Have HM Oils worked for anyone??

[77GrandPrix]

I don't deny that this is a band-aid fix. However, it is doing a good job of buying me the time that I need to clear my plate enough to have the time to make the repair. With one daughter in college another starting in the fall and four vehicles to care for, I can't afford mechanics!!!

 

[TallPaul]

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Seal swelling agents will not fix the seal but they might buy you some time. The seal is leaking becuase it is one of the following: hard,dirty,dry rotted,cracked,worn or shrunk!!! Now the additional seal swelling agents in a bottle of max life are no better for the seal then a bottle of stop leak. What willhappen is if the seal is made from a material that is suceptable to seal swelling compounds it will swell. The problem is that the swelling is not a controlled process and if it swells too much it will accelearte how fast an already worn seal wear's out. It will not repair a cracked,dry rotted or dirty seal. I would buy a $5 bottle of some type of engine stop leak. If it works it will not matter what brand of oil you have in their. It will also tell you wether ornot pursueing oils's with sever so slightly higher amounts ofd seal swellers might be worth while. You can add the engine oil stop leak right to the exsisting oil. CD2,TransX,Bardell,Gunk etc..... all make and market some type of engine stop leak. Stay away from the stop leak no smoke combination products.

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As I understand it, Maxlife has seal conditioners, not just seal swellers. Now those conditioners may and likely do containe some swellers, but would also have other controlling components. Maxlife should clean off dirty seals, then condition them, which is to restore some of the original pliability. I doubt they would be 100% restored, but should be significantly improved. This should work for hard seals and shrunk seals. Won't fix cracked seals and dry rotted seals are probably too far gone also. Should also help worn seals, if not worn out. Maxlife's seal conditioners may be no better than that in a can of stop leak, or they may be very different and much better. I don't know. Depends on the brand of stop leak. Valvoline is very confident that the conditioners in Maxlife are not going to harm seals in any modern vehicle. Now if you plan to put it in a 1930s classic car, I would give them a call first.