Oil Additive's Fact or Crap

a little inside info.
them displays you see dont have any engine oil mixed with the addative.
you could just stick honey in there and get the same result.
but it looks good lolol

Dennis displayed on the counter is 1 thing but I would like for these companys to show proof of there product under actual working conditions.

Thanks anyway Dennis

Rossco

The little plastic cogs are a long way from your gearbox in the middle of the desert in 45 degree heat.
Someone,and I think it was an engineer, wrote that you dont need a big globs covering the gears and bearings.
Just a film between moving parts and after all,there is only room for that and the centrifical force fom the spinning gears would throw the excess off.
Others claim that the additives or thickeners combine with the sludge and block up the channels that supply oil to various parts in an engine.

The Sceptics society have added the Slick 50 range to their lists of products they believe run on myths. Anyone used it?

Ross,
I used Slick 50 in my old MG many years ago, despite all the promises of 50% extra power due to increased slippyness I didn't notice a difference I could honestly say wow, BUT I did say wow everytime I changed the oil and added Slick 50 again, cost was nearly more than the oil & filter. Personally I stick to a good quality oil and a genuine filter up front spending a little extra there rather than buying a cheap oil to compensate for the expensive additive, seems to work for me.