[Shotimes] What can destroy a cat?

[Shylo McKinsey]

Well where have I been? I've been running 10w30 since
I've owned the car. Used 5w30 the first winter I had
it, but 10w30 ever since. Worked just fine in the 
-40F crap we had around New Years...

Or am I missing something?

Shylo (If I only had a brain) McKinsey

'91 White POS

--- cmichaelo@optonline.net wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> Could you expand on this Castrol treatment please?
> And do you mean to use Castrol GTX Hi in combination
> with the auto-rx treatment?
> 
> My car is strictly a "warm days only" car. I'm
> currently using 5W30, cause everyone is recommending
> this. But 10W30 should be fine for warm weather
> only, should it not?
> 
> FWIW, I had an Amsoil oil analysis done at around
> 110k (where the oil consumption was 700 miles/qt.) 
> It came back fine; nothing was out of spec. 
> 
> Btw, I just realized that I have been specifying the
> oil consumption in all my email as "miles/gl". It
> should of course be "miles/qt".
> 
> Michael Olsen
> 94MTX,green,130k,BOS+
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Nimz <pnimz@v8sho.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:46 am
> Subject: Re: RE: [Shotimes] What can destroy a cat?
> 
> > Although I rally like Amsoil , it sounds to me
> like a couple of 
> > oil changes
> > on the Castrol GTX Hi Mileage oil are what you
> need.
> > 
> > Paul Nimz
> > '97 TR
> > '93 EG mtx
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <cmichaelo@optonline.net>
> > To: "Leigh Smith" <leighsm@comcast.net>
> > Cc: "shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: RE: [Shotimes] What can destroy a
> cat?
> > 
> > 
> > > I've been using the K&N filter that came with
> the ShoShop 80mm 
> > MAF for
> > about 50k miles. I cleaned it every year. It does
> have a few 
> > "dings", but no
> > open tears. Some other possibility for direct air
> to enter the 
> > manifold is
> > at the throttle body where the rubber tube
> connects. The tube was 
> > definatelytoo big for the TB, but by tightening it
> hard with the 
> > metal ring clamp it
> > stayed in place.  But frankly I never felt
> confident that it made 
> > air tight
> > contact to the TB. (Btw, this is the tube that
> ShoShop supplied 
> > the tube.)
> > For the last 5k miles I've been using the ProFlow
> 77mm MAF, and 
> > everythingis tight with this setup.
> > >
> > > One more things I should let you know is that my
> oil consumption got
> > suddenly worse around 90k, going from 3500
> miles/gl to 
> > 1000miles/gl. This
> > change happened at the same time I switched from
> Amsoil 10W30 to 
> > Amsoil0W30. (I've been using 10W30 since 27k.) I
> kept using Amsoil 
> > 0W30 until
> > 100k, then switched back to 10W30. Oil
> consumption, however, 
> > remained at
> > 1000 miles/gl.
> > >
> > > Michael Olsen
> > > 94MTX,130k,green,BOS+
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Leigh Smith <leighsm@comcast.net>
> > > Date: Monday, June 21, 2004 3:43 pm
> > > Subject: Re: RE: [Shotimes] What can destroy a
> cat?
> > >
> > > > > When I took of the cross-over tube and
> looked into the plenums,
> > > > they were
> > > > filthy
> > > > That is normal (PCV action)
> > > >
> > > > >it felt like sand, very fine grain sand. Is
> this normal?
> > > > That is NOT normal, and gives me the chills.
> Any kind of solid
> > > > particle is
> > > > very bad to an engines moving parts.
> > > >
> > > > >Or did the cat particles make it all the way
> up into the intake
> > > > manifold?Maybe yes
> > > >
> > > > Another thought. Do you use a K&N?
> > > > Have you ever cleaned it?
> > > > Is it possible it has a tear/leak?
> > > >
> > > > Your test procedure seems sound
> > > > Good luck
> > > > Lee
> > >
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