As a Saturn driver who has now officially tried everything to curb my car's oil drinking, I'm wondering if pulling the plugs and soaking the pistons with Neutra 131 would do any good.
My thinking is this: our pistons don't have holes to drain oil away from the ring pack. Therefore, running stuff in the crankcase (Auto RX, Neutra, etc.) does little to no good because it can't get where it is needed in any meaningful concentration for any meaningful amount of time -- it just doesn't circulate as much as it needs to around the ring pack. By pulling the plugs, the 131 can go right to the source.
Granted, I've tried this with Marvel Mystery Oil, but I don't think that's much of a cleaner as it is a pure penetrant.
Would this do any harm? What does everyone think? If I try this and it doesn't work, I'm officially giving up, and I'll start using some Lucas HD stabilizer or 132 to keep her going as long as I can.
[ December 20, 2002, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: kev99sl ]
My thinking is this: our pistons don't have holes to drain oil away from the ring pack. Therefore, running stuff in the crankcase (Auto RX, Neutra, etc.) does little to no good because it can't get where it is needed in any meaningful concentration for any meaningful amount of time -- it just doesn't circulate as much as it needs to around the ring pack. By pulling the plugs, the 131 can go right to the source.
Granted, I've tried this with Marvel Mystery Oil, but I don't think that's much of a cleaner as it is a pure penetrant.
Would this do any harm? What does everyone think? If I try this and it doesn't work, I'm officially giving up, and I'll start using some Lucas HD stabilizer or 132 to keep her going as long as I can.
[ December 20, 2002, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: kev99sl ]