On 8/18/05, Josh Battles <josh.lists@omg-stfu.com> wrote:
>
> Andy Levy said:
> >
> > Back in March I had the Acclaim inspected (north of 100K) at the local
> > Dodge dealer and had them change the oil while they were at it. Basic
> > oil, not the high-mileage stuff, nor synthetic. Within 2-3 weeks, the
> > oil was *way* low.
>
> Interesting. Is "way low" more than a quart? I've found that if I do a lot
> of autocross events in a particulare oil change cycle, I'll go through a
> quart of oil in my dak pretty consistantly because of all the time spent in
> the upper RPM range. (It did this even when it was new)
I don't know exactly, but it was enough that at 1 month, if I took a
highway off-ramp fast enough I'd get a low oil light. More than a
quart sounds reasonable at that point.
> > Using Valvoline high-mileage, I lose very little oil between changes.
> > The engine still seeps, just not nearly as fast as with regular oil.
>
> Have you tried this? http://www.auto-rx.com/
> I've heard fantastic things about it on several of the other forums I'm on.
> I've not tried it so I can't comment but I have heard good things.
Never heard of it before. $50 plus 2 oil changes, and the car's most
likely gone on Nov. 1. Had I known about it a year ago, I'd try it,
but at this point, I'm thinking not.
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