Okay, first, Im not an additive person. I have always felt if you used a good quality oil, then you really shouldnt have need for them. But as I have been reading through this board, I see these three products touted quite a bit and my curiosity has peaked. So I would like to know more and whether or not they would be of any benefit to me.
First: I have a 2000 Ford Focus ZX3 w/2.0L Zetec motor. It has nearly 100,000 miles on it. Ive used Amsoil since I bought it, primarily Series 2000 0W-30. I have an Amsoil Foam Filter in use as well. I have run Amsoil ATF as well since purchasing the car. Earlier this year I installed Amsoil's Dual Remote By-Pass filter system on the vehicle.
Second: Is the use of the bypass unit going to affect the use of any of these products, that is to say, filter them out perhaps? I know that sounds silly but it was in my mind to ask. Im mainly interested in Auto-RX at this point just because Im fanatical about keeping the internals as clean as possibly can be done. LC intrests me, but not so much at this point, but maybe someone can point something out that will make it more of a consideration to me.
The car has never had any problems other than a fuel pump failure that happened to occur when I was chasing a storm in Arkansas but that was a recall issue for that model year anyway. The only other issue Ive had with the car is that the thermostat housing leaked and had to be replaced. I just recently noticed that the valve cover gasket is leaking a very tiny amount of oil and I have it on the list of work to do soon. Other than that it runs great, runs strong and I really enjoy the vehicle despite it being a Ford, LOL (I had been a Pontiac person up to this point).
So how are these products going to benefit me? Ive looked at the web sites, but I would be more convinced from real world experiences I guess. One of my concerns is using something that is going to disrupt my OCI's, but I can deal with that if necessary, I was wanting to switch over to the Series 3000 5W30 anyway.
Another concern was if there does happen to be a fair amount of dirt or something like that (no sludge in the pan for fact cause I pulled it earlier this year when I attempted to install a set of crank scrapers and it was squeaky clean) in the motor and gets picked up by the filters, is there anyway to tell? I dont want the full flow going in bypass mode and just sending unfiltered oil back to the motor, and I think the bypass filter itself would clog up first anyway if there happens to be that much stuff in the motor, though I doubt it.
I guess thats about it. The products 'look' interesting and as I said, the curiosity is there. Im just concerned how it will all interact with my current set up. I push the car hard on occasion so I want to do all I can to keep 'er in good shape and able to provide me the fun driving she does.
First: I have a 2000 Ford Focus ZX3 w/2.0L Zetec motor. It has nearly 100,000 miles on it. Ive used Amsoil since I bought it, primarily Series 2000 0W-30. I have an Amsoil Foam Filter in use as well. I have run Amsoil ATF as well since purchasing the car. Earlier this year I installed Amsoil's Dual Remote By-Pass filter system on the vehicle.
Second: Is the use of the bypass unit going to affect the use of any of these products, that is to say, filter them out perhaps? I know that sounds silly but it was in my mind to ask. Im mainly interested in Auto-RX at this point just because Im fanatical about keeping the internals as clean as possibly can be done. LC intrests me, but not so much at this point, but maybe someone can point something out that will make it more of a consideration to me.
The car has never had any problems other than a fuel pump failure that happened to occur when I was chasing a storm in Arkansas but that was a recall issue for that model year anyway. The only other issue Ive had with the car is that the thermostat housing leaked and had to be replaced. I just recently noticed that the valve cover gasket is leaking a very tiny amount of oil and I have it on the list of work to do soon. Other than that it runs great, runs strong and I really enjoy the vehicle despite it being a Ford, LOL (I had been a Pontiac person up to this point).
So how are these products going to benefit me? Ive looked at the web sites, but I would be more convinced from real world experiences I guess. One of my concerns is using something that is going to disrupt my OCI's, but I can deal with that if necessary, I was wanting to switch over to the Series 3000 5W30 anyway.
Another concern was if there does happen to be a fair amount of dirt or something like that (no sludge in the pan for fact cause I pulled it earlier this year when I attempted to install a set of crank scrapers and it was squeaky clean) in the motor and gets picked up by the filters, is there anyway to tell? I dont want the full flow going in bypass mode and just sending unfiltered oil back to the motor, and I think the bypass filter itself would clog up first anyway if there happens to be that much stuff in the motor, though I doubt it.
I guess thats about it. The products 'look' interesting and as I said, the curiosity is there. Im just concerned how it will all interact with my current set up. I push the car hard on occasion so I want to do all I can to keep 'er in good shape and able to provide me the fun driving she does.
