xentx (ENGINE TREATMENT)

[MoTox8410]

what does everyone think about this

http://www.emtacorp.com/products/default.aspx

[J]

i think they are a waste if cash myself, but do as you wish.

[1990lumina]

I think alot of that stuff isn't worth the money to buy. Plus.. I don't understand how that stuff works..like it is added to the crankcase oil right? Well, doesn't this add to much fluid down there? I know most products say something like run for 600miles and then change oil..well isn't the product gone then?

I dunno, alot of those "less friction", "more performance", "better cooling" ads I think are just a money grab.

I only thing I've put in my car is that Knock Reducer..because my damn 3.1 sounds like a diesel engine in the mornings. It worked for a week maybe (or maybe my mind was just telling me it was working) for a week then this knocking returned. I later found out it is common for these engines to have that "piston slap" condition and since apparently is isn't hurting anything I could care less lol.

 

JMO

 

- Jeff L.

[MoTox8410]

im sure that for the most part all engine/oil treatments are a waste of money but every once in a while im sure there are products that might be helpful and not just a gimmick i believe this is the first "synthetic" engine treatment--everyone said synthetic oil was a waste at first and some still do today but.......you never know

[Brian P]

I say just drill a hole in a can of intake cleaner and throw it in the airbox like a live grenade.

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

everyone said synthetic oil was a waste at first and some still do today but.......you never know

 

Yeah but with synthetic oil that is the entire contents of the oil, not a 1L bottle of magic-in-a-can that mixes in with everything and doesn't work anymore...

 

I believe that *some* oil additive may cause some minimal improvement, but only for a short time. After it gets mixed in with the oil, dirt, and heat then it's useless.

 

Waste of money. Change your oil often, if you got problems fix your engine!

[supreme_style21]

Yeah I might be stubborn, but I don't believe in any of those liquid wrenches. You can get any repair in a bottle these days. I just saw a bottle of headgasket repair liquid the other day... man o man.

 

I wouldn't believe anything that those companies say.. the information is biased. I don't believe any of the numbers or claims they put out. If an independant source tested them and released numbers, I'm a little more apt to believe them.

[pitzel]

Just run a good 5W-30 or 0W-30 motor oil, keep it topped up if its leaking, change every 7500 miles, and be done with it.

 

The 3.1/3100/3400 engines are among the easiest engines ever built on motor oil. Except if coolant gets into the oil through an intake gasket leak

[MoTox8410]

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The 3.1/3100/3400 engines are among the easiest engines ever built on motor oil. Except if coolant gets into the oil through an intake gasket leak

 

glad i have the 3.4

[gp90se]

I can list additives that actually work from personal experance:

 

CD2 stopleak for slight oil leaks

CD2 stop tick for slight lifter tick

RESTORE for compression

NO SMOKE W/ STOPLEAK for bigger oil leaks

LUCAS TRANS for hard shifting trannys

LUCAS OIL for cars with low oil pressure (foaming issues aside)

 

I know a lot of people will say snakeoils dont do shit and people that swear by em, That is a list of products I have used and like.

[GnatGoSplat]

If I believed in the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny, I just might believe this stuff will do something.

[HokemBokem]

The only thing I have added to my car like that has been fuel injector cleaner/fuel system treatment. I think those acually might do something since they are going through all the gas lines.