I normally don't consider "stop leak" additives and prefer to fix the problem, but the family truckster (2007 Honda Odyssey with 185k) has developed a RMS leak that is losing about half a quart of oil each month (up from half a quart every 5-6 months). The plan is to replace it soon, but I was hoping to get to the Summer before doing so. Half a quart per month is manageable, but is leaving a helluva stain on my driveway. It's also starting to smoke (oil burning off of exhaust pipe) when the van is put under strain (such as when we drove it deep into the SW VA mountains around XMas).
Enter ATP AT-205...
That additive has come up quite a bit on my investigative searches around RMS leaks and Honda's engine. Most of the reports (Bitog, YT, etc) have been favorable, with a very few indicating no improvement and and tiny number saying the problem got worse.
Does anyone here have any experience with it? Fixing the RMS is not in the cards, I'm not dumping $1500ish into this vehicle knowing it has, at absolute most, a year with us remaining. I mainly want to reduce the external symptoms for the remaining time it's with us. I don't care if it doesn't work, but I'm worried it could make the problem worse or trash the engine.
Chris