ARX Did not Work

OILNEWBY · Feb 23, 2004

Hello everyone. I am not writing this to bash ARX, just wanted to let everyone know I gave it a shot.

I have a '00 Explorer with the 4.0 motor. The car has 100k and developed a rear main seal leak. I did the process with 2 bottles and the leak did not stop. I am taking to car in to a local shop to get fixed in the middle of March. It is going to cost me $400-500 to replace the seal.

I would not be doing this but we are close to paying it off and plan on keeping it until it dies.

Just FYI

rugerman1 · Feb 23, 2004

OILNEWBY,
e-mail Frank at [email protected]
He's a stand-up guy and will make it right with you.

hkkc · Feb 23, 2004

Auto-Rx can't fix every rear main. Guess your rear main seal was beyond Auto-Rx.

Vivisector · Feb 23, 2004

No kidding, it is an additive, which helps the seals and cleans the internals, but it doesn't contain little robots that flow around the engine fixing everything that is physically wrong with your vechile.

sprintman · Feb 23, 2004

yup if seal is torn replacing it is the only fix. Check how clean your engine is when you pull the sump to do the seal.

quadrun1 · Feb 23, 2004

quote:

Originally posted by Vivisector:
... but it doesn't contain little robots that flow around the engine fixing everything that is physically wrong with your vechile.

LOL, for some reason that reminded me of these fellows:

Frank · Feb 23, 2004

Before you give up (unless you know seal is torn or ripped) get straight Dino Oil in engine and drive up to 3000 miles ( if leak does not stop by than you have ripped or torn seal ) and post on results. I can't help but wonder if your now using a high mileage-semi synthetic-synthetic oil if so this chemistry will not help stop rear main seal leak. Reread www.auto-rx.com and Application For Stopping Seal Leak.

digitaldrifter91 · Feb 23, 2004

mine took a while to stop...probably a month after my treatment, but it lessend and lessend....but i haven another seal leak but thats worn and damaged and i cant do nothing about it =) haha

Toyota Steve · Feb 26, 2004

I treated a nissan 3.0 pickup engine with ARX that had 250.000 miles and a pouring rear main seal. The truck is driven 250 to 400 miles a day. ARX did stop the rear seal leak!!! Give it some time, if the seal is just hard but not demolished, it will probably stop! Steve

[ February 27, 2004, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: Toyota Steve ]

Vivisector · Feb 27, 2004

Darn quadrun, you are right, I just looked in a bottle of Auto-RX and I saw those happy little brushes singing as they waited to be poured into my engine. Just waiting for spring to finally come, then I will be doing my Auto-RX treatment. Just did another GC oil change today, so should be good until spring arrives before needing another change.

merc190e · Mar 1, 2004

My rear main leak didn't go away until I was about 2000 miles into the rinse cycle (using dino) after the second application of Auto-RX.

It's not a stop leak and takes time to do it's thing, but the results were well worth the wait for me.

daze · Mar 2, 2004

OK, let me get this strait :^)' the Autorx cleans first, which may cause the seal to actually leak more at first (ie. removing deposits in/around). Then after the dino works a month or two, the seals become more pliable again
as the dinoil reseals with "newer" deposits? This sound reasonable to me. That makes me want to stick with my dino oil or hi mileage, and not use
synthetic since I've heard it can cause leaks in
older engines.

RB Shannon · Mar 2, 2004

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Then after the dino works a month or two, the seals become more pliable again
as the dinoil reseals with "newer" deposits?

I don,t believe that it seals with "newer"deposits,but becomes pliable so that it can clean out behind the seal and conform to the shaft,I believe the Dino is necessary for the seal to reharden so to speak.

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