Additives?

[philipleslie67]

Does anybody use oil/fuel/gearbox oil additives in their speed six engines? I have been told that they are not recommended during running in (up to about 6K) as a certain amount of friction is needed but considering the bashing some of our engines will take will these products help?

[neilmac]

An incredible amount of research and development goes into the additive packages that are already in the lubricants that you buy.

IMHO aftermarket additives are unecessary, expensive and could potentially upset the characteristics of your oil.

No doubt others will swear by them........

[robertm]

I was told the same thing - don't use any additives until the engine is fully run in.

I currently use Extralube ZX1 in my V8 Discovery, and I also used it in my Chimaera.

However, I've not quite decided about whether to use it in my Tamora, or how many miles I should cover before I do add it...

www.zx1.com/default.html



>> Edited by robertm on Tuesday 24th June 14:35

[bogbeast]

I have often thought about this (always a sucker for a bit of 'snake oil') for the various cars I had. Did a fair amount of research (even talking to a lubricants engineer at Shell (ok, so it was in a pub..)) I have pretty much come to the conclusion:

Use a quality oil & change it frequently (every 2-3k on my Griff and Cosworth)