What benefit from using A-rx... in high mileage (178k) 1993 bonneville 3800? This car runs absolutely perfect, No oil consumption whatsoever, Still has plenty of power and can reach 30mpg on the highway. Would I be better off leaving well enough alone or could I see some kind of benefit from using the product. I honestly don't see how it could do any better, But you never know.
It appears that XXXX has a high mileage vehicle. Therefore the > need for > two cleaning and rinse cycles before he enters the maintenance > program of > adding 3 fluid ounces per oil change. For one thing he has not given any > consideration to expected engine longevity and performance in his > vehicle, I > assume he is trying to milk out a couple more years out of the > current unit. > Not knowing the current condition of the motor, it may well decline in > performance from wear, so to assume that it will maintain the > old 21.5 mpg > may not hold up in reality. He also does not account for the > possibility of > extending oil drain intervals, with a clean motor, running the > maintenance > dose. If he's a dino user, it is quite likely that he may run closer > to 4000 > miles, instead of the usual 3000 miles on dino. If an oil change > costs 25 > bucks and he is extending the interval by 33%, there is more than an > offset > of running a $5.25 maintenance dose, in oil savings. The cost of an oil > change at 3000 miles is 0.83 cents per mile. A 4000 mile oil change > interval > will run him 0.75 cents per mile, with the maintenance dose installed. > > In the long haul, he will never need to do a cleaning application again > using the maintenance dose. I think he is short sighted in looking > to recoup > his ARX investment in just a few months. If he is looking to run the > car two > more years, he'd come out way ahead of the game. I really don't know > of any > other investment opportunities that will generate the same rate of > return. > > If you were to extend the program over a year's time or 12,420 > miles, his > fuel savings would be $109.00 and oil savings of another 10 bucks, > out of > his wallet. Not to mention that he would have used 4 quarts less of > motor > oil and about 40 gallons less fuel. Fossil fuels are keyed by supply and > demand. By all of us using less, we can help to lower fuel and oil > prices. > Think about 50 million vehicles on the road using 40 gallons less > gas per > year. That would reduce demand by 2,000,000,000 gallon per year. I > have not > even begun to address whether this high mile vehicle may be burning or > leaking some motor oil, that could well be improved. And all the while, > helping a great deal in preventing catastrophic internal engine failure, > which in the case of high mileage vehicles usually puts them into > the bone > yard, for recycling. > > Rich Eklund > Auto-Rx Proud User >
