Good or bad

My mates just bunged some in his Zed, hes always put it in his cars.

Hello Jason,

 

Do a search and make up your own mind. Me personally no way!

 

Vijay

The addatives in Slick 50 are already in major brand oil. Nelson cleared it up for us last year ;)

I put the fully synth treatment in my oil a couple of changes ago, but after itgot a bit of a slating on here i didnt use it again after that, it didnt do any harm, but likewise it didnt seem to do alot of good either.

i have used it in my Zed , no noticeable improvements , however in the old V6 Vectra

it made a big difference , the car seemed smoother and more responsive,

 

i saw an add once that showed a guy driving across Australia after he had put slick 50 in his Holden V8 and then drained his oil off .....the car ran all the way no lube oil

no damage to the shells or bearings .....i think its better to have it and not need it than to have needed it and not had it

I agree with you Steve, all this "anti" talk reminds me of the witch hunts in the middle ages. Good intentions but.......

I've used it in cars in the past. Some it made a difference and others it didn't.

 

The last car I used it in was my first Supra. It didn't seem to like it for some reason, it made the oil pressure drop slightly :confused: . Consequently I didn't used it in either my next Supra or the ZX.

 

I don't think it can do any harm, but as mentioned earlier the ingredients of Slick 50 should be present in all premium brands of oil anyway........

 

Richard :)

Perhaps worth putting the Chemists view forward here - scary stuff and the reason we neither sell nor recommend these magic additives!

 

Use a decent oil is our advice.

 

General Remarks on Chlorinated Additives.

 

A number of ‘add-on’ additives intended to improve the performance of commercially available automotive lubricants have been marketed in recent years, under such names as ‘Xxtralube ZX-1’, ‘Metol FX-1’, ‘PPL Anti-Friction’ and ‘Activ-8’.All such products share the following characteristics with ‘X-1R Friction Eliminator’:-

 

1)They all contain chlorinated paraffin ‘exteme pressure’(EP) compounds first used in the 1930s in heavily-loaded industrial gearboxes, and in some automotive transmission applications, mainly hypoid gears.

 

2)They all corrode copper-based alloys at moderate temperatures, easily exceeded in all engine, and most transmission applications.This problem was recognised in the 1930s, and chlorinated compounds were never used in transmissions with bronze bearings or gears. No responsible manufacturer ever suggested using them in engines where their increasing activity at high temperatures could lead to piston ring corrosion and bore glazing. (For the same reason, modern ‘hypoid’ additives are not used in engines, even though they are much safer than any chlorinated additive.)

 

3)X-1R Friction Eliminator and its clones are based upon very outdated technology, which was abandoned by responsible lubricant manufacturers for automotive transmission uses in the 1950s. Chlorinated compounds still find applications in metal working, but their use is on the decline because of health and safety considerations.

 

4)When burnt, chlorinated paraffins produce corrosive hydrochloric acid, and organo-chlorine compounds including the highly poisonous phosgene gas. Apart from these corrosion and health hazards, with petrol engines the deactivation of exhaust catalysts is also a problem.

 

5)Unfortunately, these additives give spectacular results in simple EP test machines such as the ‘Falex’. As a marketing ploy, a demonstration of this type looks impressive to those not aquainted with the above facts. Also attractive is the low cost of chlorinated compounds, allowing profits of several thousand percent to be made.

 

Cheers

Simon

I would touch it with a fooking barge pole after last time, I think this is what finished my last engine off.

Simon

You seem to know what's what in the oil field. Can I add to the qustion of additives? Is there any potential dangers to using additives that claim to stop ol leaks> Sorry to semi hijack but it is a related question

Chris

The only additives we endorse are fuel ones (octane boosters) as these have their uses and in some engines are essential where high octane fuel cannot be obtained.

 

Cheers

Simon