Do I have to have an oil leak to use this? I have a loud engine and I just want something that will quiet it.
635429
No. Fixing the leak is one of the things it will do. It's a very good oil treatment you can just add to your newly changed engine oil. It's most useful for preventing engine wear. It should also help quiet down the engine if the noise is not caused by some major malfunction of parts. Some like to use it on older cars. In my case of transmission leak couple years ago, I used another product from Bar's which truly fixed the leaking issue and saved me a lot of repair money.
635430
It will quiet noisy lifters in the engine. Rislone engine treatment will work as well.
635431
It's just an oil additive to increase oil viscosity. Older engines start to need a bit thicker oil.
2027116
The noise does not leak so nobody will complain. Just plug it into the ipod or whatever device you are bringing and you should be good.
193920
Sorry it took so long o respond.... just noticed your e-mail.To answer your question: yes, it does leak oil when not in use. I think the manufacturers recommend emptying the oil thingy after each use. Hope this helps.Cheers,Kathleen
928637
It is mostly quiet. However, sometimes it gets squeaky and I just take it home and oil it. I've owned this for 6 months and have had to oil it 3-4 times.
840777
Yes. It is pretty loud. I drive a heavy machine at work and can hear it over the engine when not accelerating.
1332738
My wife and I put at minimum 20 miles a week on our's - at first it was near silent, after about 40 hours of breakin the motor starts to get a little more noticeable above 6 mph, and conversationally loud at +7.5 mph. As long as you lube it regularly, it will remain quiet enough to keep from being distracting. Of note, we have owned ours for 4 months and are very satisfied with it.
1332741
very quiet. Have you tried performing the recommended lubrication per the instructions in the manual?
1598413
Sure!! If you order this be sure to open it right away. I ordered two and both of them had a slight oil leak. Still Recommend.
1250648
I cannot find any need to oil the pump as it appears to be a completely sealed unit. Have been using for a couple of months without a problem.
48773
Get it with the muffler. Too me it just sounds like an old caterpillar tractor. Utter crap. Also I wake up early and my neighbors would not stop complaining(and normally they dont care about much.) I bought the muffler that fits this. Its a bit louder than stock but actually sounds good. Nice good deep rumble. and it still has the same throttle response I noticed with the straight pipe.
866057
I don't think you need to thin the engine oil. I sprayed fluid film through it with 100 lbs of air and didn't need to thin it and it is a lot thicker than engine oil.
1266055
Add a few drops of oil prior each use to the air inlet or install an automatic oiler to your system
231440
Depends how much you use it, when it starts sounding a bit noisy I oil it with sewing machine oil.
97437
Makes a higher pitched noise than stock, but not much louder if at all. I can say that performance is perfect...Stock BOV was leaking at 18psi, this one was boost leak tested to 22 psi and did not leak at all. Hope this helps.
1119747
It really depends where the sound is coming from if it is coming from the back flywheel your out of luck but if it is coming from a hindge any lubricant should do the job. If not it is a low quality machine and is expected
1710971
I didn't put a muffler on it. It is in the garage so we can't hear it in the house so it wouldn't be worth the money to put a muffler on.
1983885
My last two cars had over 150K on each of them with not even a drop or weep of leakage. My current cars have 50K each and don't leak. I think you'd be safe. Besides, it kind of defeats the purpose if you have to use tools to change your oil after you install one of these.