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For BMW/MINIs where the recommended weight is 5w30, folks go up to 5w40 by the same rationale as we choose 5w30 over 0w20. I remember not noticing any difference with 5w40 on my NA R56. Folks with turbos/superchargers seemed to prefer 5w40.

2017 CX-3 NA. The factory ground wire (from head to chassis) is on the passenger side. There are mounting brackets on both strut towers. The photo in the last post shows the driver side of the engine. Considering my level of knowledge/skills, I will stay away from essential bolts that need to...

Thanks! I have a better idea now what points to ground and what length of cable to use. Will order a generic grounding kit from Amazon. Are these bolts good points to ground? This is on the driver side of the bay. For the hole on the back of the engine, I use a battery terminal bolt [square...

I added one today from the 5th bolt on the TB (that secures a bracket for the rad hose) to the driver side chassis. This looks wrong, I know. 😂

Oil analysis is $40 for me (who pays about $30 for oil). $30 UOA is a better deal! 😀

Thank you! I didn't think about that. So the Idemitsu 5w30 I plan to send in will have traces of Royal Purple 0w20. Should probably still send it in to check on the potassium/sodium values. My filter is going to Pete who cuts them open on YT.

Going back to post #63, he meant the transmission shifting pattern relearning procedure.

By the adaptive, I wonder if he meant the whole suite of adaptive features such as adaptive cruise control and etc, everything that learns from how one drives and tries to help make it safer. There must be an option to reset those features. I only have blind spot monitoring. 🤷

TB is throttle body. That I do know. 😁

The grounding kits on Amazon usually come with 5 cables, 4 sets of nut/bolt/washers and a bracket with 4 mounting points. The cables look kinda thin though. I found a few more sets of these cables from my solar setup and will try to add them today. Judging by the available mounting points on...

Will read the revised #63 in a bit. Found a few things in my tool box so tried this for now. Is it ok to use the same point to ground different wires? I wasn't sure because the other strut tower bracket offers multiple holes.

I started looking around and saw this wire on the passenger side of the bay that goes from a bracket on the head to a bracket by the strut tower. Also found two holes on the back of the engine, the last picture shows one of them. If that's on the head, then it's a pretty easy task. Two is better...