well, i added 2 ounces of auto rx to my vintage honda motorcycle, in the hopes that it would clean things up inside. well, when it came up to operating temperature, it started puking oil from everywhere. all the seals are now leaking, as well as something on top of the head...which is unfortunate, because it is only accessible by removing the engine from the frame. i guess i am headed for a total engine rebuild. not happy. i guess i just couldnt leave well enough alone. i will not be adding rx to my other bike.
I'm not going to speculate as to what went wrong in your engine but ARX isn't the cause of it. It would be just as illogical to say that motor oil caused your engine to fail.
Auto-Rx could not possibly create the problems you state it is a metal cleaner and is not a solvent or petroleum based chemistry. I don't know what additives you put into this engine prior to Auto-Rx, I do know you caused your own problem. Now you want to blame Auto-Rx. Read the test data on Cycle-Rx.No other oil or product tested as well as Auto-Rx. Auto-Rx is safe. Perhaps your problem is a simple as you never read the application.
This sounds like the classic case of somebody who has a classic automobile or motorcycle that probably hardly gets driven and the oil probably has not been changed in years.
If you let an engine sit for a long time you are going to end up with problems, your seals were probably hard as a rock from not driving the motorcycle.
My Dad has a 1966 Pontiac GTO that he has driven once in 23 years when he transported it to his new house, it leaks out the rear main seal because it is just not driven.
ah, well, i wasnt exactly trying to blame your product. i am merely saying that if you have an older bike that runs like a kitten and doesnt leak, think VERY HARD before trying to fix something that isnt broken in the first place. i realize my seals were undoubtedly old (18 years since the last rebuild). i was, however, assured in emails that this would be no problem.
i expected to get shouted down here, i only wanted to share my experience with anyone who might be thinking of doing the same thing.
oh, and the bike has been meticulously maintained, btw, and i read the application.
it was my own damn dumb fault, though, so lesson learned.
I do not believe Auto-Rx caused any damage to your bike it is a non solvent cleaner. If your seals are 18 years old it is possible they are hardened and brittle?
Why don't you post the e-mails you refer to ? I should have said follow the correct application. If you read seal leaks you would know that there will be leaks after cleaning the seals and how to stop those leaks. I don't care if the seals are 40 years old and hard as a rock. Auto-Rx rejuvenates them to almost new.
I am sorry, but I find it very hard to believe that 2 ounces of auto-rx is going to cause oil to leak everywhere after you had the engine warm up, it like you are saying I added 2 ounces of auto-rx and then started the bike up and in 10 minutes auto-rx cleaned everything around the seals and oil just started coming out everywhere.
Auto-Rx is a great product, but it does not clean an entire engine in 10 minutes or 10 miles, something else is going on here.
I can't see Auto-Rx working that fast on anything. Although it has surely happened due to false seasl (dirt), I can't really recall when I've heard of a non-leaking engine getting leaks with its use. Leaks getting worse until the process was complete ..but (thinking) not a non-leaking engine (seeping and/or weeping, yes) going Niagara Falls? That would be a first for me.
I'd have a hard time attributing this to Auto-Rx. It just can't react that fast ..but given the close time frame between the add and event, I can see why you would reason that it was responsible.
You say that you added 2 ounces of ARX. Is that 2 fluid ounces total or 2 fluid ounces per quart? What I am getting to is, did you overfill the crankcase? Is it possible that the crankcase is overfilled? This will lead to leaks for sure. In almost all cases returning the oil sump to the proper full level will eliminate the leaks.
Remember guys this is a motorcycle, it won't have the crankcase oil capacity of a automobile.
ARX works slowly.... very slowly
I have no doubt that greg78gs750 oil leaks problems are real.... but ARX is the last place I'd place blame.
Remember because it is a motorcycle it probably does not get driven much, if an engine is used on a limited basis then the seals can harden up from sittong around for a long time.
