Use good quality oil and leave the Lucas junk out.Oil forums bash it pretty good but they do most all additives.

 

if you have a hemi with mds the stabilizer will set a code for wrong viscosity.
change your oil with GF-4 or above oil every 3,000 - 5,000 miles with no stabilizers or additives

 

He he...actually I try to change it around 3 to 4000 miles however I am late as we speak! But I like the comment about it turning to cement though, that's funny, lol! My motor is coming out soon after Jan 2011 anyway (a yr later than I had originally planed). If I were to keep it, I would upgrade the lifters to 6.1 among other things. Anyways, I had to do a lot of research to finally make a decision on what's going in and a Gen 111 didn't pan out. Second, I spent too much money on my fixer upper house this yr and need to claim the build on next yrs income. As of now, the build is personal until I mod the frame and body for fit. I will say this much, I'm going with an Indy Chrysler motor (not a gen 111) and a Chevy transmission...both with stand alone control units unless I change my mind when the time comes. Regardless, I won't be going with another gen 111 for extreme high performance untill they improve on the cons...there are too many, lol!

 

Wow I can't wait to see what you are up to it sounds like fun.

 

He he...actually I don't, I only know what I have read...just as you seem to have about me, lol! But let me rephrase some of that and elaborate, the STP and the water thing was kind of a **** poor joke. I am not too good at explaining or speaking clearly about what's on my mind. The ticking has only happened twice, once on a very cold winter morning and it was loud and another when I went over 5000 miles. What is aggravating is having to listen for it and worry every time I crank my truck up...or constantly listening for an irregular valvetrain sound echoing off the wall while driving through a fast food restaurant, he he! Call me crazy I guess, lol!

 

The only Gas treatment I have seen that works is BG44K, but that is a gas treatment not an oil treatment. Change the oil regularly and the vehicle will last.

 

I agree with ya'll on adding anything to my oil. I do however, use the Lucas gas stabilizer in my 1970 Grand Wagoneer (4WD, Warn Hubs, Buick 350 with a Turbo 400), my chainsaws and law-movers. I live in the city but have a place in the woods and things sit around so I like to add the gas stabilizer. I've never had any problems with it. Since 3 months or more go by between visits sometimes, I add the stabilizer. Maybe I'm throwing good money away but it seems to work for me

 

Gasoline and engine oil are two different things. Components in gasoline volatilize. Using a stabilizer makes sense if the gas is sitting around for any time. You don't need to stabilize the gas for the chain saws. The 2-cycle oil you add to the mix also serves to stabilize the gasoline quite well.

 

i used Lucus in my 96 Sunfire i had...had a slight wrappin sound at 135K....used Lucus every oil change. i sold the car at 197K, and she was still running like a top, and the wrap began to go away after a few oil changes.....

Ive used it in my RAM...and i didnt notice any difference, aside from oil psi going up by about 5 psi....

Ill use it, just for the fact that its never hurt my motor.

Restore: Engine Treatment did the best for my PSI, but i wouldnt use that vey oil change....seems kinda chunky, and i have the feeling that some of the compounds in the Restore could scratch the cylinder walls....just my .02 cents

 

Had great results with high mileage engines.100k+