Originally Posted By: TooManyWheels
Originally Posted By: PontiacFan
Originally Posted By: electrolver
interesting.... is that approved for a rinse cycle?
I have looked at the OP's pics that he has shared with us, since it seems in my opinion that he had to manually clean his engine, I believe he did do a DOUBLE DOSE OF ARX, he obviously did a rinse phase, his pics show no results, let him use any oil he wants for this so called Rinse Phase, I believe the OP has stated that he will not be purchasing anymore auto-rx and he will be using a different oil additive in the future.
In my humble opinion, I believe all of zyxelenator's posts prove to us that arx does not work as advertised, I also believe his posts prove to us that other oil additives have certain limitations, most members are not going to give Kreen or MMO a try for 10,000 miles or more, we all want quick results, members just need to make up there minds on how long they will stick with an oil additive to clean there engines before they give up.
So far it seems that Kreen has given the quickest results, we have not had anyone claim the product has not really worked, we have not had any Kreen threads that have been LOCKED.
Really? What has Kreen cleaned on this car? All of the cleaning has been the result of manual intervention, which you yourself advocated because the Kreen
wasn't working, and in your words, would not work unless it could flow through the drainback holes...
And in case the sarcasm goes over your head and you think
I expect Kreen (or ARX) to work in this instance, no experienced, rational person would. But for you to imply that Kreen is a better product than ARX because ARX did not work (when Kreen did not work either) is pure intellectual dishonesty and attempting to mislead. You should be ashamed.
ok your both wrong lol there were some results with both products. before he started using ARX he could not even check his oil because it was so sludge blocked. after his piston soak with kreen the engine smoked less. i believe the car has benefited from both products, probably more than we will know because there are no before and after photos of the engine internals.
secondly this car had some major problems and nothing will fix it in one oci. its going to take time to clean out just like it took time to accumulate. one thing is for sure the ARX, Kreen, and MMO did not cause any harm.
maybe its not the results you wanted but this is a very extreme case.