99vw Passat 1.8t. Purchases the vehicle used with 149k on the odometer.
Small world, saw the oil change sticker, recognized my hand writing, called a co worker, looked up service history, pretty consistently long oil changes with 5w-30 Dino. 10k range.
This motor is a known sludger, so I've been changing with rotella t6 when the oil gets dark a series of 750-1000mile oil changes. Fast forward to now, car has 158k. Oil is starting to run clean for a little while and get visually dirty at what I could call closer to a normal rate.
Next step Id like to do as far as healing goes is some sort of flush to get the rest out, presumably because the short OCIs have gotten rid of the major stuff that could clog the pickup screen.
I've read good things about auto-Rx. However I can't seem to get it local. I'm a support local business sort of guy and a pretty loyal Napa customer. Folks at the store know me and give me a discount since I'm there so much. If it's something I could grab there that would be ideal.
What's out there? Yes I know this is a beating the dead horse sort of thread, however product availability and mindsets are always changing. Just trying to get the most up to date info I can
Small world, saw the oil change sticker, recognized my hand writing, called a co worker, looked up service history, pretty consistently long oil changes with 5w-30 Dino. 10k range.
This motor is a known sludger, so I've been changing with rotella t6 when the oil gets dark a series of 750-1000mile oil changes. Fast forward to now, car has 158k. Oil is starting to run clean for a little while and get visually dirty at what I could call closer to a normal rate.
Next step Id like to do as far as healing goes is some sort of flush to get the rest out, presumably because the short OCIs have gotten rid of the major stuff that could clog the pickup screen.
I've read good things about auto-Rx. However I can't seem to get it local. I'm a support local business sort of guy and a pretty loyal Napa customer. Folks at the store know me and give me a discount since I'm there so much. If it's something I could grab there that would be ideal.
What's out there? Yes I know this is a beating the dead horse sort of thread, however product availability and mindsets are always changing. Just trying to get the most up to date info I can