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Re: What do you think of additives?
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Fri, 07 November 2003 13:36
 
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| Soarer wrote on Thu, 06 November 2003 13:54 |
Slick 50 ? Damn... do some more research. There are numerous lawsuits against them in the USA regarding fraudulent claims etc. Basically, their product does nothing from what I've read.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1996/07/slick.htm
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My mate swears by that stuff. He's got an old fairmont ('92ish model V8), and it's smooth, I mean really smooth, no rattles or anything. And it's high on the kilometers and he's the type of person that goes from cold to loud in a second all the time.
That link you put above is mostly against the claims it makes. I didn't see anything in there that is disputing those claims. I will admit I just skimmed it though.
I can personally say bad things about mobil 1. I used to think it was the best shit ever for my car, until recently. I first used it mid 2002, and it was fine. I then changed it again back in july this year with mobil 1 again (10,000km's later), and my engine rattled (had been rattling for a while), and delveloped worn valve stem seals. But before I first put the stuff in, my engine was 100% perfect.
I then changed it with some 15-50 shell helix synthetic about a month ago ($23 instead of $60), and the rattles are gone and the start up smoke is reduced.
For something that is supposed to be the best and enhance protection, etc, it did the exact opposite. Never again will I buy that overpriced poison. It's too thin @ 5-50. Not even in the newest or latest high tech turbo engines would I put that garbage in. Those require lubrication more than anything else. I'm glad I don't currently have a turbo or it would require a rebuild due to too thin an oil.
And I don't care if it gives a couple of extra KW's, I'd rather have an engine that lasts.
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