Recent content by Jonness

Originally Posted By: Seijirou By the way, what flavor of musician are you? I'm not much of a musician at the moment. Once upon a time I was a mix of alternative, rock, jazz, punk, heavy metal, fusion, blues, bluegrass, folk, classical, and just plain weird. Well, now that I think about it...

Originally Posted By: rodinator1234 Jonness, you are impressively determined. I wouldn't be concerned over a 1/2 qt. consumption over 3k either. But I like you would like to run the car until the body falls apart. I hope you get the money back for the Auto-Rx. If they don't refund you with all...

Originally Posted By: Donald I would say the most cost effective way to continue is to run Mobil 1 and ST filter from Walmart and a maint does of Auto Rx. Change at 7500. In reality if you get another 100K miles at a low cost and it never gets the valve area super clean do you really care? At...

I found an interesting $3 cleaner. Has anybody had experience with the Gold Eagle Oil System Flush? http://www.farmandfleet.com/catalog/product.aspx?i=509265&h=080304002&p=1

Originally Posted By: rodinator1234 I have been following this since you started, it's really a great thread. Has the Auto-Rx done anything to reduce the oil consumption from 1/2 qt. every 3k? Sounds like you get credit for the majority of the cleaning and not the auto-rx and with the oil not...

Originally Posted By: rodinator1234 How is the car running after all this? Any difference in oil consumption, performance, mileage? In the end isn't that really all that matters. It is important to note that I started this project by removing the valve covers, cleaning under them, unclogging...

Originally Posted By: JohnBrowning First You are going to want to send the filter off to dyson or blackstone for UOA and Filter. Take some oil for a sample since any metal that is out of place will show up in this oil since you did not drain or flush it....If you want to prove a case against...

Originally Posted By: Shannow But why the Originally Posted By: Jonness I freaked out.... I'm ticked off, shocked, and confused! Would you not freak out a little if you realized the car you were in was cruising down the road with no oil in the crankcase? I think my behavior qualifies as...

Originally Posted By: Brett Miller She lives with you and you can't take 2 minutes to check the oil once a week? You should be made at yourself. So what, you have a "kept woman" at home who absolutely could not make it in this world without your assistance? You've spent years enabling her to...

Originally Posted By: Tim H. My question is if it was leaking from the plug, and she parks that puppy in the same place all the time (or at least in certain areas), why did you not notice the oil spots on the ground? Good question. I leave the house at dark and get home at dark. We live in the...

Originally Posted By: c502cid She is a saint for putting up with you about this. She lives with you and she is responsible for checking the oil? Getting it changed? Did you remind her over and over how it was your money and time put into it and now she is at fault? BITOG drama, gotta love it...

>>> I've done that to the point of overdoing it for several years now. The problem is that this car has a very difficult to read dipstick. Somehow, oil always seems to remain on the side, so apparently it can look like there is a tiny amount of oil on the stick when it is really completely out...

I rebuilt the engine myself 100k miles ago. I have never put additives in the engine and have only ran cheap dino oil in it. This is one of the strangest things I have ever seen. Especially since the reason I rebuilt the engine is because my girlfriend ran the old one out of oil and burned it...

I just went out with a flashlight and looked at the drainplug, and it looks like the WalMart guy put the plug on without the gasket. So although it is tightened, it did not seal. It appears there is a slow drip that is coming out of the pan at the drain plug. To be certain, I'll jack up the car...

I got home from work early today, and my girlfriend was pulling out of the driveway in her 1987 Toyota Supra w/turbo. I parked my car and got in with her. She mentioned that the car had no oil pressure. Her best estimate was that it did not have oil pressure for the last 2 or 3 days (she...