Ok, I think most of us here really care about our cars and their performance. I know that its really easy for me to get swept up in the promise of expanded benefits and additives.
Im hoping to purchase a new vehicle that should start out with a clean engine and I want to treat it right. However, Im worried about overkill.
Ive become a fan of ARX despite a healthy dose of initial skepticism. Frank has told me in a phone conversation that Terry is saying a 2 ounce maintenence dose of ARX will help maintain a clean engine for a long time. You have to give credit to the guy. He could have stayed with his 3 oz recommendation to enhance sales but hes upfront about using less.
Terry Dyson also recommends Lube Control and Fuel Power. I spoke with an engineer this morning about Phillips gasoline. As an aside the man got his degree in mechanical engineering and worked as a chemical engineer at his refinery. He has multiple patents to his name and I spoke with him about solvents and detergents in gasoline. Water is a solvent but too much water in the gasoline to keep the engine clean would probably be a bad idea. At least thats what Mr Goodwrench guy told me when I tried to drive through a lake.
Ok, lets get back to the topic of a brand new vehicle off the lot or even an older car.
At what point in time do we need more than 25 types of spice to enhance those steaks for when company comes a calling.
Pretending that one starts with using the best motor oil with a fantastic additive package and then puts in more additives in Lube Control and ARX then they have a heavily additized oil.
Then you start running top tier gasolines with high amounts of detergents and start adding fuel power and perhaps sea foam and the picture gets further muddied.
Seriously, all of us want the best performance for our cars but at some point in time we must be achieving overkill. Isnt it possible for us to use too much additives?
At what point in time do we go too far?
Is Lube Control better than ARX in maintaining a clean engine or are both of them fine to use together. Would they work better in a cheap dino oil rather than an oil already heavily additized? Are expensive oils like Amsoil, RP racing, and Redline already using the products and capabilities that the oil additives companies purport? Frank is a great guy and I have to say his product helped my older car far more than Idve ever guessed. Ive recommended his product to more than a few people. Im gaining respect for Odis Beaver on a daily basis. But Im really worried about overdoing it.
Good oil starts out heavily additized and it seems that really smart experts in the field like Terry Dyson and Molakule would suggest that more additives can still help you.
Im seriously considering looking into Royal Purple racing oils because they have a reputation of not having the large amounts of cleaning additives that perhaps some of the higher grade "street" oils have and I dont want to go too far. In another thread there have been great UOA's posted based on RP racing oils but which used some additives like Lube Control. I trust Al's advice a lot and he seems to be blending his oils these days so he wont go too far on additives.
At what point is the baby flying across the lawn with a very clean bath? Especially when you start out with a clean engine thats just been purchased new or has been cleaned with Auto-Rx, and is being run with top tier gasoline which has heavy amounts of detergents and fuel power which is supposed to clean things further.
Im trying to learn all that I can but too much of a good thing can spoil the soup or confuddle me adn cuase me all keinds of fusioncon.
Happy Motoring All,
Bugshu
Im hoping to purchase a new vehicle that should start out with a clean engine and I want to treat it right. However, Im worried about overkill.
Ive become a fan of ARX despite a healthy dose of initial skepticism. Frank has told me in a phone conversation that Terry is saying a 2 ounce maintenence dose of ARX will help maintain a clean engine for a long time. You have to give credit to the guy. He could have stayed with his 3 oz recommendation to enhance sales but hes upfront about using less.
Terry Dyson also recommends Lube Control and Fuel Power. I spoke with an engineer this morning about Phillips gasoline. As an aside the man got his degree in mechanical engineering and worked as a chemical engineer at his refinery. He has multiple patents to his name and I spoke with him about solvents and detergents in gasoline. Water is a solvent but too much water in the gasoline to keep the engine clean would probably be a bad idea. At least thats what Mr Goodwrench guy told me when I tried to drive through a lake.
Ok, lets get back to the topic of a brand new vehicle off the lot or even an older car.
At what point in time do we need more than 25 types of spice to enhance those steaks for when company comes a calling.
Pretending that one starts with using the best motor oil with a fantastic additive package and then puts in more additives in Lube Control and ARX then they have a heavily additized oil.
Then you start running top tier gasolines with high amounts of detergents and start adding fuel power and perhaps sea foam and the picture gets further muddied.
Seriously, all of us want the best performance for our cars but at some point in time we must be achieving overkill. Isnt it possible for us to use too much additives?
At what point in time do we go too far?
Is Lube Control better than ARX in maintaining a clean engine or are both of them fine to use together. Would they work better in a cheap dino oil rather than an oil already heavily additized? Are expensive oils like Amsoil, RP racing, and Redline already using the products and capabilities that the oil additives companies purport? Frank is a great guy and I have to say his product helped my older car far more than Idve ever guessed. Ive recommended his product to more than a few people. Im gaining respect for Odis Beaver on a daily basis. But Im really worried about overdoing it.
Good oil starts out heavily additized and it seems that really smart experts in the field like Terry Dyson and Molakule would suggest that more additives can still help you.
Im seriously considering looking into Royal Purple racing oils because they have a reputation of not having the large amounts of cleaning additives that perhaps some of the higher grade "street" oils have and I dont want to go too far. In another thread there have been great UOA's posted based on RP racing oils but which used some additives like Lube Control. I trust Al's advice a lot and he seems to be blending his oils these days so he wont go too far on additives.
At what point is the baby flying across the lawn with a very clean bath? Especially when you start out with a clean engine thats just been purchased new or has been cleaned with Auto-Rx, and is being run with top tier gasoline which has heavy amounts of detergents and fuel power which is supposed to clean things further.
Im trying to learn all that I can but too much of a good thing can spoil the soup or confuddle me adn cuase me all keinds of fusioncon.
Happy Motoring All,
Bugshu