[Shotimes] What can destroy a cat?

[Paul Nimz]

I would first do the Auto-RX with some regular oil.  Then go to the Castrol
Hi Mileage. 10w30 is good down to 0F and is what I use in Illinois.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cmichaelo@optonline.net>
To: "Paul Nimz" <pnimz@v8sho.com>
Cc: "shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: RE: [Shotimes] What can destroy a cat?


> 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
> > >
> > > [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which
> > had a
> > name of cmichaelo.vcf; charset=windows-1252]
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