Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "I Do Cars" channel.

  1. The manual for my 2014 2.5 says 6.3 quarts. The VW dealer where I bought it new, would only put 6 quarts in, and call it good. That would only get the level up to the "add" mark. The newer VW engines take less oil. The owner might have taken it to a quicky change place that would only put 5 quarts in, or the guy only took it in for an oil change when the oil light came on? I don't know what oil consumption is like on these, because I have the oil changed every 5,000, instead of the 10k VW specifies, and the oil is always still on the "full" mark.
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  2. wrt to fuel spec, we had a saying in my Radio Shack days "RTFM": Read The Freaking Manual. The GME is NOT a regular gas engine. The manual for a 2019 Cherokee says you can use gas as low as 87 octane, but "The use of a 91, or higher, "Premium" gasoline will allow these engines to operate at optimal performance. This increase in performance is most noticeable in hot weather or other heavier load conditions, such as while towing." So, seems we have a well designed engine, brought down by the Stellantis marketing department pandering to cheapskates that want to run their car on the cheapest gas, by claiming it will run OK on 87. I wonder if differences in the fuel grade in the tank accounts for some road tests of a late model Compass, with a GME, praising how smooth and refined the engine is, while other testers gripe about how rough it runs? Great review. I have been wondering how that engine was put together. Thanks!
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  3. That engine is in the right time frame to be a CCTA, generally regarded as the very worst iteration of the EA888.
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  4. Charles the "Humble Mechanic" guy dissected a GTI engine some years ago, and the turbo was at least that chewed up.
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  5. By the way, the manual goes on that, for the 2.4 and the 3.2 Pentastar, there is no benefit to using any sort of premium gas.
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  6.  @terrycampbell8275  Audi claims the Q3 will run on regular, but, deep in the manual, it says you need to use premium to obtain advertised HP and torque. Wasn't there a teardown, on this channel, recently, of a Chevy 1.5T out of a Malibu, that had been destroyed by detonation? I have not looked, but I would not be surprised if the manual for that engine says something like the Jeep manual says: hot/high load conditions require premium. What is not "hot/high load"? Maybe coasting down hill, when it's 40 degrees? I recently read a comment elsewhere, words to the effect "if you have a recent turbocharged engine, and you want it to last, you need to use premium". Maybe we are seeing the proof?
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