Economics Of Using Auto-Rx In High Mileage Engines
It appears that XXXX has a high mileage vehicle. Therefore the
> need for
> two cleaning and rinse cycles before he enters the maintenance
> program of
> adding 3 fluid ounces per oil change. For one thing he has not given any
> consideration to expected engine longevity and performance in his
> vehicle, I
> assume he is trying to milk out a couple more years out of the
> current unit.
> Not knowing the current condition of the motor, it may well decline in
> performance from wear, so to assume that it will maintain the
> old 21.5 mpg
> may not hold up in reality. He also does not account for the
> possibility of
> extending oil drain intervals, with a clean motor, running the
> maintenance
> dose. If he's a dino user, it is quite likely that he may run closer
> to 4000
> miles, instead of the usual 3000 miles on dino. If an oil change
> costs 25
> bucks and he is extending the interval by 33%, there is more than an
> offset
> of running a $5.25 maintenance dose, in oil savings. The cost of an oil
> change at 3000 miles is 0.83 cents per mile. A 4000 mile oil change
> interval
> will run him 0.75 cents per mile, with the maintenance dose installed.
>
> In the long haul, he will never need to do a cleaning application again
> using the maintenance dose. I think he is short sighted in looking
> to recoup
> his ARX investment in just a few months. If he is looking to run the
> car two
> more years, he'd come out way ahead of the game. I really don't know
> of any
> other investment opportunities that will generate the same rate of
> return.
>
> If you were to extend the program over a year's time or 12,420
> miles, his
> fuel savings would be $109.00 and oil savings of another 10 bucks,
> out of
> his wallet. Not to mention that he would have used 4 quarts less of
> motor
> oil and about 40 gallons less fuel. Fossil fuels are keyed by supply and
> demand. By all of us using less, we can help to lower fuel and oil
> prices.
> Think about 50 million vehicles on the road using 40 gallons less
> gas per
> year. That would reduce demand by 2,000,000,000 gallon per year. I
> have not
> even begun to address whether this high mile vehicle may be burning or
> leaking some motor oil, that could well be improved. And all the while,
> helping a great deal in preventing catastrophic internal engine failure,
> which in the case of high mileage vehicles usually puts them into
> the bone
> yard, for recycling.
>
> Rich Eklund
> Auto-Rx Proud User
>
>
It appears that XXXX has a high mileage vehicle. Therefore the
> need for
> two cleaning and rinse cycles before he enters the maintenance
> program of
> adding 3 fluid ounces per oil change. For one thing he has not given any
> consideration to expected engine longevity and performance in his
> vehicle, I
> assume he is trying to milk out a couple more years out of the
> current unit.
> Not knowing the current condition of the motor, it may well decline in
> performance from wear, so to assume that it will maintain the
> old 21.5 mpg
> may not hold up in reality. He also does not account for the
> possibility of
> extending oil drain intervals, with a clean motor, running the
> maintenance
> dose. If he's a dino user, it is quite likely that he may run closer
> to 4000
> miles, instead of the usual 3000 miles on dino. If an oil change
> costs 25
> bucks and he is extending the interval by 33%, there is more than an
> offset
> of running a $5.25 maintenance dose, in oil savings. The cost of an oil
> change at 3000 miles is 0.83 cents per mile. A 4000 mile oil change
> interval
> will run him 0.75 cents per mile, with the maintenance dose installed.
>
> In the long haul, he will never need to do a cleaning application again
> using the maintenance dose. I think he is short sighted in looking
> to recoup
> his ARX investment in just a few months. If he is looking to run the
> car two
> more years, he'd come out way ahead of the game. I really don't know
> of any
> other investment opportunities that will generate the same rate of
> return.
>
> If you were to extend the program over a year's time or 12,420
> miles, his
> fuel savings would be $109.00 and oil savings of another 10 bucks,
> out of
> his wallet. Not to mention that he would have used 4 quarts less of
> motor
> oil and about 40 gallons less fuel. Fossil fuels are keyed by supply and
> demand. By all of us using less, we can help to lower fuel and oil
> prices.
> Think about 50 million vehicles on the road using 40 gallons less
> gas per
> year. That would reduce demand by 2,000,000,000 gallon per year. I
> have not
> even begun to address whether this high mile vehicle may be burning or
> leaking some motor oil, that could well be improved. And all the while,
> helping a great deal in preventing catastrophic internal engine failure,
> which in the case of high mileage vehicles usually puts them into
> the bone
> yard, for recycling.
>
> Rich Eklund
> Auto-Rx Proud User
>
>
