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[Ugly3]

There is some good advantages to additives but very few. It's the fact that oil chemistries are a science and many hours and lots of $$$ goes into blending oil and to think that additive makers can come out with something that works in improving the quality of an oil without disturbing the existing oil's chemistry is definatly not thinking ahead very well. Top that with the improper balance and adding more than stated by the oil additive instructions, just produces more problems.

 

[Big O Dave]

Not Frank!

 

[Ugly3]

Correct, not Frank.

 

[reyjay1]

Bob?

 

[Crashbox]

The late Smokey Yunick?

 

[dkcase]

Andy Granatelli ?

 

[Ugly3]

reyjay1 - You da winnah! BITOG said it!

 

[reyjay1]

What did I win?!!

 

[MolaKule]

If used with an oil analysis program and a good analyst like Terry Dyson

, you can use an additive to tweek performance, but as Bob said, weuns formulators put a lot of time and money into research.

 

[darkdan]

I think Bob was mainly talking about snake oils and not useful things like auto-rx and LC (2 products in a sea of thousands).

 

[LarryD]

quote:

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Originally posted by Ugly3:
It's the fact that oil chemistries are a science and many hours and lots of $$$ goes into blending oil and to think that additive makers can come out with something that works in improving the quality of an oil without disturbing the existing oil's chemistry is definatly not thinking ahead very well.

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Auto-Rx is also derived from good science. Its unique properties do not effect or alter the host oil's chemistry as petroleum-based additives can do.

 

[Rick20]

If you look closely at used oil analysis reports whereby ARX is being run, the add packages of the host oil are not altered. Viscocity is not altered either, to any material degree. Once a motor is cleaned, any oil will perform at its best capability.