yellowTT

does anyone use an oil additive? if so which one? why? today was my first oil change and i got mobile 1 because all you guys have been raving about how good it is. that stuff is expensive it better be good for $7 a quart.

SBTT

Buy Mobil 1 @ Walmart or Costco (by the case) - much better prices.
If you have low miles, you can just stick with the dealer oil @ N/C until later (20K miles?).

RoninTT

Look at it this way; if those were so great, why don't the oil companies sell them? (Mobil, for instance) I recall a study done by Briggs and Straton (sp?) or some such small engine company, where, they tested a bunch of engines with and without some "super lubricant oil additive" and it turned out that the additive didn't make a difference. (i.e. all of the engines still ran after the oil was drained from the pan, regardless of whether an additive was present). They also advised not using additives containing Teflon. The reasoning is, the Teflon molecules would, for some reason, clog the small oil passages of the engine over time. (something to do with heat degradation, and the particles settling out of the oil). AFAIK, the only research out there that *supports* the claims of the additive manufacturers has been sponsored by the additive manufacturers.

Power5

That is also why I became a distributor. They were the first and redline is even old engineers from amsoil.

PorTTland

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JaminTT

get to know a dist. I think its 4.90 a qt...not bad and it is better oild