additives - comments?
additives - comments?
(OP)
Jay Leno does an interview with a rep of archoil - a line of additives and such -
comments?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ir3bg0ESU&list=PLCYtOmBv0Co_1_4u4DzAZ94cv8AgYqPMJThanks
Jay Maechtlen
http://www.laserpubs.com/techcomm





RE: additives - comments?
that does not include that some products might work, but there is no reliable way of knowing they do. "nano" nowadays is a buzzword - in future we most likely will see a lot of "nano stuff" introduced in lubricants and preliminary scientific testing results seem to indicate that a lot of knowledge we have may need some reconsidering when those developments progress, but at this moment in time it is still far to early to know whether that actually will happen.
for the time being the "advertorial" in the video can be categorized in the same category as all those gadgets that promise you a sixpack in a few weeks....
RE: additives - comments?
I have, however, tried a sample of fuel additives, and the only one that ever made a noticeable difference was Marvel Mystery Oil, added to the fuel tank at somewhere around 4 fluid ounces per 12 gallons of fuel. It does a miraculous job of removing varnish from injectors, and all sorts of goo from carburetors, usually after ten miles or less of driving. The local carburetor wizard used to insist that a car be driven on MMO for a few miles; he would then look at it if the problem persisted.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: additives - comments?
RE: additives - comments?
And Jay says he 'knows several guys' who have suffered the dreaded flat tappet cam failure from new-fangled oil. Doesn't everybody seem to? Does he mean that all his cars have always used Archoil, which is why he has no direct experience in his vast collection with this supposedly pervasive problem?? C'mon Jay, what's your secret??
RE: additives - comments?
And probably a number of them have the $$$ to play with fun flat-tappet things.
Add the "heard it from" factor, and it is a fairly plausible claim.
(this from a Jay with much less money than that Jay...)
cheers
Jay
Jay Maechtlen
http://www.laserpubs.com/techcomm
RE: additives - comments?
RE: additives - comments?