Viewer’s Questions ~ Podcast Episode 36
Happy Monday everyone. I hope that no one has a “case of the Mondays”. It shocks me that people don’t get that movie reference these days. 🙂
Today is episode 36 of the Humble Mechanic Podcast. I may have called it episode 35 in the show. On Monday shows, I take your questions about all things automotive. If you would like to submit a question for a show like this, send me an email to Charles (at) humblemechanic (dot) com. Be sure to put QUESTION FOR CHARLES in the subject. I get a ton of emails so be sure to use that in the subject so I an answer your questions.
Join me as I take your questions on:
- Warming your car up on cold mornings
- the “snowflake” sign on VWs
- Modifying VWs
- How modifying VWs may impact your warranty
- Why VW uses vacuum pumps for brake boosters
- Difference in “dealership” oil vs “store bought” oil
- a 40yr ban on motorsports
- the worst DIY fixes
- Diagnosing a bad wheel bearing
- Engine oil I use in my Passat and why
- Golf R VS WRX
- And more
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What is worse than people not getting a movie reference, is the fact that Office Space came out in 1999, 26 years ago.
I am going to go sit in the corner and feel old for a while now.
That would be 16 years ago on Office Space, not 26 years ago.
“I must have put a decimal point in the wrong place
or something”. Either that, or my keyboard did what I told it to, not what I wanted it to do.
Hey Charles – I know you said that you guys use Pennzoil Synthetic in VW’s at the dealer you work at. My VW dealer uses Pennzoil as well during oil changes. I was going to purchase a bottle to have on hand in case I need to top off the oil up between changes. The problem I am having is that the Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30 (which is the weight my dealer uses in my 2.5) at Autozone doesn’t list the VW specifications. I went online and found that they sell a EURO version of this oil that does have the VW specs. Is the Pennzoil “EURO” the same oil that the dealers are getting in bulk?