Zmax Real or Waste?

[LVyukyuk]

Adds like a 1000hp. The air molecule mixture with the plankton is the ticket. LOL, I saw Seafoam on the shelf at Vatozone, heard nothing but good things, on high mileage engines. (last name is Rodrigues, I'm allowed to make fun a little!)

 

[warrlac]

ZMax = snake oil.

Seafoam is good. How many guys have Seafoamed their ride here?

• Suck in a half-can of Seafoam slowly through your break-booster vacuum hose.
• Turn off the engine and let it sit for 15 minutes.
• Drive it briskly but be alert for a lot of smoke (due to the burning of the gunk that was loosened and removed by the Seafoam)

 

[mike1944]

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in U. S. District Court seeking to halt false and misleading advertising for zMax auto additives and has asked the court to order refunds to consumers who bought the products.

http://www.nissanoffroad.net/messageboard/index.php?topic=5944.0

This kind of stuff is easy to find with Google.

 

[mike06train]

Google oil additives and all test shows that most do vey little if anything and some even reduce oilflow. Additives with PTFE showed the particles gathering in the oil gallys and let less oil throght the passage ways.

 

[LTZRider]

Dont discount the benefits of synthetic oil. The stuff does not break down under heat and maintains its viscosity nearly forever. If you plan on owning your truck a long time, I dont think there is a better insurance investment for the money for prolonging the life of your engine from wear.

Sounds like an adverisement i Know, but I have a buddy who is a chemical engineer and for years I blew him off about how synthetic was worth the money. He showed me a display that he made where an electric motor attached to a set of bearings that had a torque wrench attached to it to apply force. When you put in conventional oil you could only apply half the torque before the motor would drag and eventually stop and you could smell the heat and smoke coming off the bearings. I was able to almost put my entire body weight on the torque wrench with synthetic oil before the motor would slow at all. I put synthetic in everything except my lawn mower.

 

[mike1944]

FYI, just read this in this month's Consumer Reports. I always though it would create chaos.

Contrary to what some believe, adding synthetic oil to regular oil won't harm the engine but there's no benefit to doing so.

 

[bigrhino]

I use a little bit of Lucas oil additives in my engine.

 

[mike06train]

I just use high grade syn. oil and have never had any problems.

 

[doubletapdrew]

Seafoam is good. How many guys have Seafoamed their ride here?

I did the seafoam treatment on my camaro at about 90k mi. Haven't done it on the Yukon yet. I didn't notice a seat of the pants power gain but it did blow a lot of crap out the tailpipes for a couple minutes and the oil was as black as coal (I only use Mobil 1 in the car). That's one of the uses not mentioned by warrlac, add seafoam to the oil, drive for 500 miles and change the oil.