The salt spray would take it off. My current truck is a 2017 & From new, I use a combo of a heavy asphalt based undercoating and some lighter oil products inside the body work. I still have to go over everything 2x a year, but it looks nice.

My last 2 trucks have been DC's for these 2 simple reasons; It' s usually just me and/or one other in my truck. If I need the rear seats, it's still reasonably comfortable for normal sized people, for normal trips. The rest of the time, it's usually either sales materials, groceries and/or dirtbike stuff in the back. I want the 6.5' box and don't want a truck that turns like a school bus. I'm not interested in the 5.5' box, it's too small to be really useful for pickup related stuff. I use the box for deliveries, recreation and getting building supplies, among other things. I had the 5'8" box on my last truck & the 6.5 is waaaaay better. It's hard enough to park this one when in the city & going longer wheelbase would just make life tougher. This layout give the best of both worlds. I had a single cab at one time and have no interest in ever doing that again.

I have a 2017 that is very close to 100K miles; 4x4 dbl cab, 5.3, 6 spd. My sentiments are similar to yours. It has been the best vehicle I've ever owned & it still drives like new as well. Only have done fluid & filter changes so far. There was one minor recall a while back & the dealer had to re-flash the DIC once, but other than that, it's been a great truck.

Hi George- Sorry for not responding sooner- I haven't been on here for a bit. I responded to your pm.

A passive flush, which uses the transmission's own pump to do the flushing is very safe & is no different than normal vehicle operation. When flushed using an external machine- that can sometimes cause problems.

Did the cap off your truck fit, or did you need to get the newer cap as well?

True. The amount of people that actually died from the Chinavirus itself is very small, probably less than 10.

How did you feed the wire to the back camera? Did you lower the headliner, or find another way?

Believe what you want. You can fool yourself if you like, and you might fool others. You're just not fooling me.

You mean heat cycles? , or load cycles to create high cylinder pressures to seat the rings?

Doesn't matter what break-in method you use. To each his own. If you want to properly seat the rings, there is only one way & it isn't detailed in the manual.