Ok, Here it is:
Car, 98 Saturn SC2 1.9L DOHC engine. Currently at 70k miles.
History, I have owned the car since 14k miles. I have been adamant about general maintence and oil chances. Its not untill recently did I start doing oil changes and general fixes on my own but I never let it go more then 3k-3200Mi between changes. Typically inexpensive Penzoil or Supertech Oil was used during the changes.
the car sees about 50/50 highway town travel. It averages roughly 32-34MPG. (I have records for approx 1 year before ARX treatment. I will create a running average from all the pay stubs to compare my new post results too)
Sorry for the size and low quality of the pictures. the camera is only 1 megapixel and has no focus adjustment!
Here are the AFTER pictures.
the oil you see in the the before and after pictures is days BEFORE my oil change before the Auto-rx treatment started, and just before I did the final change to drain the auto-rx out.
I followed the application instructions to the T, and probably only went 50mi more or less then what was recomended at most.
The oil used was Supertech 10w30.
In this picture you can compare the Fresh oil going into the crankcase with the oil that had approx 1500 miles on it from the auto-rx treatment.
It seems quite dark for only 1500 miles. When looking at the valve covers there isnt to much of a DRAMATIC change but I thought it looked pretty good to begin with so I wasnt expecting much out of the treatment other then peice of mind and maybe some seal cleaning. (wich is hard to tell from the valve covers)
Overall I think the treatment went well and after another 1500 or so miles on my latest oil change with Supertech I will be switching to M1 10w30 with 7.5k intervals (be basicaly 1 year) of course I might change my mind like I always do! but 5 qts for 18.88 at wal-mart is pretty compelling!
Not sure if anyone gets anything from this post becase theres not much difference to see but I figured I'd try to contrube "something"
I'll be around all day if there are any questions.