Xado Engine Reconditioning Products

You might consider telling people just what sort of "reconditioning products" they are.
If they are of type that you put in the tank or oil, you may want to advise your friend to get a real job.

Merry xmas

Looks like a lot of mechanics will be out of a job if you use this stuff.

XADO is a world wide patented technology, which restores, repairs and reconditions worn mechanical moving parts, any engine, machinery and equipment, without the need for expensive dismantling. In engines this will reduce fuel consumption, increase compression and reduce exhaust emissions.

I have never heard of it Jim, but would be interested to learn more. While I realise a lot of the4se products are very dubois, its pays to keep an open mind. Proma claims to recondtion engines and I know a lot of people swear by it but I have also heard of two cases of engines seizing because of blocked oil galleries
Cheers Pete

After looking at the website I would like to get Robins engineering opinion on this. It has been cleared by Man for use in their gearboxs, but sounds a bit far fetched to me
Cheers Pete

Oh dear...another get rich quick idea

No need for experience with it, Jim. Just have a read of their website

Excuse me for being a non believer BUT.... and a big BUT.... how the hell can some sort of additive in your engine rebuild metal parts to the perfection they were before whilst wearing away at the same time.

Honestly, there must be some gullible people out there.

Moreys Oils, Bitron, Wynns et al...This is just another slant on things mechanical.

Maybe some good business advice to the battlers won't go astray.

Cheers

Cannot be certain but in 2001, I tested a product that was being promoted by a Japaneses trading house and originally claimed to be "discovered" in Siberia some years ago, that was very similar in claims to this. The japanese claimed to have synthesized a naturally occurring carbon based product that produced a metal ceramic coating when introduced to two high friction metal surfaces.
The coating was claimed to reduce friction to levels that had never been experienced before.
The product was also claimed to "rebuild" worn metal surfaces. There was a lot of talk, but no real supporting evidence, of test results carried out at this and that OEM, University, Technical School etc etc.
The tests I conducted were for a company that was investigating an agency "opportunity".
My work involved industry standard tribology tests, IP 239 Weld load and scar diameter, ASTM 2509 Load.
Needless to say I could not recommend they take up the "opportinity" based on my results.
I hope this product is not the same thing reincarnated!!

SNAKE OIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A worn engine is a worn engine, not to be confused with de-coking or de-carbonising an engine, once it's worn the only way to recondition it is to replace the worn parts, having said that these "GELS" seem a new approach and as long as the engine wasn't to bad it wouldn't hurt to give something like this a try before a re-build. Having said that the Xado website makes no reference to scientific evidence so this is a worry.