I read the article that you included on your response and it is very interesting. The only thing I want to point out is that it is on Lucas Oil Additive, I have never used this product and find no need because my Imperial has run great on regular oil for 42 years. The product I use in my gasoline is Lucas Upper Cylinder Lubricant which is added to the fuel, not oil. I understand that there are several solutions to the same problem. The only thing I want is for as many of our Imperials to be on the road as long and as cheaply as possable. I think we could go back and forth on this for a while, lets not. Chris m. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Wulf" <jrwulf@xxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:39 AM Subject: Re: IML: fuel use > I've read a couple interesting articles on the Lucas products, that > seem to indicate they're not very high quality at all. I don't know > anything about the gasoline additive, but the oil additive seem to > cause horrible foaming, and we (should) all know what air bubbles in > oil will not let the oil do.... > > For that reason, I'm more than a bit hesitant to buy anything of > theirs, ever. I don't see it affecting my car super badly, but my > theory is that the engine was designed and tested with regular old > dinosaur oil, and if 130,000 miles have been put on it with just that, > who am I to wreck the balance ;). If the product works for you, and > makes your car run better, great! > > Here's the article I read initially about the lucas additives: > > http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/images/lucas/lucas.htm > > This was my convincing, make your own judgement as you see fit. > > -Jason > '90 Imperial > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:36:31 -0700, CHRISTINE & CHRISTOPHER > <cchmaness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > As much as we have seen posts about fuel use in our Imperials I have > > never seen my solution so here goes. > > I always put the lowest cost gas into my Imperial, I know this is a sin > > for several of my fellow Imperialists but give me a chance to explain. I > > live at high altitude and in a very dry area of Colorado, this has an > > adverse effect on milage because of lower h2o in the air, so if you live in > > say Washington you will get better gas milage due to higher humidity (sp). > > I have owned my car for the last 23 years and have never rebuilt the engine > > and have never had a ring job. I drive it daily. > > I get about 16 mpg depending on how late I am to where I am going. Long > > trips she will give me 18 mpg and trips to the supermarket give me about 12. > > Back when we had leaded gas all those numbers were worse. I never use the > > passing gear, if I have to pass I manually shift down. The only thing I > > have changed to get better numbers is. > > > > 1. Had electronic ignition put in. > > 2. Every fill up I add Lucas Upper Cylinder Lubricant. > > > > If you decide to use Lucas Upper Cylinder Lubricant, buy the big bottle > > and one small bottle. I just refill the small bottle because it is the > > perfect amount for one tank. The big bottle is much cheaper per oz.. I have > > never experienced any knocking, in fact it runs smoother and the cost > > savings in price alone from the high octaine to regular is offset after 8 > > gallons. Figure in the better gas milage that it gives your Imperial and > > its a no brainer. > > > > I don't have all the answers but I know what keeps my Imperial on the road. > > > > Chris M. > > 63 custom 2 dr. Myan gold > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm