Anybody use this stuff , when i bought my car there stickers were stuck everywhere so i presume that slick 50 has been used, does it make a differance and is it worth £25

Erm.... IMO a regular oil change and filter is better than any of the additives out there on the market. If slick 50 is so good then why isn't it incorporated into the better oils????

 

HTH

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

My personal view is that the theory of it is sound but I struggle to understand how any coating can stay on the metal surfaces when the metal surfaces themselves get ground away over time.

 

I'd also have expected manufacturers to have cottoned on to the idea when for £25 they can improve performance, reliability and longevity of their engines.

 

However, I've never heard anyone suggest that it's done any harm.

 

I'd love to see before and after rolling road results although I'd want to see a control vehicle done at both times before so that you could gauge the effect of atmospheric conditions on the results.

 

Dave

good point :rolleyes:

Bagins,

 

We used to use this in engines, gearboxes and diffs to make them quieter when vehicles were performing noise tests!

As for increasing performance, nah, get yourself some Castrol Magnatec and it'll have the same effect and put the money you've saved in the tank for more cruisin!!

 

Nick

:cool:

so if they ran quieter that must mean less friction ????

Nick, not after performance , just wanna take care of the engine the best way possible

Originally posted by Hairsy

My personal view is that the theory of it is sound but I struggle to understand how any coating can stay on the metal surfaces when the metal surfaces themselves get ground away over time.

 

Friction modifiers and anti-wear additives DO coat metal surfaces (naturally some will be scraped off and replaced with new molecules) - these 2 actually compete with each other, so you can have a combination of minimum wear and low friction (fuel economy and power benefits) - but if you only use one, or increase levels of one it will be at the expense of the other one.

 

I don't know what's in Slick 50, but as you say, I'm sure oil manufacturers would be using the same stuff in their oils if it was so good.

 

Dave.

They did run quieter but we got the same effect with 3 bananas as well!!!!

I'd stick to a decent oil with regular servicing.

Nick

:cool:

Don't use the stuff!

 

If you do a search you will find the subject debated in the past!

 

Teflon tried to take them to court for misrepresenting their product and tests have shown that it blocks your oil filter substantially!

 

mark

Originally posted by bagins

so if they ran quieter that must mean less friction ????

 

The sound of an engine is more related to the viscosity of the oil than how smoothly it's running.

Originally posted by TopLess

Don't use the stuff!

 

If you do a search you will find the subject debated in the past!

 

Teflon tried to take them to court for misrepresenting their product and tests have shown that it blocks your oil filter substantially!

 

mark

 

Yes, I think it can also leave deposits in your engine.

me thinks that if no one else is using it and there are probs with blockages etc then i will stick to a good quality oil , as ever thanks for the advice guys

Originally posted by andyduff

Erm.... IMO a regular oil change and filter is better than any of the additives out there on the market. If slick 50 is so good then why isn't it incorporated into the better oils????

 

HTH

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

 

I remember some one else making that point a few months ago. ;)

 

Stuart

Originally posted by Nelson MainFella

Friction modifiers and anti-wear additives DO coat metal surfaces (naturally some will be scraped off and replaced with new molecules) - these 2 actually compete with each other, so you can have a combination of minimum wear and low friction (fuel economy and power benefits) - but if you only use one, or increase levels of one it will be at the expense of the other one.

 

I don't know what's in Slick 50, but as you say, I'm sure oil manufacturers would be using the same stuff in their oils if it was so good.

 

Dave.

 

There you go. Told by the master himself. ;)

 

And of course Shell oil is the best isnt it Nelson ((Dave)(Apparently now ;)))

 

I havent actually tried Shell Oil, only on a calculator. DUM DUM, TISH!

Is Helix Shell's stuff?

 

Stuart

Originally posted by SRRAE

There you go. Told by the master himself. ;)

 

And of course Shell oil is the best isnt it Nelson ((Dave)(Apparently now ;)))

 

I havent actually tried Shell Oil, only on a calculator. DUM DUM, TISH!

Is Helix Shell's stuff?

 

Stuart

 

Cheers !

 

I put Shell Helix Ultra in my 300 a couple of months ago and it's never run as smooth as it does now. A good oil should clean up your engine if it's got deposits/sludge/dirt and hold this in suspension until you change the oil.

 

Many ppl are under the illusion that Castrol's Maganatec has something for cold start protection which no other oil has. I can tell you that that is incorrect. Most top-tier oils have friction modifiers, which is what Castrol are going on about. Maganatec is in fact only a semi-synthetic oil, so is inferior to Shell Helix Ultra.

 

The reason Shell don't counter their adds with a "but we do the same" advertising campaign, is because we would then be seen to be on the back foot, and therefore behind Castrol, when in fact our oils are probably better overall.

This is the article which keeps getting reported when people talk about additives including Slick50

 

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/snakeoil.htm

 

Bear in mind that it is now 11 years out of date. But, IMHO, what everyone has said above is right. If there was a magic bunch of additives, Shell would bung it in their oil. They've done it with Optimax, after all!

 

Remember - tanstaafl - and if anyone tries to convince you there is, they're probably flogging you snake oil.

 

Cheers - Gio