Post by prodigit on Mar 7, 2013 19:28:04 GMT -5
With 2000+ miles on my Tao, I know I'm very close to the first valve adjustment.
I thought of getting some seafoam, and found another bottle right next to it in the store, cheaper, but it promised cleaning of valves, increased compression ratio, and better performance all over.
I was quite surprised with my last MPG results, as the tao wasn't doing a trip through the everglades, and I already got 106MPG out of it!
And that's only after pouring an oz of that stuff in the tank, when it was 1/2 empty already!
Anyway, while riding, I've never seen such an improvement in performance! Despite the 15W40 oil I put in there, it accelerated in one go from 0 to 50MPH on a warm engine, without hesitation; where as before it always would hesitate to get over 32MPH.
I feel it has better take off at low RPM's; but for top speed I haven't been able to test, due to too many red lights, and never really a chance to go all out.
Don't have the bottle here with me, but all I know is that the stuff is toxic as $#@; but it seems to work!
Also, with 15W40 oil, the engine, cold, works really smooth, but low power! Barely able to go 32, top speed around 40MPH.
Once it heats up, speed starts to go up, until values gotten with 10W40 or 10W30 oil.
I'm really happy with my ATM50, just the belt recently started squeaking. I'll have to see what it is.
I thought of getting some seafoam, and found another bottle right next to it in the store, cheaper, but it promised cleaning of valves, increased compression ratio, and better performance all over.
I was quite surprised with my last MPG results, as the tao wasn't doing a trip through the everglades, and I already got 106MPG out of it!
And that's only after pouring an oz of that stuff in the tank, when it was 1/2 empty already!
Anyway, while riding, I've never seen such an improvement in performance! Despite the 15W40 oil I put in there, it accelerated in one go from 0 to 50MPH on a warm engine, without hesitation; where as before it always would hesitate to get over 32MPH.
I feel it has better take off at low RPM's; but for top speed I haven't been able to test, due to too many red lights, and never really a chance to go all out.
Don't have the bottle here with me, but all I know is that the stuff is toxic as $#@; but it seems to work!
Also, with 15W40 oil, the engine, cold, works really smooth, but low power! Barely able to go 32, top speed around 40MPH.
Once it heats up, speed starts to go up, until values gotten with 10W40 or 10W30 oil.
I'm really happy with my ATM50, just the belt recently started squeaking. I'll have to see what it is.
