Originally Posted By: Vikas
But does he have before pictures? I am really interested in objective A/B comparison whether it is visual/aural/butt at least something concrete than just the "feel"
Last nights drain - no pics. I tried. My phone has no flash and the apt garage has motion sensor lights. Every 3 mins its flashlight power.
FWIW heres some butt dino and observations I will attempt to leave objective.
Car was neglected for the 1st 100k, so at 203k it has a few ticks/valve noises. After adding the 1/2 qt the ticking slowly diminished until I cant hear it over the course of the first week. After the drain last night, and continuing today I still cant hear a single tick that was normal for the car. Now I can hear the ball bearing in the PCV valve which was drown out before.
I did not see any striking difference on the oil baffle, looks roughly as it did before the Kreen, a little varnished. There is not much oil flow up there at all, mostly vapor.
It drained like people describe, fast, on the thin side. Unusual color compared to repeated drains with the same oil on this engine (M1). Best way to describe it was the color of a dark brown wood stain or varnish. Usually its a tan color.
No smell on drain. I was concerned about that. During the first couple of days I opened the filler and it stunk terrible. Clearly that had evaporated.
The oil filter connector thingy looked good, I wiped it with a rag. It cleaned up, so there was nothing stuck to the metal, just more of that strange colored oil.
After refill I was bummed out. After a quick start I checked the fill level and the oil already had that brown color to it. Anyone that uses M1 knows how clear it is initially. And I let it drain 40 minutes jacked in front, the best angle for the pan in that car. I should have tried a rinse? Reminds me of when I first switched to synthetic, the second oil change was dark the minute I started the engine.
Further inspection showed the "weeps" I have in a couple of spots (oil pan, valve cover) were worse, but not enough to drip. They had been stable for 40k. I cleaned it up, will see what happens.
I still have the filter, and left some of the oil in it, want to see that outside in the light when I get home.
so as far as the butt dino, cant tell by looking at the engine other than some strange looking dark oil. The ticking? Only if it stays gone. I could put MMO in there and it would be quiet till I changed the oil but nothing permanent. Same goes for seafoam. They both go away after a tankful, after an OC. If the ticking remains gone now that I changed the oil thats important. Right now its too early to tell.
Is it great? Best ever? Inconclusive. If the ticking stays gone for this entire OC it definitely cleaned/did something that the others could not.
