I have gained a LOT of knowledge from posts by MolaKule, Terry, Jonny, Gary Allen.....and others.
I value real world experience and results over marketing.
"Paid Posters" makes me think of cash being paid, vs free product.
I guess that I don't see a problem with "Hey, I saw you said nice things about my product.....here is some for free".
Now, "If you say nice things about my product, I will give you some for free". Might me moving toward modivation, but still.....It is far from the marketing for many products we use every day.
I have heard some folks hawking Amsoil at the county fair.......and have been super turned off by the junk that spills out of their mouths.....but I would not let that keep me from using a Amsoil product.
I can understand Frank being protective of his "baby", and maybe even taking a comment against his product as a comment against him personally.
He has put so much of himself into his product.....and has so much riding on it.
Sometimes us technical / engineering folks can be less than personable.......I have found myself guilty of that....we can tend to be data driven, and less "soft skills".
In time, I learned not to be protective of my theories and ideas.....but, having made that mistake in my younger years......and learning from it.....learning that I can learn a lot more from others if I hear them out....keeping an open mind to what they have to offer....being polite when someone spews ignorance.......I often find myself most appreciative in the many cases that they WOW me with great information that I can truely learn from......
However, I certainly can understand, and relate to a person being protective, or abrasive in the face of input that conflicts with their way of thinking.
Again, I put myself first in the line as guilty in that regard.
I do not know if that is the case with Frank, I have not had any negative interaction with him......He answered a question that I asked about AutoRX some time ago....pretty much a YES/NO question, and I got that type of answer.......which is what I was looking for.
Take note of the fact....that most of us already know....it is SUPER easy to come off harsh, cold, and uncaring in the typed form....email, text messages and forum posts....when that was not our intention.
Technical / engineering school has further taught us to remove emotion from our typed communications....only compounding the problem.
I thought that I saw results from AutoRX in my '96 3.8L windstar, but that was only from looking through the oil fill hole......and it was pretty darn clean to start with.
So, my personal experience is not one that I could really put out there as a glowing endorsement for the product......but I believe it was a good thing for me to use.
Mostly based upon what I have read here......and my very limited experience with the product.
Would MMO have done the same?.....maybe......but that is not the product that I used.....and I cannot see anything left to clean to be able to try it out on that same motor.
I did a lower intake manifold gasket replacement project....and what I saw there was nothing present to clean.
I am not motivated to remove a valve cover, or otherwise dig further to verify......although it would be interesting to look around if I need to dig in for a repair.
This would be like Jonny stated...somethine along the lines of....good maintenance gave me a good situation to start with.
I like to tinker (within reason) and LOVE to see what results folks are having with.
Please keep the chat flowing with your ideas and experiences.
