I'll never get the true and complete story on this, but apparently the original owner was involved in some sort of mishap in her driveway, striking her husband's car with the right front of the Shadow. The hood and the right front fender have been repainted (terribly....like Maaco single-stage terribly), and the 3.0 decals were not replaced on the hood bulge. But fear not, after I get the paint fixed.....
Thats what I am talking about ---- good deal!!!I'll never get the true and complete story on this, but apparently the original owner was involved in some sort of mishap in her driveway, striking her husband's car with the right front of the Shadow. The hood and the right front fender have been repainted (terribly....like Maaco single-stage terribly), and the 3.0 decals were not replaced on the hood bulge. But fear not, after I get the paint fixed.....
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Engine oil is not a good cleaner, it's not designed to clean, it's designed to keep things clean, big difference. If you want to remove existing deposits you need something high in AN's, Esters, or both, which will slowly remove the deposits.
It is varnish, and from what I understand, you’re misconstruing oil detergents like dish soap detergents that they can clean. Detergents in an oil keep things in suspension, not actively clean/remove deposits; you’d need esters or AN to actually clean deposits that are already in the engine. While it may be true to some extent that varnish doesn’t appear to cause many issues (and in some cases, doesn’t), varnish absolutely will reduce heat transfer and can lead to “gumminess” which is never good. Also, heat is absolutely the kryptonite of valvesprings, and therefore coating them with an insulating layer is never a good thing.
You literally just beat me to it
Many Years ago I bought a new Plymouth laser and it had a Mitsubishi engine. Sounded like a sewing machine under the hood.
The owner of a different Shadow I was looking at said he had to replace the transmission because of some pin that worked it's way out of the pinion gear, setting the gear loose inside the case, which blew a hole in the transmission. He works on cars for a living and said this condition was fairly common in these cars. Kinda scary, don't think that issue has occurred with this car.
Yes! That’s the same condition. Ours never had that problem but I didn’t spin it out needlessly either. The one we had was an easy car to live with.
It's a Chrysler; be greatful it runs. Run a synthetic like M1,QS or PUP for a short duration along with @High Performance Lubricants EC30. Swap a filter, get the last bit of the EC30 in the top off and do another 2k. Run Gumout Multitune in the fuel tank, spray out the throttle plate, go run it on the highway then pick a oil you like and stick with it. Thanks for the pics!!
