Harry's unscientific ECO-Normal-Power-Lucas additive test runs

Nuts about bolts is top of the you tube search for this....

 

It looks like a pita.

 

I'm already thinking there has to be a better way. I assume you need the height above the spark plug to pull them out. Maybe just drill four 1/2 holes in the cowl to run the extension through? I'll have to look at this in person in the daylight and when I'm not so tired. Spent all weekend working on the basement apartment for my daughter. She's got a bathroom, a bedroom, a living room, a computer nook and a room that will be a kitchen/dining room later. That's all the finances and energy I could pull off on short notice.

 

I want to do the egr cooler/valve clean. I still need to read about the oil catch can. I'll help do it though.

 

Everyone starts with no experience, and almost everyone is at least a little intimidated at first. You're confidence will grow as you learn. Most of my experience has come because I was too broke to pay someone else to do something for me. Not the best reason to learn, I admit. You'll be fine once you start.

 

I disagree with that Melon. I get an extra 20 plus miles out of a tank when I run the Lucas. And my system should be clean. I'll keep updating the test run for a few more weeks before I have enough data though.

 

I think it depends on the situation, and the chemical. For a "cleaner", and on a really dirty system, I think all of the gunk going through the system would have an initial negative effect. After that I think it would work it's way through the system and the performance would move upward. For a clean system I don't know that it would really do much. For a "treatment", I think the effect would be more consistent. I think the Lucas is both, and I see more miles per tank. I think they system stays much cleaner as well, although I don't know if it's due to better/cleaner burn or from chemical cleaning. I just know that if I use it I get more miles, and when I stop the miles drop back down within a tank or two. That stay consistent across all of the cars I've tried it on. I'll keep posting the data. I'd like someone else to do the trail as well. Aaron, you're close. You want to try it?

 

I'm going to keep posting the lucas for at least a few weeks, maybe longer. I suspect the first week was just the gunk getting cleaned out, but that may last longer than a week. I'm also still putting it in each tank, at a rate of about 4-5 ounces a tank, or whenever I fill up. With my commute being so long I don't let it get low. If there's not 125 miles left in the tank, I'm filling up. I am running it on normal now not on eco, but I can switch back to Eco next week if you want. This week is looking good, day 1 was 108.1 miles, 47.8 mpg, 54 mph.

 

I need to add a little info to this. This will not be as clean as before. For the last month I've specifically tried to only drive to work and back and mostly I succeeded. The was probably less then 25 miles in the last month that weren't in the test. My daughter got a job and there isn't a spare car just sitting there anymore, and with gas prices going crazy I would rather drive the prius anyway. I can put the works trips on no problem, but the weekly numbers are going to have other driving in them so they aren't going to be as precise as before. I'm also dropping my cruise to 70-72 instead of the 72-74, and I'll be running in normal mode at least through traffic. After I get out of town I'll switch to eco. Running about 4 oz's of Lucas per tank as well. That all I can think of. Temps dropping here in TN. Not sure what impact that going to have. Anyone have any input?