Staring my rinse phase next week!

 

Aren't you working on your interior? I though you are not driving your max now...

 

I have 900 miles to go on my rinse phase. The engine idles so quietly that I literally can't hear it with the windows up and stereo and heater turned off.

I'm looking forward to the the switch to synthetic oil, Esso XD3, 0w30 coming up!

 

Maintinence is more important than anything else to me. What good is a nice interior if the car does not move anywhere. And I don't know about alot of other poeple on here, but Mommy and Daddy do not forge my way ergo the Max is my only means of transportation.

 

The reason I asked it is because I saw a couple of pics where all your interior was stripped including instrument cluster and seats. For some reason, after seeing those pics I was absolutely sure that you have the second vehicle for everyday driving.

 

Just a VERY stressful week off from work

 

just did an oil change and now into the rinse phase ... hope to see the engine sound/perform better after the 2500 miles drive n an oil change As noted by many users of auto-rx, i didn't observe big change in the way engine sounds/performs as of now but let's see if something feels better after rinse phase ..

 

Yeah i added it last week, did a lot of driving and i have about 900 miles to go in the clean phase

 

Last few days, as the temps were in negative, the car starts in the morning were like grunts ... may be that's coz of the auto-rx in rinse phase that i read abt in the auto-rx forums ... now it sounds n starts better as the temps are climbing up back ..

 

I am definitely interested in doing this to my max. I use mobile 1 5w30. I thought that it was bad to go over to Dino oil once you have switched to synthetic. It says you have to throw in dino on the rinse cycle. i guess 1500 miles on dino is not a huge deal...but what if i wanted to do 2 complete cycles? How long could i have dino oil in there?

 

I'm 1,000 miles in the cleaning phase now. IT shouldnt be a problem switching back at all, even for 2 cycles.
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I have about 900 miles to go in the rinse phase as well...from what I can tell, this seems to have been quite a worthwhile investment.

Engine is SUPER quiet.

 

any claims on fuel consumption decrease?

 

The fuel economy will increase rather than decrease.

 

how many of you actually continue on with the maintenance program suggested by auto-rx

 

Following completion of the rinse phase, I am not going to bother with the maintenance program initially. I may reconsider that down the road.

 

fuel consumption decrease = meaning vehicles consume less gas = fuel economy incresae.

 

I have 65k on my car, and I have about 200miles into the first cleaning phase. So far, no real difference, the car idles smoothly, but i can def hear the motor, faintly. Do you really mean to tell me that it idles so smoothly that you seriously have to STRAIN to hear it? if so I am REALLY excitied. What about when you gun it onh the highway? Is it quieter on a full roar?

 

I now have 300 miles to go on the rinse phase. Like I said I can't hear the engine idle and I have a Budget y-pipe and K&N panel air filter.

I just turned 100K kilometres (62K miles) and the car pulls like crazy and I still have the original OEM platinum plugs that haven't been changed since day 1 (October 1, 1994).

 

What the difference between Auto-Rx and those cleaning system fuel?

 

It just works different:
http://auto-rx.com/pages/faqs.htm#U6

 

I take it you are referring to fuel additives. They are used to clean the fuel injectors. Such products include Chevron Techron, LubeControl FP60, BG44K and Gumout Regane.

AutoRX is added to the oil and cleans the engine internals and ring packs.

It should not be confused with Seafoam which cleans the intake manifold.

In addition there are cleaners used to clean the throttle body and cleaners to clean the idle air control valve (IACV) and exhaust gas recirculation valve (EGR).

 

I've used Auto-RX in my '92 Stanza and got increased fuel mileage and a MUCH quieter engine. The KA24E engine is known to develop very annoying loud lifter noise at high mileage. I have 208,808 miles on the engine (all driven by me) and it helped that problem signifigantly. I did use the cleaning phase of the treatment twice before the rinsing phase. I'm pleased with the results. I'll be buying more to use in my Maxima. Does anyone know where the information is regarding a discount for Maxima.org forum members?

 

Not sure about the Maxima.org discount, but you can join www.bobistheoilguy.com and get a discount by being a member there. It is also a very worthwhile site to belong to.

 

there is a $5 discount. You need to get a code from auto-rx forums (not BITOG)
I will not post it here (out of respect to the owners of auto-rx) sorry.

 

I just bought my car from the dealer last month and they did an oil/filter change then (about 1000 miles ago). I just got my Auto-Rx today.

Can i just start the treatment now or should i do ANOTHER oil/filter change before? They dealer said they used Mobil (Dino) and a Mobil filter so i'm assuming it's OK to just go ahead with the treatment.

Also, our cars hold 4.25 Qts of oil. So, i'm assuming everyone's following the instructions and putting in 10oz right?

I was planning on using the extra 2oz for my MTF change. Just slap in 2oz and change TF in 1000 miles...sounds good to me!


Thanks for the info.. whatever happened to Sooner anyways? I'm real curious to see his blackstone results!

 

Should be fine to start now, as long as you can give it a solid 1500-2000 miles before changing to the rinse phase.

Sooner was posting on this topic over a year ago.

 

What is the mileage on your car, Narrator? I question using AutoRX for a 2003 Maxima unless it has at least 60K on the clock.

You need to follow the instructions precisely. The clean phase is 1,500 miles and the rinse phase is 2,000 miles. You are good to go with the oil you have now, but you should change the filter. I would be inclined to wait until about 1,500 miles before the next oil change.

You have to use dino oil for the rinse phase. Then you can switch to synthetic if you so desire.

However,

 

I bought the car with 53k and it currently has 54k on it. There are three reasons why i want to use Auto-Rx...

1. Even though the Carfax shows regular service intervals between 3 and 5k thoughout the life of the car, I dont know what kind of oil they were using or what kind of envionment the car has been exposed to. I sort of want to start from a clean slate.

2. I want to switch from Dino oil to synthetic (Mobil 1 5w30). I got Dino in the car now, but again, i'm not sure what type of oil was in there before. Through my research, i've found that the cleanest way to do this is to run through an Auto-Rx treatment. After all, it couldn't hurt.

3. It's coming up on it's 60k mile service and i want to start getting stuff out of the way. I figure the best way to do this is start with the fluids; Oil, Tranny, Coolant, PS, etc. I can use the excess Auto-Rx for the Manual Tranny fluid i planned on changing now, but now i'll just wait the 1000 miles recommended by AutoRX for MTF Fluid Treatment and do it then.


The instructions are pretty clear and easy, i was just asking if i should change oil and or filter before starting the treatment given that i've already driven almost 1000 miles since my last Oil/Filter Change

Ok, so it looks like you think i should change my filter... I've read a lot about AutoRX and people say any filter will do, then in the next post someone will say that you should use a good filter to make sure you filter the sludgies that AutoRx is getting out..which makes more sense then using a crap filter.

I'm going to buy 3 filters right now. 1 for the immediate change to start the clean phase, 1 for the rinse phase and 1 for the switch to Synthetic.

I've read a lot about filters as well. Bobo or anyone, do you recommend a particular filter for the AutoRx treatment that can handle the type/amount of sludge AutoRX gets out? And, while i'm at it, which filter do you recommend for the eventual switch to Mobil 1? (I see that's also what you used so just curious which filter you selected)

Hopefully i can get all 3 of these in one shot..

Thanks again for your help!

 

I just went with the Nissan OEM filter for both the clean and rinse phases.

Don't use Fram as they are crap! Alternatively, you could use a WIX, Purolator PureOne or a Mobil 1 filter. I think it is more important to go with a good quality filter for the rinse phase as that is where any crud will be caught.

Although I have owned my car since day 1 and had routine oil changes, I decided to use the AutoRX prior to switching to synthetic oil as I wanted to minimize the risk of leaks. I have no leaks and I am using 0w30 synthetic oil.

I sawed the oil filter in half following the rinse phase. I was impressed with the construction of the OEM filter. It managed to capture a fair bit of crud, so I think the procedure was worthwhile.

If I were going to use any product on a maintenance basis, I would be inclined to go with LubeControl LC20 or Valvoline Synthetic Oil Treatment which are highly recommended on BITOG.

 

*** Noob Question Alert ***

Can you replace JUST the oil filter? Won't the oil spill out? If you have to do an oil change in order to change the filter then i'll just wait till the next one.

If you CAN change just the filter, then can you jack the front of the car up to do an oil change or must the car be level? I don't have a lift but i do have a jack and ramps.

**** Noob Alert Over ****



Is this the recommended OEM Filter? And can i use it for both Dino and Synthetic Oil? I'm thinking about just gettin the 10 pack to save on some dough and save the trouble of going to the store every 5k.

15208-00006

 

I went to the stealership and bought the oil filters. I then went to a Mr. Lube and talked them into installing the oil filter for nothing. Although the oil filter contains oil, remember you are going to be adding 8 ounces or so of AutoRX. Change the filter, add the AutoRX and top up with oil if necessary.

If you are changing the oil yourself, the car should be level or you won't get all the oil out of the oil pan.

I'm not sure what the OEM filter # is for an 03 Maxima. You can use the same filter for dino oil or synthetic oil. I have never heard of using a different oil filter depending on whether the oil used is dino or synthetic.

 

check out the Auto RX website, it has all the answers. They do recommend you only use Dino oil for the cleaning and rise phase. Also, you CAN just change the filter. You loose a bit of oil from inside the filter, but not that much - the oil pan is lower than the filter, so there's no real risk of it pouring out.