oil addatives
01-19-2009, 10:59 PM
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oil addatives http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/02/zmax1.shtm
thats a link to the federal trade commisions site I hope no one wasted money on zmax. does anyone here use oil or gas addatives? anyone have experience with BG 44k? I heard that was good but do not see the need to **** away 20 to try it out.
thats a link to the federal trade commisions site I hope no one wasted money on zmax. does anyone here use oil or gas addatives? anyone have experience with BG 44k? I heard that was good but do not see the need to **** away 20 to try it out.
01-20-2009, 06:17 AM
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i'm new to the ls motors but in the gen1 chevy motors running solid lift cams we use a zinc additive or a qt of delo oil. the majority of zinc has been pulled out of oils these days due to being eco friendly.
01-20-2009, 12:44 PM
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cam lube in the oil is really basically beneficial for old style cams because modern oil is lacking and causes them to flatten lobes
i use lucas fuel additive every so often to keep things clean and lube the upper valvetrain but that's it
most oil additives just cause foaming which is much worse for your car
i use lucas fuel additive every so often to keep things clean and lube the upper valvetrain but that's it
most oil additives just cause foaming which is much worse for your car
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zmax.....good riddens. good to see a company being held accountable for their lies. 
01-21-2009, 10:45 PM
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It's funny that it is about Zmax specifically, because I just saw a commercial with Carroll Shelby saying how amazing the stuff is and how he uses it in every car he can. 
01-21-2009, 11:23 PM
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I would say it's amazing too if the Zmax advertiser's paid me what they had paid Carroll Shelby for one commercial.
01-23-2009, 11:19 PM
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why in the world would you do that? all those additive products are crap and just a way for the companys to make more money you dont need to add anything to anything if your engine is leaking oil and you put some crap to stop the leak in there you arent doing anything just fix whatever the real problem is
01-24-2009, 01:12 AM
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it wasn't me that did that. the guy at the shop put it in after an oil change because he was told to put "lucas" in. i don't think he realized it was tranny treatment and when i told him, he looked at the bottle for a minute and said it was fine. i asked another mechanic there and he said they're all the same. a week or so later, the engine started making a loud knocking sound. took it back to the shop and found out it was done. now i don't know if it was that treatment that did it or the engines time was up. it was the orginal 305 of the 82 T/A with 101k miles on it. the car was sitting before i bought it a couple of months before the oil change.
it wasn't me that did that. the guy at the shop put it in after an oil change because he was told to put "lucas" in. i don't think he realized it was tranny treatment and when i told him, he looked at the bottle for a minute and said it was fine. i asked another mechanic there and he said they're all the same. a week or so later, the engine started making a loud knocking sound. took it back to the shop and found out it was done. now i don't know if it was that treatment that did it or the engines time was up. it was the orginal 305 of the 82 T/A with 101k miles on it. the car was sitting before i bought it a couple of months before the oil change.
01-25-2009, 06:12 PM
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http://www.zmax.com/
From the mouth of Shelby, "I've got a reputation to protect and I wouldn't recommend zMAX unless I knew it worked." It also says that he uses it in ever car and truck he owns. We now know the problem with the GT500.