Are additives any good, well i thought so until i read this, ive used MOTORUP my last four cars and i noticed great things but i read this and there is doubt in my mind. READ THIS

 

http://www.fernblatt.com/longhurst/additives.html

 

Ray

interesting bit about the old magnatec down the bottom of the page..

Conners the lot of them, i used slik 50 in astra years ago and 2 days later the big ends went, coincidence???

I've been told not to ever add octane booster by a Nissan Tech specalist, the 300 doesn't like it. Best to stick with the super unleaded, or these days... Shell Optimax.

Very interesting -what does AndersUK think ?

Duz not using Octane boost apply to imports aswell?

 

D

UK

Yep, I used some stuff called ZX1 I think, a couple of months later a seized turbo - maybe a coincidence........................

 

Vijay

Umm, interesting.

 

So who is Chris Longhurst? I checked out his profile. You might want to also, He's a graphic designer and he quotes "I am no qualified mechanic". Well, nor am I so I can only comment on discovered information and my own experences.

 

Maybe he's had a bad experience or knows of bad experience/s?

 

I already knew that the manuafacturers of Slick 50 were being sued - common knowledge. Did you also know that the company that manufactures this stuff is owned by the Shell Oils Group.

 

Having looked at the consumers feedback on his site. The number of praises far outweigh the number of complaints/problems.

 

Also, he is wrong in one of his statements in that ALL companies that produce additives have been sued. Complete BS. I checked out his link and could not find a single mention about BG products. In fact, I did a search on google using the company name using words like law suit, problem etc. NOTHING.

 

So why aren't dealerships using BG additives? I did a search on BG MOA and guess what I found. From the first few pages I looked at, 90% of the links were US dealerships, you name it, Nissan, Toyota, Sabb, GM, Chevrolet, Pontiac etc etc, dozens of them rating BG MOA and BG 44K. Its part of their service schedule. The answer is they are!

 

Additives have a bad reputation especially in the UK. BG products are renouned in the US for being the best. Period. You just havn't heard of them in the UK yet.

 

On a whole, are additives sh*te? I think so but there are exceptions and I think BG have proven this. Like anything, if a particular field has been given a bad name its going to be much harder for any company to prove their worth.

 

Andy

Originally posted by Anders UK

I already knew that the manuafacturers of Slick 50 were being sued - common knowledge. Did you also know that the company that manufactures this stuff is owned by the Shell Oils Group.

 

Andy

 

Yes, it was a fairly recent acquisition. We bought the company ("we liked them so much" ?! - remember the Remington advert ?)

 

About BG products and MOA - sounds interesting.

Originally posted by Anders UK

 

 

So why aren't dealerships using BG additives? I did a search on BG MOA and guess what I found. From the first few pages I looked at, 90% of the links were US dealerships, you name it, Nissan, Toyota, Sabb, GM, Chevrolet, Pontiac etc etc, dozens of them rating BG MOA and BG 44K. Its part of their service schedule. The answer is they are!

 

Andy

 

Any chnce of posting the links to the info. you mention? I'd like to take a look at it.

 

Thanks,

Dave.

 

PS. Slick 50 - not sure of Shell will continue to sell it or not.