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Dec 8, 2003 | 01:50 PM

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oil additives

Does products like Slick50 or Dura Lube actually help your engine, or are they a bunch of crap????

Thanks,
Mike

Dec 8, 2003 | 03:07 PM

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Bunch of crap, They have been sued by people and proven to not work

Dec 8, 2003 | 04:22 PM

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the only stuff that I have found to work is seafoam. But it won't actually fix anything in the engine...just clean things out.

Dec 8, 2003 | 04:24 PM

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If you think an additive will actually fix something, then your stupid anyways
It may "fix" bad gas mileage
but it wont help bearings and such if they are worn out
and seafoam works good

Dec 8, 2003 | 04:28 PM

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Nicely said Andysutt

Dec 8, 2003 | 04:29 PM

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I wasn't calling anyone in this thread stupid. I was just saying

And thanks 76 390FE

Dec 8, 2003 | 05:38 PM

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There is a post on this website that talks about additives. I think it is called "snake oil".

In short most additives have been shown to have little or no benefit, in a reasonably healthy engine. Some have been shown to actually cause harm. As long as you use a good oil that meets API and SAE spec for your engine and change regularly, you don't need additives.

Differnt story for an engine that is in bad shape. Then an additive can be thought of as a bandaid to get you thru until you can do something permanent to fix the problem.

Good Luck,

Jim Henderson