Auto-Rx Customers Questions & Answers

jhauff · jhauff

I'm trying to determine how much ARX invest in. I have 3 cars to treat and questions on 2 of them. 1980 Audi 5000S Diesel 5cyl 2 ltr 126k orig mi. Does this size engine need two bottles of ARX for each treatment as described in diesel appl's? Top of cyl head very clean. It burns 1 qt every 7-900 mi which...

HeadnSouth · HeadnSouth

I've got a '89 Honda lawn tractor and I want to use some ARX in but I'm not sure of the dosage. The crankcase holds 1.50 qts. I'm guessing 1 oz will do but I'm guessing.

mgm13 · mgm13

On my 2003 Dodge 3.7 pickup I am 1700 miles into my rinse and it has taken 10 months to get that many miles due to back operation and 6 months not able to drive. My concern is that I feel a strong urge to change oil due to length of time on the current oil which is Valvolene Synpower 10/30. My clean miles were the...

klvaleri · klvaleri

Hi Guys, I just finished my cleansing phase last weekend with about 3,000 miles. I changed oil and filter. My question is, is OK to use this oil Shell Rotella 15W40 Motor Oil in a rinse phase with purelator PureOne filter? Perhaps I should ask before I changed it. My Rodeo has about 134K on it and cons...

Frank Miller · Frank Miller

Due to the grand response to our July 4th sale, I've paid forward a sizable inventory at my current cost level to see if we've reached some price break that allows better product throughput. Most outfits respond with passing on the costs until you can't afford their products like you once could. This u...

Falcon LS · Falcon LS

I'm slowly approaching 2,500 miles, and will be doing an oil and filter change soon for the rinse stage. I'm following the oil burning application, although I changed my oil filter at the 1,250 mile mark. For the cleaning stage, I've used a Group III Motorcraft Synthetic Blend 10W-30 with ARX. I've go...

coffee · coffee

Hi All, I am using Motorcraft 15w40 dino with ARX for the clean phase and wondered if it would be possible to use Delo 5w40 synthetic for the rinse phase. I believe it is a Group III synthetic and I have a gallon around that needs to be used. Would it hurt to use it for the rinse phase? I have regular SuperTech...

shmget · shmget

I just ordered 6 bottles for my two cars. One of mine is 95,000 miles, so I'm planning on doing one clean/rinse cycle. The other car is a Toyota Sienna, which has the engine known for sludge problems. I don't notice any signs of sludging, but I'm going to run two clean/rinse cycles since the direction...

brent olsen · brent olsen

I have had a Toro Super Recycler with the 6 Horsepower Briggs& Stratton Engine for 11 years now, added about 1 ounce of Auto-Rx last summer and changed the oil at the end of the season, nothing special, added 1 ounce to the oil again of course, decided to change it today and it was black, I have been usi...

Philgag · Philgag

Hello all, My car is an 1998 Ford Escort with a 2 liters DOHC Zetec engine. Last year I noticed on the passenger side of the engine an oil leak that caused lots crud and oily dirt to accumulate on this side of the engine. The oil seemed to get in the belts and a short 20 min highway drive would send a trace of...

PK4 · PK4

Hi, Can Auto RX do any thing for and engine like this? THis a lexus Rx300 w. V6, 80k miles. The motors our notorious for sludging . Mine has all the symptoms of one that looked like this (smoke, burning oil, etc). (There was a class action lawsuit,. I missed that window). I don't know if mine is as bad...

dbdeland · dbdeland

The massive sludged engine thread has been removed due to a troll and the thread wasnt going anywhere. Daryl Baines

rayhell · rayhell

Hi all, do anyone have any experience with using Auto-RX in rotary/Wankel engines like the Mazda RX-series? I guess it will work okay, but these engines are quite differntly built than traditional "bangers" and also have oil injected directly into the rotary chambers. Some of this oil w...

ranger_dood · ranger_dood

Can A-RX save this motor? I posted before about wanting to try A-RX in my neighbors Passport, because it had a pretty good tick to it. Well, that tick has become a death rattle. Here's a video I uploaded to YouTube of it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJpXf1DND48 I dumped my spare quart of A-Rx in, a...

dbdeland · dbdeland

The experiment was 1 (20 ounce dose of Auto-Rx)) as cleaning ratio in fresh group 111 or group 11 oil with clean filter. At 1250 miles change filter and top off oil (no more Auto-Rx) at 2500 miles change out oil. Rinse mode stay with group 111 or group 11 for 3000 miles (at 1500 miles change filter top off oi...

toby lester · toby lester

Hello, here is my situation I have a 2005 toyota tacoma, 4 cylinder, with 60,000 miles. About 6-7 thousand miles ago I got a bad rattle in my engine between 1500-2500 rpms. It sounds like a valve and the faster the rpm's the faster the sound. I have used better octain gas, different oil, chevron techr...

dragonfly5 · dragonfly5

I had my 1st post about a month ago just before getting an oil change on my 98 Corrola which has been burning a lot of oil. I added the Auto -RX as recommended and just checked the oil level after about 600 miles and it's down already - I'll probably have to put another quart of oil in in the next week or so. My qu...

Frank Miller · Frank Miller

Frank, "My fiancées car (1991 Honda Civic DX) began to get a very bad rough idle about 6-8 months ago, so I began to add some Marvel Mystery Oil (MMO) in the oil for a few oil changes. At that time the car had 101k miles on it. The idle got a little better after the MMO treatment but it was still nowhere as...

sam_j · sam_j

I have a Ford pickup with a 7.3L diesel engine; the engine has about 25,000 miles on a rebuild. Should I use the full two bottle treatment or the maintenance dose? Thanks.

Falcon LS · Falcon LS

Having read a lot about Auto-Rx on the Internet, I purchased four bottles in the UK to use in my '00 Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero with over 210,000 km (131,250 miles). Having returned to Kuwait, I changed my oil with Motorcraft Synthetic Blend 10W-30 (a Group III oil) and used an ACDelco PF1127 filter wi...

RichG · RichG

Hello Frank and everyone else! I am about 500 miles into the rinse phase of a regular Auto-Rx engine oil application in my 2000 Grand Marquis. I just had my transmission flushed a few weeks ago after a 1000 miles with the transmission application. I started experiencing this a few months ago when I st...

john1782 · john1782

Co-worker of mine whos wifes father drives for DHL says the company will shut down as of 6/28, didn't know if you were aware of this or not..( I'm assuming you still use DHL).

nikenick · nikenick

I have a '99 Audi A6 2.8 that is evidently clogged with sludge. No oil is getting to the head. Long story short: Oil pressure warning light and buzzer came on. I shut it down and had it towed to my local European shop. They pulled the pan and found severe engine sludge. They removed the pump (still works fin...

Frank Miller · Frank Miller

Notice of the Annual Auto-Rx 4th of July Special Offer Auto-Rx has allocated 20 cases (480 bottles) for sale at reduced pricing. The sale runs through midnight on July 4th or when promotional inventory is depleted. Order page pricing will be reduced by $1.00 per bottle ordered, beyond the standard v...

Frank Miller · Frank Miller

I purchased my '99 AEB 1.8T with 5k. I started changing my own oil as > soon as I purchased the car. When the first oil sludging failure reports > started surfacing among the Club B5'ers and the discussion of AutoRx > surfaced I tried the AutoRx product. I did notice a significant > diff...

1987GTA · 1987GTA

Hi everyone, I have a 1987 Trans Am (5.7 TPI engine) that I just bought with 164k miles on it. This car is a resto project for me and is not a daily driver. The only problem with the engine is the valve stem seals are hardened which causes the familiar puff of smoke at start up. I intend to use MaxLife oil in i...

Frank Miller · Frank Miller

We get this question many times every day: Will Auto-Rx help my gas mileage ? Our answer is this: Enter MPG In Auto-Rx Site Search (located on home page www.auto-rx.com). You decide. P.S. You can enter any one word that applies to your question.

ForeverFord · ForeverFord

Won a 1994 Ford Granada 2.9i V6 12valves 145B.H.P. with 84K on the clock from e-Bay (U.K.) A train journey from North West to the Midland (U.K.) to meet the 2nd owner who had it for over ten years and is regularly serviced by his local Ford garage Drove 100 miles home, nothing to report as it's well kept wi...

swu · swu

I have a '96 Isuzu Trooper w/3.2 V6. Bought w/107K and now has 127K on the clock. Maint unknown but there is hardened crud on the under side of the oil cap and some also visible at the neck. It has the well known "Isuzu tick", which on this Trooper has always come and gone. It may be a faint tick tha...

ForeverFord · ForeverFord

1992 Ford Granada 2.0i 8valves 116K -- Edited by ForeverFord at 15:07, 2008-05-26

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	Old Audi Diesel & Hi Mi Camry (Preview) I'm trying to determine how much ARX invest in. I have 3 cars to treat and questions on 2 of them. 1980 Audi 5000S Diesel 5cyl 2 ltr 126k orig mi. Does this size engine need two bottles of ARX for each treatment as described in diesel appl's? Top of cyl head very clean. It burns 1 qt every 7-900 mi which...	jhauff	4	599	03:52 PM Jul 13, 2008 by dbdeland
	4 Stroke Lawn Tractor (Preview) I've got a '89 Honda lawn tractor and I want to use some ARX in but I'm not sure of the dosage. The crankcase holds 1.50 qts. I'm guessing 1 oz will do but I'm guessing.	HeadnSouth	7	952	03:52 PM Jul 13, 2008 by FrankP
	Early Rinse Stop? (Preview) On my 2003 Dodge 3.7 pickup I am 1700 miles into my rinse and it has taken 10 months to get that many miles due to back operation and 6 months not able to drive. My concern is that I feel a strong urge to change oil due to length of time on the current oil which is Valvolene Synpower 10/30. My clean miles were the...	mgm13	5	730	02:57 PM Jul 12, 2008 by pw01
	1999 Isuzu Rodeo V6 (Preview) Hi Guys, I just finished my cleansing phase last weekend with about 3,000 miles. I changed oil and filter. My question is, is OK to use this oil Shell Rotella 15W40 Motor Oil in a rinse phase with purelator PureOne filter? Perhaps I should ask before I changed it. My Rodeo has about 134K on it and cons...	klvaleri	1	586	09:29 AM Jul 9, 2008 by Frank Miller
	July 4th Sale Extended (Preview) Due to the grand response to our July 4th sale, I've paid forward a sizable inventory at my current cost level to see if we've reached some price break that allows better product throughput. Most outfits respond with passing on the costs until you can't afford their products like you once could. This u...	Frank Miller	3	583	11:49 PM Jul 5, 2008 by Reishi
	Mobil Drive Clean (Preview) I'm slowly approaching 2,500 miles, and will be doing an oil and filter change soon for the rinse stage. I'm following the oil burning application, although I changed my oil filter at the 1,250 mile mark. For the cleaning stage, I've used a Group III Motorcraft Synthetic Blend 10W-30 with ARX. I've go...	Falcon LS	4	1537	08:09 AM Jul 5, 2008 by dbdeland
	Quick Rinse Phase question (Preview) Hi All, I am using Motorcraft 15w40 dino with ARX for the clean phase and wondered if it would be possible to use Delo 5w40 synthetic for the rinse phase. I believe it is a Group III synthetic and I have a gallon around that needs to be used. Would it hurt to use it for the rinse phase? I have regular SuperTech...	coffee	4	644	02:41 AM Jul 5, 2008 by coffee
	Question on auto-rx (Preview) I just ordered 6 bottles for my two cars. One of mine is 95,000 miles, so I'm planning on doing one clean/rinse cycle. The other car is a Toyota Sienna, which has the engine known for sludge problems. I don't notice any signs of sludging, but I'm going to run two clean/rinse cycles since the direction...	shmget	12	1086	08:38 AM Jul 3, 2008 by shmget
	Auto-Rx Turns Oil BLACK In Lawn Mower Engine (Preview) I have had a Toro Super Recycler with the 6 Horsepower Briggs& Stratton Engine for 11 years now, added about 1 ounce of Auto-Rx last summer and changed the oil at the end of the season, nothing special, added 1 ounce to the oil again of course, decided to change it today and it was black, I have been usi...	brent olsen	12	986	10:41 PM Jul 2, 2008 by Reishi
	Using auto-rx to stop a leak: testimonial (Preview) Hello all, My car is an 1998 Ford Escort with a 2 liters DOHC Zetec engine. Last year I noticed on the passenger side of the engine an oil leak that caused lots crud and oily dirt to accumulate on this side of the engine. The oil seemed to get in the belts and a short 20 min highway drive would send a trace of...	Philgag	2	663	03:28 PM Jun 30, 2008 by Frank Miller
	MASSIVE Sludge...Auto-RX job?? (Preview) Hi, Can Auto RX do any thing for and engine like this? THis a lexus Rx300 w. V6, 80k miles. The motors our notorious for sludging . Mine has all the symptoms of one that looked like this (smoke, burning oil, etc). (There was a class action lawsuit,. I missed that window). I don't know if mine is as bad...	PK4	32	1347	10:58 PM Jun 29, 2008 by PK4
	Massive Sludged Engine (Preview) The massive sludged engine thread has been removed due to a troll and the thread wasnt going anywhere. Daryl Baines	dbdeland	0	850	11:59 AM Jun 29, 2008 by dbdeland
	Any experiences with ARX in rotary/Wankel engines? (Preview) Hi all, do anyone have any experience with using Auto-RX in rotary/Wankel engines like the Mazda RX-series? I guess it will work okay, but these engines are quite differntly built than traditional "bangers" and also have oil injected directly into the rotary chambers. Some of this oil w...	rayhell	4	1071	07:21 AM Jun 29, 2008 by Dust
	'95 Honda Passport 3.2l - nasty rattle (Preview) Can A-RX save this motor? I posted before about wanting to try A-RX in my neighbors Passport, because it had a pretty good tick to it. Well, that tick has become a death rattle. Here's a video I uploaded to YouTube of it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJpXf1DND48 I dumped my spare quart of A-Rx in, a...	ranger_dood	4	683	09:53 PM Jun 26, 2008 by gs300tx
	Auto-Rx Maintenance dose (Preview) The experiment was 1 (20 ounce dose of Auto-Rx)) as cleaning ratio in fresh group 111 or group 11 oil with clean filter. At 1250 miles change filter and top off oil (no more Auto-Rx) at 2500 miles change out oil. Rinse mode stay with group 111 or group 11 for 3000 miles (at 1500 miles change filter top off oi...	dbdeland	2	1383	03:21 PM Jun 25, 2008 by dbdeland
	questions (Preview) Hello, here is my situation I have a 2005 toyota tacoma, 4 cylinder, with 60,000 miles. About 6-7 thousand miles ago I got a bad rattle in my engine between 1500-2500 rpms. It sounds like a valve and the faster the rpm's the faster the sound. I have used better octain gas, different oil, chevron techr...	toby lester	6	626	11:44 PM Jun 22, 2008 by Reishi
	Topping up oil - do I add a bit of Auto-RX???? (Preview) I had my 1st post about a month ago just before getting an oil change on my 98 Corrola which has been burning a lot of oil. I added the Auto -RX as recommended and just checked the oil level after about 600 miles and it's down already - I'll probably have to put another quart of oil in in the next week or so. My qu...	dragonfly5	5	874	01:05 PM Jun 18, 2008 by dragonfly5
	Long Time User Of Competitive Product Uses Auto-Rx (Preview) Frank, "My fiancées car (1991 Honda Civic DX) began to get a very bad rough idle about 6-8 months ago, so I began to add some Marvel Mystery Oil (MMO) in the oil for a few oil changes. At that time the car had 101k miles on it. The idle got a little better after the MMO treatment but it was still nowhere as...	Frank Miller	0	2034	12:59 PM Jun 17, 2008 by Frank Miller
	Rebuilt Diesel Engine (Preview) I have a Ford pickup with a 7.3L diesel engine; the engine has about 25,000 miles on a rebuild. Should I use the full two bottle treatment or the maintenance dose? Thanks.	sam_j	1	901	05:27 PM Jun 16, 2008 by dbdeland
	Flushing machines (Preview) Having read a lot about Auto-Rx on the Internet, I purchased four bottles in the UK to use in my '00 Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero with over 210,000 km (131,250 miles). Having returned to Kuwait, I changed my oil with Motorcraft Synthetic Blend 10W-30 (a Group III oil) and used an ACDelco PF1127 filter wi...	Falcon LS	3	724	01:07 PM Jun 15, 2008 by Falcon LS
	Started using Auto-Rx and engine has a rough idle (Preview) Hello Frank and everyone else! I am about 500 miles into the rinse phase of a regular Auto-Rx engine oil application in my 2000 Grand Marquis. I just had my transmission flushed a few weeks ago after a 1000 miles with the transmission application. I started experiencing this a few months ago when I st...	RichG	7	939	07:02 AM Jun 14, 2008 by Frank Miller
	DHL to close their doors June 28th ? (Preview) Co-worker of mine whos wifes father drives for DHL says the company will shut down as of 6/28, didn't know if you were aware of this or not..( I'm assuming you still use DHL).	john1782	1	778	01:29 PM Jun 13, 2008 by Frank Miller
	Audi A6 clogged with sludge. Any suggestions? (Preview) I have a '99 Audi A6 2.8 that is evidently clogged with sludge. No oil is getting to the head. Long story short: Oil pressure warning light and buzzer came on. I shut it down and had it towed to my local European shop. They pulled the pan and found severe engine sludge. They removed the pump (still works fin...	nikenick	9	868	11:20 AM Jun 13, 2008 by TurboJim
	Annual Auto-Rx 4th of July Special Offer (Preview) Notice of the Annual Auto-Rx 4th of July Special Offer Auto-Rx has allocated 20 cases (480 bottles) for sale at reduced pricing. The sale runs through midnight on July 4th or when promotional inventory is depleted. Order page pricing will be reduced by $1.00 per bottle ordered, beyond the standard v...	Frank Miller	1	641	02:43 AM Jun 13, 2008 by jbl
	My 1.8 Engine And Sludge (Preview) I purchased my '99 AEB 1.8T with 5k. I started changing my own oil as > soon as I purchased the car. When the first oil sludging failure reports > started surfacing among the Club B5'ers and the discussion of AutoRx > surfaced I tried the AutoRx product. I did notice a significant > diff...	Frank Miller	0	748	11:38 AM Jun 12, 2008 by Frank Miller
	Maximum time for Auto-Rx? (Preview) Hi everyone, I have a 1987 Trans Am (5.7 TPI engine) that I just bought with 164k miles on it. This car is a resto project for me and is not a daily driver. The only problem with the engine is the valve stem seals are hardened which causes the familiar puff of smoke at start up. I intend to use MaxLife oil in i...	1987GTA	5	896	09:35 PM Jun 11, 2008 by Reishi
	Auto-Rx Mileage Questions (Preview) We get this question many times every day: Will Auto-Rx help my gas mileage ? Our answer is this: Enter MPG In Auto-Rx Site Search (located on home page www.auto-rx.com). You decide. P.S. You can enter any one word that applies to your question.	Frank Miller	1	634	08:33 AM Jun 11, 2008 by Richone
	Personal Log.... (Preview) Won a 1994 Ford Granada 2.9i V6 12valves 145B.H.P. with 84K on the clock from e-Bay (U.K.) A train journey from North West to the Midland (U.K.) to meet the 2nd owner who had it for over ten years and is regularly serviced by his local Ford garage Drove 100 miles home, nothing to report as it's well kept wi...	ForeverFord	11	1023	08:19 AM Jun 11, 2008 by ForeverFord
	'96 Isuzu Trooper (Preview) I have a '96 Isuzu Trooper w/3.2 V6. Bought w/107K and now has 127K on the clock. Maint unknown but there is hardened crud on the under side of the oil cap and some also visible at the neck. It has the well known "Isuzu tick", which on this Trooper has always come and gone. It may be a faint tick tha...	swu	4	1491	08:01 AM Jun 9, 2008 by Frank Miller
	How's that.... (Preview) 1992 Ford Granada 2.0i 8valves 116K -- Edited by ForeverFord at 15:07, 2008-05-26	ForeverFord	16	3738	08:22 AM Jun 7, 2008 by Frank Miller
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