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Old 11-28-2016, 02:32 PM   #4
10/10ths
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I use it....

....and the sale price wasn't any better than the price on Amazon.

I've done three oil changes with the DT40 since I got the car back from Jake and Flat 6 Innovations where they fitted the "IMS Solution".

As part of the deal, I agree to only use DT40.

Fine with me, not really any more expensive than Motul 8100.

Oil is cheap, engines are expensive.

After a 5,000 mile trip to Colorado and back from my Louisiana home in my 2004 SE, she only dropped one quart. And that was crossing multiple 10,000 foot passes and lots of hard throttle under load at altitude.

One nice thing about the DT40, which you should change every 3,000, by the way, is that you can hear when you need to change the oil. When the oil is fresh and clean, the lifters and cam chain tensioners are quiet on cold start. When you hit 4,000 miles on the oil, you will hear "Click & Clack, the Tappet Brothers" while they pump up.

That's a friendly reminder to change the oil.

My old 1993 Miata was the same way, I knew when it was time to change the oil because I could hear the lifters pump up on startup.

My magnetic plug has been spotless so far. Again, three changes, and 13,500 miles since the IMS Solution install and the other items I had R&R'd while Jake was in there.

DT40: Better living through chemistry!
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