I'm an avid and rabid user of ARX for 6 years now and have used it on 4 different vehicles with positive results. My most recent car is a 1995 Volvo 850 with the 2.4 I5 non-turbo. It has an unknown number of miles, but believed to be around the 200k mark. It cycles through a quart of oil approximately ever 2500 miles. I performed my first ARX treatment after having owned the car for over a year. Within approximately 5 days and 1000mi of the treatment the car started feeling strange. I checked the dipstick and there was a thick milky white substance mixed with the oil, and more prominent than the oil on the stick. My first thought is that antifreeze is finding its way into the crankcase, yet the coolant level was unchanged.
The next day I had the oil changed by a Goodyear shop (not enough time to do it myself). I first asked them to look at the milky residue on the stick and they immediately concluded that it was coolant mixed with the oil. Though, again, the coolant level was completely unchanged.
It was a very slow day at their shop, apparently, and all four techs on staff and myself and my 1 yr old were watching as every last drop of oil drained from the oil pan. NOT ONE SINGLE DROP of white milky substance drained out, only brand spankin new oil. We were all befuddled. They threw in another 6qts of Mobil 20w50 conventional and Mann filter that I provided, charged me $17, and bid adieu.
It's been month since the post-treatment OCI, and the milky substance is just as prominent as ever on the dipstick. Having said this, the car runs really good after changing the oil. I put serious miles on it, probably around 700mi/wk, but the odo is broke and I'm only estimating.
I am really curious as to what this issue could be, and why the substance won't drain from the crankcase/oil pan, and most importantly what's its true form could be. Any ideas from the community would be very helpful and enlightening.
Thanks.
The next day I had the oil changed by a Goodyear shop (not enough time to do it myself). I first asked them to look at the milky residue on the stick and they immediately concluded that it was coolant mixed with the oil. Though, again, the coolant level was completely unchanged.
It was a very slow day at their shop, apparently, and all four techs on staff and myself and my 1 yr old were watching as every last drop of oil drained from the oil pan. NOT ONE SINGLE DROP of white milky substance drained out, only brand spankin new oil. We were all befuddled. They threw in another 6qts of Mobil 20w50 conventional and Mann filter that I provided, charged me $17, and bid adieu.
It's been month since the post-treatment OCI, and the milky substance is just as prominent as ever on the dipstick. Having said this, the car runs really good after changing the oil. I put serious miles on it, probably around 700mi/wk, but the odo is broke and I'm only estimating.
I am really curious as to what this issue could be, and why the substance won't drain from the crankcase/oil pan, and most importantly what's its true form could be. Any ideas from the community would be very helpful and enlightening.
Thanks.
