I've used Seafoam Automarine with good results on my 99 Amigo V-6. My
engine
has never been what I'd consider quiet but after driving a 93 Amigo
previously, that's pretty much what I expected. You might check out the
Planet Izuzu at http://www.planetisuzoo.com/
as they tend to have more
traffic than this newsgroup does.
Andy
99 Amigo V6
124K
"Steve" <swu30@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> I've read the many posts here concerning the 3.2 engine's perchant for
> "ticking". I have a '96 Trooper that I bought used about a year ago.
> 124k on the clock now. Previous maint patterns unknown, but my guess
> is it was a bit neglected. It's always ticked, mostly when cold until
> a couple of miles into it, then the tick goes away for the most part.
> It does hit a "sweet spot" where it rarely ticks when cold and then
> drives normally. At worse, it ticks a lot, kinda telling me to change
> the oil.
>
> I've been running Mobil 1 the last half dozen changes, using their
> 10w30 High Mileage formula the last two. About a week ago the ticking
> went to "full time", which it has never done. It was nearing its oil
> change time so I decided to toss in 0w30 and see if that would really
> clean it out. I did the change but no go, I still have the tick full
> time... maybe some real goo was dislodged and is really blocking the
> oil ****ts, or...?
>
> Anyways, has anyone used Auto-RX and how well did it work? From what
> I've read on the 'net, it seems like folks have had good success with
> it really cleaning their engines and all the nooks and crannies. If
> the full time tick doesn't go away, I'm tempted to give it a try.
>
> Thanks for any input.
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