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Musada 07-21-05 01:54 PM

Lucas Oil
 
Is the lucas oil for the injector's and oil cleaner recommended for rotarys

Aaron Cake 07-21-05 02:02 PM

It's not recommended on any car.

The injector cleaner will basically do nothing.

The oil additive will cause oil starvation and engine damage.

Musada 07-21-05 02:29 PM

wow, thanx, didnt know that

Aaron Cake 07-21-05 03:20 PM

As a general rule, all additives are crap. :) Water-Wetter and some injector cleaners are the exceptions.

sleejay 07-21-05 04:35 PM

yea, and remember, we burn oil on purpose.
lucas is thick and nasty and probably not that flammable

WonkoTheSane 07-21-05 04:39 PM

I've heard it works well for boingers, though.. I'm keeping it out of my 13b :)

Sideways7 07-21-05 05:45 PM


Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
As a general rule, all additives are crap. :) Water-Wetter and some injector cleaners are the exceptions.

Which injector cleaners are decent?

mwpayne 07-21-05 05:49 PM

I've heard that if you insist on using an injector cleaner, the chevron
is the one to use. Pretty expensive, though.

Audiofight 07-21-05 08:08 PM

I used to work at an oil change shop and have seen many vehicles that run Lucas come in. Most of them had a nice thick puddle of it sitting in the head right under the filler cap. It is too thick for most oil pumps to properly cycle through the system, so it just sits there doing nothing.

Sideways7 07-21-05 10:20 PM


Originally Posted by mwpayne
I've heard that if you insist on using an injector cleaner, the chevron
is the one to use. Pretty expensive, though.

Yeah, thats pretty much what I'd heard. Its more of a revetative treatment than a fix, though, I think.

hondasuck 07-21-05 11:42 PM

i know the new lucas octain aditive is safe for rotarys motor it says it on the back of the bottle im take a pic for you all tomarrow

stockrex 07-22-05 09:40 AM

chevron can be bought at costco, 4 bottles for 9$

Agent_D 07-22-05 11:14 AM

i use the lucas power steering additive :)

the only way i see lucas or other oil additives doing any good are if you are running full premix (have the OMP gone)

Aaron Cake 07-22-05 02:27 PM


Originally Posted by Sideways7
Which injector cleaners are decent?

The kind that requires you to remove the injectors and place them in a cleaning jig. :)

Seriously, everyone agees that the Techron cleaners seem to do a good job, though I have not personally tested.


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