Auto-Rx Customers Questions & Answers

dieselpower · dieselpower

My LIFTER TICK has been ELIMINATED!! Yippie!! My Legend has 208k miles on it and the lifter tick was getting worse and getting to bug me. My solution to lifter tick was to use Auto-RX. I followed the directions here (www.auto-rx.com/pages/applications.htm ). During the 2500 mile Clean Phase, the li...

Frank Miller · Frank Miller

This post on bitog shows how Auto-Rx can correct mechanical problems caused by contaminants.We are testing new type applications by the way and 2 bottles at one time is part of the test. WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THE APPLICATIONS AT THIS TIME. Frank Well, it typically won't fix anything "broken&...

HeadnSouth · HeadnSouth

http://cbs11tv.com/investigators/oil.sludge.engine.2.497439.htmlOil Sludge: The Silent Killerby Bennett Cunningham (CBS 11 News) It's a silent killer and left unchecked, it will destroy your engine. Oil sludge is as nasty as it sounds. What causes it and who's at fault...

pw01 · pw01

When I got my bottle of Auto Rx, the old application was the deal. 1500 mile clean phase followed by 2000 mile rinse. Shortly after I started the rinse, the application changed to the new "spec" - 2500 mile clean and 3000 mile rinse. Frank advised me to extend my rinse to the new 3000 mile stand...

Frank Miller · Frank Miller

Auto-Rx is in the engine sludge removal business we do it right we do it safely. With Auto-Rx you don't have to worry about stopping up an oil screen or pluging a piston port. While Auto-Rx can't repair metal wear we can alter the effects Money is to tight to mention. Folks buy what they need. Auto-...

brent olsen · brent olsen

Let me start by saying that whenever I changed my spark plugs before Auto-Rx the plugs were either had some carbon on them or a little oily residue, the plugs I changed today had about 25K on them, when I took all of the plugs out there was no oily residue or carbon on them, the porcelain part of the plugs wer...

pulse98 · pulse98

We know that AutoRX is used in combustion engines, transmissions and differentials and even printing presses! What other interesting/unique applications are there that AutoRX will be a benefit? How much heat is needed for AutoRX to "activate"?

dbdeland · dbdeland

Aaron's Auto-Rx Extensive Test Website,

brent olsen · brent olsen

I have 22K on my Mercury Marauder and I did the Maintenance Dose at 18 K and noticed that when I changed my oil a few weeks ago the filter was a little heavy, I also noticed that when I did the Maintenance Dose at 18K a few hundered miles into it I could see that the oil on the dipstick was a little dark, I am on the...

CosmoM · CosmoM

I just received three bottles of ARX and will be using it in my 2000 BMW 540i with 176,000 miles. Now I know that BMW recommends synthetic, but I also know that ARX works best with conventional motor oils. As can be guessed I have no warranty issues. I used the Castrol Oil Lube selector on thier website and...

Frank Miller · Frank Miller

This answers about 90 % of all posts. What More Can be Said About Auto-Rx ? I'm in the clean phase on three cars. First time user of ARX. The ARX has added more seat of the pants pep, quited all three engines and I have the ARX in two auto-tranny's and they are running smooth as silk. All three cars have aprox....

TurboJim · TurboJim

Normally I try and give advise.... this time I'm looking for advise. The compression readings on a '91 Toyota 22RE engine with 162,000 miles came up: #1 - 179 psi #2 - 189 psi #3 - 60 psi #4 - 183 psi Now I know one can expect the ring packs to clean up pretty quickly, often within 500 miles or so but can ARX...

hav · hav

Hello, I bought a bottle of ARX and was planning to put it in my 1999 V6 Camry with new oil and filter. But I think after I do that I will be probably driving the car for 1000 miles and then going for a vacation out of the country for 4 weeks. Is it OK to keep the ARX and oil sitting for such a long time? And can I come...

Tackleberry625 · Tackleberry625

I tried to search for the answer to my question but I could not find it. I was interested in doing the 3 oz mainteance dose in my vehicles after the initial clean/rinse phases are complete. My question is, from what I understand the purpose of the rinse phase is to rinse all of the containments off the i...

Erniel · Erniel

My sisters '99 Toyota Sienna V6 smokes heavily on a cold start. It is a lot of white smoke. I know the engine is quite heavily sludged up but the mfr. date is 10/98 so Toyota will do nothing. Is this the kind of situation that ARX will cure ? I just had the oil & filter changed. It uses a lot of oil both by le...

brent olsen · brent olsen

I had a person I know tell me about a car they got from there aunt that had 96,000 miles and was leaking oil so bad that she had to keep 4 quarts of oil in the pan instead of 5 because it was leaking so bad, with 4 quarts in there it still leaked a little bit but nothing like it did with 5 quarts, I told her about Auto...

dbdeland · dbdeland

Welcome to the Auto Rx forum. We're glad that you have an interest in>>>the product, and have decided to join the forum.>>> >>>The purpose of this forum is to discuss Auto Rx, its application, your>>>results, and to answer any questions about the product a...

pulse98 · pulse98

The Eaton Supercharger has it's own self contained oil supply that is totally separate from the engine oil. The factory recommended oil change interval for the supercharger oil is 100k miles. It is a synthetic oil. Is AutoRX recommended in that application?

ARB1977 · ARB1977

This summer im going to give RX a try in my already clean Tacoma 3.4L with 79,000 miles. Ive used Redline and Amsoil since buying her in 2002 with 5,000-7500 or six month change intervals. Since wasting too much money over the years im hoping to get on the Auto-Rx ban waggon. Im thinking on going with...

New Members Please Stop Here First · pw01

Welcome to the Auto Rx forum. We're glad that you have an interest in the product, and have decided to join the forum. The purpose of this forum is to discuss Auto Rx, it's application, your results, and to answer any questions about the product and it's use. You are encouraged to respond to other member...

ARB1977 · ARB1977

Would anyone use auto rx maintence dose with Maxlife red bottle?

brent olsen · brent olsen

I ran a little Auto-Rx in my 6 horsepower briggs engine for about 2 months, went out today and started it too run the gas out, changed oil after running it for 10 minutes, it came out a little dark, added new oil and ran out the gas, should I run a rinse phase like we do for our car engines.

nannce · nannce

i have used auto rx before in an 89 mr2 and it worked great! now that i picked up my 05 wrx it has alot of miles on it almost 50k. thats almost 25k a year. so i want to do alittle cleaning out of the enigine. the only thing that scares me is with the turbo. i have heard that addatives can wear out my seals and bearin...

superdave592 · superdave592

56 Corvette never used started once a year 50 miles on restore 66 Barracuda same 1977 Elcamino 33,000 miles used 3000miles a year 2003 Ford explorer 46,000 miles 2008 Honda Accord here any day How do I use this product in each of these Thank you

Frank Miller · Frank Miller

Do those high priced oil additives help or hurt your engine? Oil additives, you know the ones that almost everyone has tried and most have not seen much difference, Yea those. Lets talk about what is really in them and what they can do to your engine. There are hundreds of oil additives on the market. Som...

brent olsen · brent olsen

My Dad and I have identical 04 Mercury's, I run the Maintenance Dose, he does not, I did an oil change on both vehicles yesterday, my oil came out darker and my oil filter was heavier than his, also my tail pipes are spotless, whereas my Dad's has some black residue, I run my finger at the end of the tailpipe...

Jared · Jared

I bought this van last year brand new.It currently has only 11K on it. Would it benefit to put it through the basic application of ARX? I have used it on two of my vehicles but they have both over 150K.

Richone · Richone

I have looked at Dan's Ford Escort experiment using the double dose for faster cleaning and must say that the end results are quite positive. I am not so sure that a single bottle application run for the normal duration wouldn't have produced similar results. But the bottom line is that substantial t...

BobW · BobW

I just placed an order for three bottles of AutoRx to help remove/prevent sludge in my newly purchased 2003 Passat 1.8T (53K miles). While the bottles are in route, I need to decide which oil to use with the treatment. I've read many posts and can't come away with a good enough answer. I'm a DIY,...

Frank Miller · Frank Miller

Seems a lot of folks think they know what & how Auto-Rx works by some of the posts on bitog lately. Click open this link and read carefully. There is not another stand alone product that a maintenance manager would put in the oil reserve of an $18 millon dollar web offset printing tower. 3-Rx & Au...

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	My LIFTER TICK has been ELIMINATED!! Yippie!! (Preview) My LIFTER TICK has been ELIMINATED!! Yippie!! My Legend has 208k miles on it and the lifter tick was getting worse and getting to bug me. My solution to lifter tick was to use Auto-RX. I followed the directions here (www.auto-rx.com/pages/applications.htm ). During the 2500 mile Clean Phase, the li...	dieselpower	2	1579	01:38 PM Feb 10, 2008 by dbdeland
	If You Don,t read Anything Else Read This, (Preview) This post on bitog shows how Auto-Rx can correct mechanical problems caused by contaminants.We are testing new type applications by the way and 2 bottles at one time is part of the test. WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THE APPLICATIONS AT THIS TIME. Frank Well, it typically won't fix anything "broken&...	Frank Miller	0	883	05:38 PM Feb 9, 2008 by Frank Miller
	Oil Sludge: The Silent Killer (Preview) http://cbs11tv.com/investigators/oil.sludge.engine.2.497439.htmlOil Sludge: The Silent Killerby Bennett Cunningham (CBS 11 News) It's a silent killer and left unchecked, it will destroy your engine. Oil sludge is as nasty as it sounds. What causes it and who's at fault...	HeadnSouth	8	6955	02:04 PM Feb 6, 2008 by brent olsen
	Just finished the rinse phase (Preview) When I got my bottle of Auto Rx, the old application was the deal. 1500 mile clean phase followed by 2000 mile rinse. Shortly after I started the rinse, the application changed to the new "spec" - 2500 mile clean and 3000 mile rinse. Frank advised me to extend my rinse to the new 3000 mile stand...	pw01	9	1235	06:48 AM Feb 6, 2008 by dbdeland
	Auto-Rx Is In The Engine Sludge Removal Business (Preview) Auto-Rx is in the engine sludge removal business we do it right we do it safely. With Auto-Rx you don't have to worry about stopping up an oil screen or pluging a piston port. While Auto-Rx can't repair metal wear we can alter the effects Money is to tight to mention. Folks buy what they need. Auto-...	Frank Miller	1	588	05:17 PM Feb 5, 2008 by Richone
	Changed Spark Plugs UNBELIEVABLE (Preview) Let me start by saying that whenever I changed my spark plugs before Auto-Rx the plugs were either had some carbon on them or a little oily residue, the plugs I changed today had about 25K on them, when I took all of the plugs out there was no oily residue or carbon on them, the porcelain part of the plugs wer...	brent olsen	3	642	02:39 PM Feb 3, 2008 by brent olsen
	Unique non-engine non-automotive applications for Auto-RX? (Preview) We know that AutoRX is used in combustion engines, transmissions and differentials and even printing presses! What other interesting/unique applications are there that AutoRX will be a benefit? How much heat is needed for AutoRX to "activate"?	pulse98	2	496	11:55 AM Feb 3, 2008 by Frank Miller
	Sludge Mobile Before and After Auto-Rx. (Preview) Aaron's Auto-Rx Extensive Test Website,	dbdeland	0	391	04:40 PM Jan 31, 2008 by dbdeland
	Benefit From An Application Versus Maintenance Dose (Preview) I have 22K on my Mercury Marauder and I did the Maintenance Dose at 18 K and noticed that when I changed my oil a few weeks ago the filter was a little heavy, I also noticed that when I did the Maintenance Dose at 18K a few hundered miles into it I could see that the oil on the dipstick was a little dark, I am on the...	brent olsen	5	735	05:27 PM Jan 30, 2008 by brent olsen
	Straight Answer Needed (Preview) I just received three bottles of ARX and will be using it in my 2000 BMW 540i with 176,000 miles. Now I know that BMW recommends synthetic, but I also know that ARX works best with conventional motor oils. As can be guessed I have no warranty issues. I used the Castrol Oil Lube selector on thier website and...	CosmoM	7	866	03:48 PM Jan 30, 2008 by pw01
	Auto-Rx-Multiple Engines-Oil,s-EngineLight-Ticking-Bio Oil (Preview) This answers about 90 % of all posts. What More Can be Said About Auto-Rx ? I'm in the clean phase on three cars. First time user of ARX. The ARX has added more seat of the pants pep, quited all three engines and I have the ARX in two auto-tranny's and they are running smooth as silk. All three cars have aprox....	Frank Miller	0	586	02:57 PM Jan 30, 2008 by Frank Miller
	Compression Challenged (Preview) Normally I try and give advise.... this time I'm looking for advise. The compression readings on a '91 Toyota 22RE engine with 162,000 miles came up: #1 - 179 psi #2 - 189 psi #3 - 60 psi #4 - 183 psi Now I know one can expect the ring packs to clean up pretty quickly, often within 500 miles or so but can ARX...	TurboJim	14	1071	12:34 PM Jan 28, 2008 by TrevorsYota
	Application Question (Preview) Hello, I bought a bottle of ARX and was planning to put it in my 1999 V6 Camry with new oil and filter. But I think after I do that I will be probably driving the car for 1000 miles and then going for a vacation out of the country for 4 weeks. Is it OK to keep the ARX and oil sitting for such a long time? And can I come...	hav	5	696	03:39 PM Jan 27, 2008 by TurboJim
	Maintance dose (Preview) I tried to search for the answer to my question but I could not find it. I was interested in doing the 3 oz mainteance dose in my vehicles after the initial clean/rinse phases are complete. My question is, from what I understand the purpose of the rinse phase is to rinse all of the containments off the i...	Tackleberry625	7	582	12:15 AM Jan 24, 2008 by Tackleberry625
	1999 Sienna a lot of white smoke at cold start up ! (Preview) My sisters '99 Toyota Sienna V6 smokes heavily on a cold start. It is a lot of white smoke. I know the engine is quite heavily sludged up but the mfr. date is 10/98 so Toyota will do nothing. Is this the kind of situation that ARX will cure ? I just had the oil & filter changed. It uses a lot of oil both by le...	Erniel	6	1400	10:17 PM Jan 23, 2008 by Dust
	Auto-Rx Works On A 1976 Chevrolet Malibu (Preview) I had a person I know tell me about a car they got from there aunt that had 96,000 miles and was leaking oil so bad that she had to keep 4 quarts of oil in the pan instead of 5 because it was leaking so bad, with 4 quarts in there it still leaked a little bit but nothing like it did with 5 quarts, I told her about Auto...	brent olsen	0	449	09:59 PM Jan 23, 2008 by brent olsen
	WELCOME TO THE AUTO-RX FORUM (Preview) Welcome to the Auto Rx forum. We're glad that you have an interest in>>>the product, and have decided to join the forum.>>> >>>The purpose of this forum is to discuss Auto Rx, its application, your>>>results, and to answer any questions about the product a...	dbdeland	0	382	06:26 PM Jan 22, 2008 by dbdeland
	AutoRX in Eaton Supercharger Oil? (Preview) The Eaton Supercharger has it's own self contained oil supply that is totally separate from the engine oil. The factory recommended oil change interval for the supercharger oil is 100k miles. It is a synthetic oil. Is AutoRX recommended in that application?	pulse98	5	676	06:24 PM Jan 22, 2008 by Dust
	Maintence dose 6000-7500 miles (Preview) This summer im going to give RX a try in my already clean Tacoma 3.4L with 79,000 miles. Ive used Redline and Amsoil since buying her in 2002 with 5,000-7500 or six month change intervals. Since wasting too much money over the years im hoping to get on the Auto-Rx ban waggon. Im thinking on going with...	ARB1977	6	704	03:46 PM Jan 22, 2008 by Tackleberry625
	New Members Please Stop Here First (Preview) Welcome to the Auto Rx forum. We're glad that you have an interest in the product, and have decided to join the forum. The purpose of this forum is to discuss Auto Rx, it's application, your results, and to answer any questions about the product and it's use. You are encouraged to respond to other member...	pw01	0	662	01:52 PM Jan 22, 2008 by pw01
	Valvoline Maxlife red bottle 5W30 (Preview) Would anyone use auto rx maintence dose with Maxlife red bottle?	ARB1977	4	668	04:53 PM Jan 16, 2008 by dbdeland
	Auto-Rx in Small Mower (Preview) I ran a little Auto-Rx in my 6 horsepower briggs engine for about 2 months, went out today and started it too run the gas out, changed oil after running it for 10 minutes, it came out a little dark, added new oil and ran out the gas, should I run a rinse phase like we do for our car engines.	brent olsen	3	491	10:09 PM Jan 14, 2008 by brent olsen
	auto rx in 05 wrx turbo (Preview) i have used auto rx before in an 89 mr2 and it worked great! now that i picked up my 05 wrx it has alot of miles on it almost 50k. thats almost 25k a year. so i want to do alittle cleaning out of the enigine. the only thing that scares me is with the turbo. i have heard that addatives can wear out my seals and bearin...	nannce	4	707	07:15 AM Jan 11, 2008 by HeadnSouth
	I am new (Preview) 56 Corvette never used started once a year 50 miles on restore 66 Barracuda same 1977 Elcamino 33,000 miles used 3000miles a year 2003 Ford explorer 46,000 miles 2008 Honda Accord here any day How do I use this product in each of these Thank you	superdave592	5	821	07:05 AM Jan 11, 2008 by HeadnSouth
	OIL ADDITIVES HELP OR HURT YOUR ENGINE? (Preview) Do those high priced oil additives help or hurt your engine? Oil additives, you know the ones that almost everyone has tried and most have not seen much difference, Yea those. Lets talk about what is really in them and what they can do to your engine. There are hundreds of oil additives on the market. Som...	Frank Miller	7	1459	06:34 AM Jan 11, 2008 by pw01
	My 04 Merc has Maintenance Dose, Dad's does not (Preview) My Dad and I have identical 04 Mercury's, I run the Maintenance Dose, he does not, I did an oil change on both vehicles yesterday, my oil came out darker and my oil filter was heavier than his, also my tail pipes are spotless, whereas my Dad's has some black residue, I run my finger at the end of the tailpipe...	brent olsen	2	501	02:27 PM Jan 10, 2008 by brent olsen
	06 Kia Sedona (Preview) I bought this van last year brand new.It currently has only 11K on it. Would it benefit to put it through the basic application of ARX? I have used it on two of my vehicles but they have both over 150K.	Jared	12	939	01:43 PM Jan 10, 2008 by pw01
	Dan's escort pics and fuel economy gains (Preview) I have looked at Dan's Ford Escort experiment using the double dose for faster cleaning and must say that the end results are quite positive. I am not so sure that a single bottle application run for the normal duration wouldn't have produced similar results. But the bottom line is that substantial t...	Richone	5	869	01:15 PM Jan 10, 2008 by TurboJim
	A few questions (Preview) I just placed an order for three bottles of AutoRx to help remove/prevent sludge in my newly purchased 2003 Passat 1.8T (53K miles). While the bottles are in route, I need to decide which oil to use with the treatment. I've read many posts and can't come away with a good enough answer. I'm a DIY,...	BobW	10	1109	08:11 PM Jan 7, 2008 by geeaea
	Is There A Difference Beteen Auto-Rx & 3-Rx (Preview) Seems a lot of folks think they know what & how Auto-Rx works by some of the posts on bitog lately. Click open this link and read carefully. There is not another stand alone product that a maintenance manager would put in the oil reserve of an $18 millon dollar web offset printing tower. 3-Rx & Au...	Frank Miller	0	643	03:53 PM Jan 4, 2008 by Frank Miller
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