Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: Artem
I shall give Kreen a shot after a rinse cycle post A-RX.
I have a 1,000 mile business trip coming up this Monday. I'm going to leave the A-RX in and drain it after the trip. It will have close to 4,000 miles on it by then.
I'll refill with more PYB and do a rinse cycle of 1,000 miles before removing the valve cover for pictures before draining the oil and adding Kreen with a fresh fill... Does that sound like a good plan?
Sounds like a great plan, but I would give A-Rx a fair shot and do the 3000 mile rinse as per their directions. This way we can see how well A-Rx does for you w/o any assistance from another product. The reason I say this is, if you pop the VC after a 1000 miles you're cutting the A-Rx rinse short by 2000 miles, A-Rx is supposed to work its magic during the rinse. Lets see what A-Rx does or doesn't do, then let Kreen finish up what was left over.
BTW-Extending the A-Rx clean phase by 1000 miles should be a plus for A-Rx.
I feel that the reason they recommend a 3k rinse cycle is simply not to dump perfectly good oil after say a 1k rinse. Since they recommend conventional oil during the cleaning / rinse phase, after 3k it's pretty much ready to come out (assuming the engine was dirty during the cleaning phase)
From the email i got from the A-RX rep i'm talking too, it sounded like A-RX clings to the metal and that after it washes off during the rinse cycle, it should expose cleaner metal underneath.
I'll crack open the valve cover after 1k and take a look see.
I'm also very temped to change the oil and start the rinse cycle NOW. That way i can get back from my trip and remove the valve cover to see the results of a quick rinse. Oh decisions, decisions... what to do...?