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I want to do a second treatment of Auto-RX in my 1988 Acura Legend w/ 189k miles but I am regretting what will happen when I do so. I am currently running GC and have been since my first treatment (which wasn't 100% complete). Whenever I do this ARX treament w/ regular oil (I'll probably run Pennzoil 5w30) I know that my lifters will start ticking again. They were fairly quiet w/ GC, but I still had ticking at startup, it was quieter as well too. I added in Restore recently because its almost time to change my oil, and I wanted to see what would happen. Ticking at startup is now gone, but it ticks all of the time now very quietly (its nice).
Being a senior in high school, I need a cool car you know? I have that, but not when its ticking, therefore I can't do this treatment if it means that I'll have loud ticking lifters you know? I was wondering if it would be okay to run ARX and Restore at the same time, because I feel that it would almost eliminate the ticking while ARX does its thing.
Now you know my situation and reasoning, what do you recommend I do? If it is ok to run both of these additives, I plan on changing to Penn 5w30, adding in Restore until it kicks in, and then add in the ARX. I will do a sludge first treament application.
By the way, the oil in my car has been changed regularly since it was purchased, I was told this, although I only have records since 97 of the oil changes. The 2nd owner worked at the Acura dealership, so I feel confident he changed his oil
The sludge came from the PCV valve not being changed when required. I finally got it changed out a few months ago.
I want to do a second treatment of Auto-RX in my 1988 Acura Legend w/ 189k miles but I am regretting what will happen when I do so. I am currently running GC and have been since my first treatment (which wasn't 100% complete). Whenever I do this ARX treament w/ regular oil (I'll probably run Pennzoil 5w30) I know that my lifters will start ticking again. They were fairly quiet w/ GC, but I still had ticking at startup, it was quieter as well too. I added in Restore recently because its almost time to change my oil, and I wanted to see what would happen. Ticking at startup is now gone, but it ticks all of the time now very quietly (its nice).
Being a senior in high school, I need a cool car you know? I have that, but not when its ticking, therefore I can't do this treatment if it means that I'll have loud ticking lifters you know? I was wondering if it would be okay to run ARX and Restore at the same time, because I feel that it would almost eliminate the ticking while ARX does its thing.
Now you know my situation and reasoning, what do you recommend I do? If it is ok to run both of these additives, I plan on changing to Penn 5w30, adding in Restore until it kicks in, and then add in the ARX. I will do a sludge first treament application.
By the way, the oil in my car has been changed regularly since it was purchased, I was told this, although I only have records since 97 of the oil changes. The 2nd owner worked at the Acura dealership, so I feel confident he changed his oil