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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 01:54 PM
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Is the lucas oil for the injector's and oil cleaner recommended for rotarys
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 02:02 PM
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It's not recommended on any car.

The injector cleaner will basically do nothing.

The oil additive will cause oil starvation and engine damage.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 02:29 PM
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wow, thanx, didnt know that
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 03:20 PM
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As a general rule, all additives are crap. Water-Wetter and some injector cleaners are the exceptions.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 04:35 PM
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yea, and remember, we burn oil on purpose.
lucas is thick and nasty and probably not that flammable
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 04:39 PM
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I've heard it works well for boingers, though.. I'm keeping it out of my 13b
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 05:45 PM
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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?
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 05:49 PM
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I've heard that if you insist on using an injector cleaner, the chevron
is the one to use. Pretty expensive, though.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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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.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 10:20 PM
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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.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 11:42 PM
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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
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Old Jul 22, 2005 | 09:40 AM
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chevron can be bought at costco, 4 bottles for 9$
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Old Jul 22, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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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)
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Old Jul 22, 2005 | 02:27 PM
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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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