I installed AutoRx today!!
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So far, with conventional oil and AutoRx, the Trooper is running differently than before with the Amsoil and Tufoil. It's taking longer to warm up, but when it finally heats up, it runs better and stronger than before. The lifter noise is still there, but after warming up, is a little quieter now. The engine feels quite a bit more potent.
Is it merely a reaction to conventional oil? Is it the AutoRx? I'd say it's the AutoRx, because I've switched back to conventional in this engine before simply for experimentation, and it did not run better.
I'm really excited about this AutoRx.
Is it merely a reaction to conventional oil? Is it the AutoRx? I'd say it's the AutoRx, because I've switched back to conventional in this engine before simply for experimentation, and it did not run better.
I'm really excited about this AutoRx.
Yankee 1,
I would recommend ARX for your 1972 LT1 Vette. Worked real well in my ex 68 Firebird. Much different motor, mine was the old standard 350 4bbl, with a powerglide. Yours being a much higher reving design towards quickness. I recommend the product for your unit based on the safety of application. Slow methodical cleaning is the way to go.
I would recommend ARX for your 1972 LT1 Vette. Worked real well in my ex 68 Firebird. Much different motor, mine was the old standard 350 4bbl, with a powerglide. Yours being a much higher reving design towards quickness. I recommend the product for your unit based on the safety of application. Slow methodical cleaning is the way to go.
You are not going to get much clean up on that engine unless you run the AutoRx in there for sometime. I think you have a placebo effect right now.
I would say you probably won't get some real action until 500 miles at the very least. And remember, the rinse phase is where the crud comes out. Not the cleaning phase.
Save yourself some money, get the AAP filters. The Mobil is a waste of money for what you are attempting to do.
I would say you probably won't get some real action until 500 miles at the very least. And remember, the rinse phase is where the crud comes out. Not the cleaning phase.
Save yourself some money, get the AAP filters. The Mobil is a waste of money for what you are attempting to do.
Allan,
How many miles are you into the cleaning phase with your dino/ARX blend? I ask because I witnessed first hand, visually, on how quickly ARX can clean up ring packs. In a small Honda Civic motor 200 miles cleaned up the rings and lans appreciably. Perhaps the same has occurred in your Trooper. That is why you feel the seat of the performance gain. Also, any update on the lifter tick?
How many miles are you into the cleaning phase with your dino/ARX blend? I ask because I witnessed first hand, visually, on how quickly ARX can clean up ring packs. In a small Honda Civic motor 200 miles cleaned up the rings and lans appreciably. Perhaps the same has occurred in your Trooper. That is why you feel the seat of the performance gain. Also, any update on the lifter tick?
No sounds actually, I only wrote that you are using Pennzoil now when your original comment on Volvospeed and here was to "avoid it like the plague". Lighten up Francis.
If I was really offended I would have torched you and gotten you banned on Volvospeed for some choice "words", which I didn't. I just considered the source.
Good luck with the AutoRx. I think you have some new insight into additives and what works and what is snake oil. I have used it successfully in three cars.
And Regarding Pennzoil Platinum, just put it in my Volvo last night after a run of Mobil EP (6500 miles). And it's not a placebo effect, it is a notorious engine for making valve train noise, and it's quieter. Now running three cars on the PP. The price is too good to pass up for everyday runners.
I always notice mpg improvement at about 500 miles into the cleaning phase.
I've got Auto-Rx in both my Trooper and my Volvo XC70.
I've been driving the XC more. I put Havoline 5w30 in and then the additive. I'm sure the additive is not working terribly well yet with only 70 miles on it, so I figure the reason the car runs so much better is because conventional oil is more appropriate.
The car's running like a dream since I took out the K&N air filter and replaced the Amsoil and Tufoil with Havoline.
So far, everything I thought I knew about synthetics is being disproven by this car.
The engine no longer flies into the red when I step into the turbo on the freeway. Now it slowly ramps up and produces lots more power than when it had the syn in it.
Mileage continues to fall. It's down to 23.3 now.
I've been driving the XC more. I put Havoline 5w30 in and then the additive. I'm sure the additive is not working terribly well yet with only 70 miles on it, so I figure the reason the car runs so much better is because conventional oil is more appropriate.
The car's running like a dream since I took out the K&N air filter and replaced the Amsoil and Tufoil with Havoline.
So far, everything I thought I knew about synthetics is being disproven by this car.
The engine no longer flies into the red when I step into the turbo on the freeway. Now it slowly ramps up and produces lots more power than when it had the syn in it.
Mileage continues to fall. It's down to 23.3 now.
Also, it's Pennzoil 5W30 bottom-dollar formula. Seems pretty good.
No such thing. Pennzoil is one of the finest conventional oils on the market. Never let me down in over 45 years using it.
You'd be surprised what Rx can do in 70 miles. I drive a turbo and know what it did for my vehicle. Long runs with hot oil are the go...s
Pennzoil bulk oil never let me down either. It is possible that the ARX ingredients are providing for better oil film formation(aliphatic esters), and also a bit more EP in this host oil(polyol esters). It is pretty early on in the cleaning phase makes me think that the lubricity properties of ARX would be whats working this early on. Also 70 miles into it that is hardly a guage for fuel mileage. I think it will be interesting to see what results occur in the rinse phase, when the heavy dose of ARX is absent.
"Lighten up Francis." I love it. If I'm not mistaken, this was Warren Oates' line in an early '80's Bill Murray film "Stripes" to the resident psycho in the platoon.
Man, I am a loser for remembering stuff like this.
I just switched out the Amsoil 0W30 last week for some Amsoil Euro 5W40.
The previous oil was the real rinse cycle, because it had gotten very dirty over it's life, more dirty than usual, even though I did run a rinse cycle after the initial ARX install.
This new oil is now a week old and it's still perfectly transparent. It is the cleanest oil I've ever seen in a crankcase. I have to look extra hard at the dipstick to see if it's even registering.
The engine is virtually silent now. I have to watch the tach just to know what's going on. I can't hear the engine anymore.
Auto-Rx is magical. I recommend it to all my friends and family.
The previous oil was the real rinse cycle, because it had gotten very dirty over it's life, more dirty than usual, even though I did run a rinse cycle after the initial ARX install.
This new oil is now a week old and it's still perfectly transparent. It is the cleanest oil I've ever seen in a crankcase. I have to look extra hard at the dipstick to see if it's even registering.
The engine is virtually silent now. I have to watch the tach just to know what's going on. I can't hear the engine anymore.
Auto-Rx is magical. I recommend it to all my friends and family.
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