Paid posters for Auto Rx

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Familyguy like you I wish the personal attacks here could stop. If all people are treated an individuals it is hard to develop a bias against anybody. Obviously not all 'Texans' are dumb. I have always found people to be pretty much the same everywhere I have gone. Different cultures, languages, etc., but each INDIVIDUAL person has their own characteristics.

And where does all this information about Auto-RX come from? Seems to me sales of Auto-RX may have been helped here if all of this 'insider' information would have been available.

I can understand a business keeping its business information secret but if Auto-RX is such a huge seller worldwide information like that could be put to great advantage in sales. Just like Pennzoil likes to put out that Pennzoil is the number one selling brand of motor oil in the USA.
 
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Would the acid created show up in UOA's as bearing eaters? I really am asking, I have no idea. I was just curious as every MMO UOA shown has been solid. Just trying to learn :)
 
That is an interesting question. We would need to contact people who operate these oil testing companies.

There was an individual here who seemed to know what he was talking about who posted information on breakdown products for MMO. One of those breakdown products was I beliebe hydrochloric acid.
 
Actually a second good question about MMO is what it does to the viscosity of the oil it is added to. The oil testing people could probably tell something about this. If the MMO greatly reduces oil viscosity that should show up in testing.
 
Originally Posted By: Mystic
Actually a second good question about MMO is what it does to the viscosity of the oil it is added to. The oil testing people could probably tell something about this. If the MMO greatly reduces oil viscosity that should show up in testing.


I have never used MMO, but I believe the % of chlorinated Hydrocarbons to be very small. Likewise I would suspect that the breakdown (if it happens) into Acids, would also be a very small %.
I understand that motor oil had Buffers that could deal with this.

This is just MY speculation!

Viscosity could also be easily checked (But remember the Viscosity could change after the solvent content evaporates).

Funny, if Arx is such a BIG seller, it does not show much when one Gooles it. I thought there might be some press releases, even in Local papers?
 
If somebody here who uses MMO and also has their engine oil tested is willing to do this it would be interesting. Have the oil tested including viscosity tests and a acid test if such a test is available.

If the amount of chlorinated hydrocarbons is very small and acid formation is small, and if the MMO does not affect the oil viscosity too badly, I might be willing to try it in the oil myself. But probably only in just the amount allowed, in cold weather, and 500 miles before an oil change.

I have been willing to put some MMO into the gasoline and oil of my lawnmower, and also a small amount into the gasoline of my car. But not the oil of my car.
 
Originally Posted By: Mystic
If there were people here doing cleanings with Auto-RX and then using MMO or Neutra for the rinse period they should in my opinion have made that information available to everybody-just as a public service so to speak. Of course Frank probably would have said something about that when he was still a member here. He was not a happy camper with discussion of any other product, especially solvents of any kind.


When I was told by this arx moderator that it was fine to use Neutra or MMO during the Rinse Phase he asked me not to tell anyone his identity because of what Frank Miller would say. I remember when Frank found out I was using MMO in my fuel, he was very upset. When I was on the arx board, all we could talk about was arx, there was no mention of any other oil additives.

I have never heard Rich Kelley on the MMO Forums say that MMO is the best oil additive for cleaning engines, yet arx touts themselves as the best additive for cleaning engines and at the same time they put down other oil additives. I can even remember Frank Miller attacking Schaeffer's Neutra as a dangerous engine cleaner because he said it had solvents in it. I also remember reading a Gunk Motor Flush Thread and Frank Miller jumps in and says the product will destroy the guys engine, it was almost like a scare tactic to get people to buy his product.

I am just wondering where are the tests that these other oil additives are bad for our engines, any mention of another product on the arx forum gets shot down with Frank Miller saying we do not talk about solvent products on this board.

There was even a member on the arx board that had an engine that was seriously sludged and gunked up, this engine was obviously way beyond arx or any other oil additive, and Frank says just follow the Application Instructions and all will be fine. It was not fine, after the person put arx into the engine it was not even 24 hours later when this vehicle blew almost 2 quarts of oil out of the tailpipe. When the customer reported this to Frank, his response was, well you had a Mechanical problem, the thread was then deleted by Frank Miller, I did copy it before it was deleted.

I remember asking Frank Miller about my Dad's seriously gunked up engine in his 1979 Pontiac Bonneville with 200,000 miles, he said just follow the Application Instructions for arx and everything will be fine, of course I did not use arx in his engine.

I then asked Rich Kelley over at MMO, and he advised me that if I used MMO to clean up his engine that I could have some serious leaks and he said that sometimes you have to take an engine apart to manually clean things when they get really gunked up.

It would be nice if Frank Miller could warn people that his product might not work on a seriously sludged or gunked up engine instead he just says, follow the Application Instructions and all will be fine.
 
I found this information on the internet. I do not know if it is accurate or not.

According to the information Auto-RX is a business located in Fort Myers, Florida, employs 5 people, and does $584,000.00 in business yearly.

I tried to copy and paste the information but it would not work for some reason.

It also said that there was one location for the business so if Auto-RX is actually made somewhere else I guess that would be a different company.

Remember, this is information I came across on the internet. I make no claims for the accuracy of this information. It could be completely inaccurate or dated information. Maybe today Auto-RX does 20 million in business. Who knows.
 
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Originally Posted By: panthermike
Would the acid created show up in UOA's as bearing eaters? I really am asking, I have no idea. I was just curious as every MMO UOA shown has been solid. Just trying to learn :)


MMO helps fight and control acid formation. Check with Mr.Kelly over at Turtle Wax if you'd like to confirm that.
 
Originally Posted By: Mystic
It also said that there was one location for the business so if Auto-RX is actually made somewhere else I guess that would be a different company.


Haviland Consumer Products in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
 
I did a little bit or research on that 3-RX product that was mentioned. It is supposed to be produced by Haviland. I don't know what kind of business relationship Haviland has with Auto-RX (actually it says that Auto-RX is another fine product from Haviland) but the company named as producing 3-RX for the printing industry is Haviland.

I am not a businessman and I don't know all of this business jargon. But it looks to me that Auto-RX is a branch company of Haviland. Am I wrong?

If Auto-RX does in fact do about $584,000.00 in business they probably produce about 22,000 bottles of Auto-RX a year. If they sell in 20 countries it does not look to me that their sales in any one country are that huge.
 
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: panthermike
Would the acid created show up in UOA's as bearing eaters? I really am asking, I have no idea. I was just curious as every MMO UOA shown has been solid. Just trying to learn :)


MMO helps fight and control acid formation. Check with Mr.Kelly over at Turtle Wax if you'd like to confirm that.


Not saying it does, I've heard this "bearing eater" thing a couple of times now and just wondering where it comes from. I use MMO in my cars BTW, no ill effects.
 
3-RX sales are apparently handled by Haviland and not Auto-RX. In fact Auto-RX is discribed as another fine Haviland product.

Frank Miller of Auto-RX owns the patent but apparently Haviland has some sort of business deal with him. Haviland is listed as the producer of 3-RX.

So Haviland and not Auto-RX probably sold the over $26.000.00 3-RX order to that printing company. And that $26,000.00+ order probably was not for one 3 gallon treatment of 3-RX. That would be crazy. What sort of product sells for over $8,000.00 a gallon unless it is some sort of rare radioactive element or something like that? The printing company probably bought one barrel or more of the product and used 3 gallons to treat one printing press. I don't know but does this not seem reasonable? Name the products there are that sell for over $8,000.00 a gallon.

So to say that Auto-RX was involved in that over $26,000.00 order to the printing company is probably inaccurate. Haviland was probably the seller.

How much in sales did AUTO-RX do Down Under?
 
Somebody who has more business savvy than me can go to the website that sprintman put in his post and do some clicking themselves. See what you find out.
 
Originally Posted By: sprintman
dumb people everywhere these days.

Originally Posted By: sprintman
Here you are texan. I hate spoon feeding you but you obviously need assistance.

http://www.3-rxlubricationsystems.com/Rex3Printing.htm

cheers..s


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I love you, too.

Everybody: watch how he will continue this behavior without repercussion.
 
Originally Posted By: Mystic
3-RX sales are apparently handled by Haviland and not Auto-RX. In fact Auto-RX is discribed as another fine Haviland product.

Frank Miller of Auto-RX owns the patent but apparently Haviland has some sort of business deal with him. Haviland is listed as the producer of 3-RX.

So Haviland and not Auto-RX probably sold the over $26.000.00 3-RX order to that printing company. And that $26,000.00+ order probably was not for one 3 gallon treatment of 3-RX. That would be crazy. What sort of product sells for over $8,000.00 a gallon unless it is some sort of rare radioactive element or something like that? The printing company probably bought one barrel or more of the product and used 3 gallons to treat one printing press. I don't know but does this not seem reasonable? Name the products there are that sell for over $8,000.00 a gallon.

So to say that Auto-RX was involved in that over $26,000.00 order to the printing company is probably inaccurate. Haviland was probably the seller.

How much in sales did AUTO-RX do Down Under?


I think what that testimonial is saying is that 3RX saved the company from buying 2 new presses, each costing $28,800.
 
Does that even come from Frank's website? The website is actually Rex3Printing, and Haviland uses it to promote their 3-RX product, which apparently is sold through Haviland and not Auto-RX. Maybe Frank uses that at his website, but Haviland apparently sells the 3-RX and Haviland says that they also produce the Auto-RX that Frank sells. Frank has the patent, but Haviland makes the product and sells the apparently similar or identical 3-RX product.

So you have the situation here where if Frank uses this at his own website for Auto-RX, he is using Haviland material that is being used to promote 3-RX. 3-RX may be identical to Auto-RX for all we know but apparently 3-RX sales are handled through Haviland. Frank as the inventor may receive some percentage of the profits.

That would be like some company that makes parts for GM using sales figures for GM vehicles to promote its parts (maybe I should have used a different example than GM!).

Auto-RX probably has nothing to do with the sales of 3-RX. Those sales are probably handled by Haviland.
 
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