As i posted previously i am trying this product in 2 older inexpensive vehicles before attacking the Infiniti and Honda with this product.
The 5.4 was seemingly spotless from what i could see down the oil fill hole, the oil at 1k was still light amber.
It does have a slight lash adjuster tick and cam chain rattle at cold start for a few min. No oil usage between OCI.
The Toyota Tercel 1.5 was varnished with some black residue on the inside of the head. There were no visible marking on the cam holders as they were dark brown, again looking down the oil fill. Oil usage was a quart between short OCI.
After 250 mi on the 5.4 the oil is dark and the engine noises are changing, the engine sometimes runs slightly rough and get louder from the top end. Nothing spectacular to report.
The Toyota is another story, The result after only 150 mi (short trips over the last week) are nothing short of amazing.
The whole area around the cam is silver metal, no brown varnish is visible I can even see markings on the cam holders. Even the black residue is showing shiny patches through it.
The transmission no longer downshifts on one particular grade at 35 MPH which it always did, now even at 30 MPH it holds the gear. The engine is definitely quieter and smoother. The minor vibration at the steering wheel is gone.
I have used this engine as a test mule for ARX (2X following the directions right down to using the supertech dino) and MMO and never saw results like this.
This is NOT an anti ARX or MMO bash just an honest observation.
I will continue for another 1k before trying it on the other cars. I will try to get some pics from the oil fill hole as removing the covers on all these vehicles for before and after pics isn’t practical (time and cost wise, I have to work on cars for a living)
I used 16oz in the 5.4 and 8oz in the 1.5 along with the same amount in the fuel.
The 5.4 was seemingly spotless from what i could see down the oil fill hole, the oil at 1k was still light amber.
It does have a slight lash adjuster tick and cam chain rattle at cold start for a few min. No oil usage between OCI.
The Toyota Tercel 1.5 was varnished with some black residue on the inside of the head. There were no visible marking on the cam holders as they were dark brown, again looking down the oil fill. Oil usage was a quart between short OCI.
After 250 mi on the 5.4 the oil is dark and the engine noises are changing, the engine sometimes runs slightly rough and get louder from the top end. Nothing spectacular to report.
The Toyota is another story, The result after only 150 mi (short trips over the last week) are nothing short of amazing.
The whole area around the cam is silver metal, no brown varnish is visible I can even see markings on the cam holders. Even the black residue is showing shiny patches through it.
The transmission no longer downshifts on one particular grade at 35 MPH which it always did, now even at 30 MPH it holds the gear. The engine is definitely quieter and smoother. The minor vibration at the steering wheel is gone.
I have used this engine as a test mule for ARX (2X following the directions right down to using the supertech dino) and MMO and never saw results like this.
This is NOT an anti ARX or MMO bash just an honest observation.
I will continue for another 1k before trying it on the other cars. I will try to get some pics from the oil fill hole as removing the covers on all these vehicles for before and after pics isn’t practical (time and cost wise, I have to work on cars for a living)
I used 16oz in the 5.4 and 8oz in the 1.5 along with the same amount in the fuel.