engine oil supplement? is it good to use?
 

hello everyone, todays question is "what do u think about using engine oil
treatments like red line, royal purple, lucas, is it good to use in motors
with 200k+ miles."? the reason i ask is because my 93 xj has that many miles
and i'm changing my oil from 5w-30 synthetic to 10w-30 synthetic and was
thinking about adding the stuff. my buddy told me that lucas was great stuff
to use because i have a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning or when
my xj has been sitting for a long time but when it warms up it goes away.
need some info please and thanks again if it wasn't for this site and the
help from you people out there my jeep would be sitting and getting rusty.

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Re: engine oil supplement? is it good to use?
 

You are not going to cure "a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning"
with chemicals. Maybe if it is caused by too light a weight oil, then
putting the proper weight oil in the vehicle will do it. Maybe not.
Usually when it gets around to "a loud ticking noise at start up in the
morning" that is a sign of mechanical damage or advanced wear.

Instead of wasting your money on synthetic oil and snake oil additives, you
would be better off putting your pennies in a savings account, to prepare
for the eventuality of engine repairs.

Earle

"jeepney driver via CarKB.com" <u17884@uwe> wrote in message
news:5b31961690ed3@uwe...
> hello everyone, todays question is "what do u think about using engine oil
> treatments like red line, royal purple, lucas, is it good to use in motors
> with 200k+ miles."? the reason i ask is because my 93 xj has that many
miles
> and i'm changing my oil from 5w-30 synthetic to 10w-30 synthetic and was
> thinking about adding the stuff. my buddy told me that lucas was great
stuff
> to use because i have a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning or
when
> my xj has been sitting for a long time but when it warms up it goes away.
> need some info please and thanks again if it wasn't for this site and the
> help from you people out there my jeep would be sitting and getting rusty.
>
> --
> Message posted via http://www.carkb.com

Re: engine oil supplement? is it good to use?
 

You are not going to cure "a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning"
with chemicals. Maybe if it is caused by too light a weight oil, then
putting the proper weight oil in the vehicle will do it. Maybe not.
Usually when it gets around to "a loud ticking noise at start up in the
morning" that is a sign of mechanical damage or advanced wear.

Instead of wasting your money on synthetic oil and snake oil additives, you
would be better off putting your pennies in a savings account, to prepare
for the eventuality of engine repairs.

Earle

"jeepney driver via CarKB.com" <u17884@uwe> wrote in message
news:5b31961690ed3@uwe...
> hello everyone, todays question is "what do u think about using engine oil
> treatments like red line, royal purple, lucas, is it good to use in motors
> with 200k+ miles."? the reason i ask is because my 93 xj has that many
miles
> and i'm changing my oil from 5w-30 synthetic to 10w-30 synthetic and was
> thinking about adding the stuff. my buddy told me that lucas was great
stuff
> to use because i have a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning or
when
> my xj has been sitting for a long time but when it warms up it goes away.
> need some info please and thanks again if it wasn't for this site and the
> help from you people out there my jeep would be sitting and getting rusty.
>
> --
> Message posted via http://www.carkb.com

Re: engine oil supplement? is it good to use?
 

You are not going to cure "a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning"
with chemicals. Maybe if it is caused by too light a weight oil, then
putting the proper weight oil in the vehicle will do it. Maybe not.
Usually when it gets around to "a loud ticking noise at start up in the
morning" that is a sign of mechanical damage or advanced wear.

Instead of wasting your money on synthetic oil and snake oil additives, you
would be better off putting your pennies in a savings account, to prepare
for the eventuality of engine repairs.

Earle

"jeepney driver via CarKB.com" <u17884@uwe> wrote in message
news:5b31961690ed3@uwe...
> hello everyone, todays question is "what do u think about using engine oil
> treatments like red line, royal purple, lucas, is it good to use in motors
> with 200k+ miles."? the reason i ask is because my 93 xj has that many
miles
> and i'm changing my oil from 5w-30 synthetic to 10w-30 synthetic and was
> thinking about adding the stuff. my buddy told me that lucas was great
stuff
> to use because i have a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning or
when
> my xj has been sitting for a long time but when it warms up it goes away.
> need some info please and thanks again if it wasn't for this site and the
> help from you people out there my jeep would be sitting and getting rusty.
>
> --
> Message posted via http://www.carkb.com

Re: engine oil supplement? is it good to use?
 

Earle Horton wrote:
>You are not going to cure "a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning"
>with chemicals. Maybe if it is caused by too light a weight oil, then
>putting the proper weight oil in the vehicle will do it. Maybe not.
>Usually when it gets around to "a loud ticking noise at start up in the
>morning" that is a sign of mechanical damage or advanced wear.
>
>Instead of wasting your money on synthetic oil and snake oil additives, you
>would be better off putting your pennies in a savings account, to prepare
>for the eventuality of engine repairs.
>
>Earle
>
>> hello everyone, todays question is "what do u think about using engine oil
>> treatments like red line, royal purple, lucas, is it good to use in motors
>[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>> need some info please and thanks again if it wasn't for this site and the
>> help from you people out there my jeep would be sitting and getting rusty.
thanks earle for the info my buddy just told me that 2 min ago

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Re: engine oil supplement? is it good to use?
 

Earle Horton wrote:
>You are not going to cure "a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning"
>with chemicals. Maybe if it is caused by too light a weight oil, then
>putting the proper weight oil in the vehicle will do it. Maybe not.
>Usually when it gets around to "a loud ticking noise at start up in the
>morning" that is a sign of mechanical damage or advanced wear.
>
>Instead of wasting your money on synthetic oil and snake oil additives, you
>would be better off putting your pennies in a savings account, to prepare
>for the eventuality of engine repairs.
>
>Earle
>
>> hello everyone, todays question is "what do u think about using engine oil
>> treatments like red line, royal purple, lucas, is it good to use in motors
>[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>> need some info please and thanks again if it wasn't for this site and the
>> help from you people out there my jeep would be sitting and getting rusty.
thanks earle for the info my buddy just told me that 2 min ago

--
Message posted via http://www.carkb.com

Re: engine oil supplement? is it good to use?
 

Earle Horton wrote:
>You are not going to cure "a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning"
>with chemicals. Maybe if it is caused by too light a weight oil, then
>putting the proper weight oil in the vehicle will do it. Maybe not.
>Usually when it gets around to "a loud ticking noise at start up in the
>morning" that is a sign of mechanical damage or advanced wear.
>
>Instead of wasting your money on synthetic oil and snake oil additives, you
>would be better off putting your pennies in a savings account, to prepare
>for the eventuality of engine repairs.
>
>Earle
>
>> hello everyone, todays question is "what do u think about using engine oil
>> treatments like red line, royal purple, lucas, is it good to use in motors
>[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>> need some info please and thanks again if it wasn't for this site and the
>> help from you people out there my jeep would be sitting and getting rusty.
thanks earle for the info my buddy just told me that 2 min ago

--
Message posted via http://www.carkb.com

Re: engine oil supplement? is it good to use?
 

There is no "snake oil" that's going to cure an aging motor with over 200K
miles. I would put regular 30W oil in and drive it, and feel lucky that it
has lasted that long.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries

00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift
Warn X8000i


"jeepney driver via CarKB.com" wrote in message ...
> hello everyone, todays question is "what do u think about using engine oil
> treatments like red line, royal purple, lucas, is it good to use in motors
> with 200k+ miles."? the reason i ask is because my 93 xj has that many
miles
> and i'm changing my oil from 5w-30 synthetic to 10w-30 synthetic and was
> thinking about adding the stuff. my buddy told me that lucas was great
stuff
> to use because i have a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning or
when
> my xj has been sitting for a long time but when it warms up it goes away.
> need some info please and thanks again if it wasn't for this site and the
> help from you people out there my jeep would be sitting and getting rusty.
>
> --

Re: engine oil supplement? is it good to use?
 

There is no "snake oil" that's going to cure an aging motor with over 200K
miles. I would put regular 30W oil in and drive it, and feel lucky that it
has lasted that long.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries

00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift
Warn X8000i


"jeepney driver via CarKB.com" wrote in message ...
> hello everyone, todays question is "what do u think about using engine oil
> treatments like red line, royal purple, lucas, is it good to use in motors
> with 200k+ miles."? the reason i ask is because my 93 xj has that many
miles
> and i'm changing my oil from 5w-30 synthetic to 10w-30 synthetic and was
> thinking about adding the stuff. my buddy told me that lucas was great
stuff
> to use because i have a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning or
when
> my xj has been sitting for a long time but when it warms up it goes away.
> need some info please and thanks again if it wasn't for this site and the
> help from you people out there my jeep would be sitting and getting rusty.
>
> --

Re: engine oil supplement? is it good to use?
 

There is no "snake oil" that's going to cure an aging motor with over 200K
miles. I would put regular 30W oil in and drive it, and feel lucky that it
has lasted that long.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries

00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift
Warn X8000i


"jeepney driver via CarKB.com" wrote in message ...
> hello everyone, todays question is "what do u think about using engine oil
> treatments like red line, royal purple, lucas, is it good to use in motors
> with 200k+ miles."? the reason i ask is because my 93 xj has that many
miles
> and i'm changing my oil from 5w-30 synthetic to 10w-30 synthetic and was
> thinking about adding the stuff. my buddy told me that lucas was great
stuff
> to use because i have a loud ticking noise at start up in the morning or
when
> my xj has been sitting for a long time but when it warms up it goes away.
> need some info please and thanks again if it wasn't for this site and the
> help from you people out there my jeep would be sitting and getting rusty.
>
> --