Your thoughts on oil treatments?

RysRed96GT

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are they good, bad, neutral? i have 105K miles and just thought i'd try some, didnt think it would hurt. but then again it burns no oil as it is. and this is a dumb question but the added viscosity of it doesnt hurt performance does it?

 

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Oil Treatment

Use good oil and change it regularly-all you need!

 

DBMSTNG

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i don't trust oil treatments. just stick with good oil and change it on time.

 

Dark Knight GT

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RysRed96GT said:

are they good, bad, neutral? i have 105K miles and just thought i'd try some, didnt think it would hurt. but then again it burns no oil as it is. and this is a dumb question but the added viscosity of it doesnt hurt performance does it?

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Most oil treatments are snake oil. No need to get technical here or anything. Correct me if Im wrong, but dont you use fully synthetic Mobil 1 motor oil anyway ? I only ask because I could swear I seen you post this once. I could be wrong though. If I am right though, then just stick with the fully synthetic. If not, then Ide switch to High mileage motor oil at your next oil change.

 

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Just another way to remove hard earned bucks from your pocket.
We have an old clunker that burns a bit of oil. Instead of an adaptive to help prevent oil burn we just add 1/2 quart of 50 weight oil once in a while, seems to slow down the oil burn at about 1/4 the cost of an additive.
I also second just changing oil and filter on a regular basis. Best regular maintenance you can do for any engine.

 

RysRed96GT

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i change my oil and filter every 3-5K miles with mobil 1 synthetic 5w30 and motorcraft filter. i just figured i'd try the STP oil treatment because it said it would quiet the engine...didnt think it would hurt and it only cost 2 bucks

 

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In laws van has 130k on chevy 350. Has little blow by when first started. Started using Valvoline high mileage oil. No more blow by. So I think high milage motor oils might actually be good for high milage motors. No scientific proof but no blue smoke when started anymore works for me.