Well, it has been a while since I have been on here. As many of you may remember, I have been an avid MMO user for approximately 15 years now with some great benifits. I took a friendly bet from another member on this site about 6 months ago to try ARX in the miss's 91 Civic with then 101K. Basically the "bet" was to give ARX a try and see how it compared with MMO. I am currently 2500 miles into the first rinse phase. I did not do any compression tests or remove the valve cover to take pictures since I did not want to pull any of the engine apart. I did look through the oil filler cap prior to my application of ARX and noticed a lot of varnish and some very very minor oil deposits on the valve springs.
I have been a race engine builder for years and extremely skeptical to try anything else than MMO because I am a believer in, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Basically meaning, if something is working or working for you, don't change it.
To make a long story short, or maybe a hair longer, the miss’s car began to get a pretty rough idle so I began to add some MMO for a few oil changes and it got a little better. I also changed the plugs, wires, distributor cap, pcv valve and checked for vacuum leaks. I have also been running MMO in the fuel for about 2 years now so I know the injectors are clean. The car would also burn about 1 quart of dino 5w-30 every 3k.
I looked inside the oil filler cap the other day and noticed quite a bit of varnish was gone and just about all of the small oil deposits on the valve springs were gone as well. The oil consumption is also down to ½ a quart so far with 500 miles to go in this rinse cycle. Therefore the oil consumption has drop from 1 qt to ½ qt in 3k. Which leads me to believe that ARX has cleaned around the ring packs and the MMO did not do that. I am going to start the 2nd ARX clean phase in a few weeks to get further benefits from this wonderful product. I just wanted to post my observations and comments for others to see. I guess you can say I am going to give up using MMO in my engines and stick with ARX because in my eyes, it has proven to me to be far superior than MMO. I know many people have told me there was no comparison between the 2 products but I had to see for myself. I have also began a clean phase in my 02 Tundra but that is going to take a while to complete because I only put about 3-5k per year on it.
I wanted to say thank you to Frank for inventing such a wonderful product. It’s good to finally use a product that has lived up to its claims for once. I will keep everyone posted on the final outcome with the Civic and I will try to get on here more. It has been hard because we are planning a wedding and my father has been in and out of the hospital and his health is going down pretty fast. On a side note, if you smoke cigarettes, please stop. You will leave loved ones behind prematurely.
I have been a race engine builder for years and extremely skeptical to try anything else than MMO because I am a believer in, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Basically meaning, if something is working or working for you, don't change it.
To make a long story short, or maybe a hair longer, the miss’s car began to get a pretty rough idle so I began to add some MMO for a few oil changes and it got a little better. I also changed the plugs, wires, distributor cap, pcv valve and checked for vacuum leaks. I have also been running MMO in the fuel for about 2 years now so I know the injectors are clean. The car would also burn about 1 quart of dino 5w-30 every 3k.
I looked inside the oil filler cap the other day and noticed quite a bit of varnish was gone and just about all of the small oil deposits on the valve springs were gone as well. The oil consumption is also down to ½ a quart so far with 500 miles to go in this rinse cycle. Therefore the oil consumption has drop from 1 qt to ½ qt in 3k. Which leads me to believe that ARX has cleaned around the ring packs and the MMO did not do that. I am going to start the 2nd ARX clean phase in a few weeks to get further benefits from this wonderful product. I just wanted to post my observations and comments for others to see. I guess you can say I am going to give up using MMO in my engines and stick with ARX because in my eyes, it has proven to me to be far superior than MMO. I know many people have told me there was no comparison between the 2 products but I had to see for myself. I have also began a clean phase in my 02 Tundra but that is going to take a while to complete because I only put about 3-5k per year on it.
I wanted to say thank you to Frank for inventing such a wonderful product. It’s good to finally use a product that has lived up to its claims for once. I will keep everyone posted on the final outcome with the Civic and I will try to get on here more. It has been hard because we are planning a wedding and my father has been in and out of the hospital and his health is going down pretty fast. On a side note, if you smoke cigarettes, please stop. You will leave loved ones behind prematurely.
