"Motor Up??"
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"Motor Up??"
Aparently Motor Up is ment to be one of the best oil aditives available. Has anyone ever used it? Anyone had any issues from using it? I put some in my 94 the other day and it seems to have smoothed it out abit.
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Originally Posted by Nathan Plemons
, i must say that after adding the bottle, the engine runs ever so slightly smoother and IS without a doubt quieter. For the price i paid for the stuff, it was a bargain anyway, (dirt cheap here cause it never took off and shops that had it back then are over stocked) So while i will say it is definatly not going to produce miracles, i did notice a change(even as minor as it was). Thanks for your input mate 
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Originally Posted by Casethecorvetteman
after adding the bottle, the engine runs ever so slightly smoother and IS without a doubt quieter.
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According to a lot of corvette owners, mechanics and even the playboy advisor... Oil additives claim to do what syntetic oil already does.
I did not listen, I added additives and now I have a F$#@@ing front oil leak.
I did not listen, I added additives and now I have a F$#@@ing front oil leak.
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Originally Posted by PLRX787
According to a lot of corvette owners, mechanics and even the playboy advisor... Oil additives claim to do what syntetic oil already does.
I did not listen, I added additives and now I have a F$#@@ing front oil leak.
I did not listen, I added additives and now I have a F$#@@ing front oil leak.
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Originally Posted by Redeasysport
Originally Posted by GlennS87
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Additives- Don't Do It!!
Is that the infomercial where they ran it with the additive for a while then took the oil pan off and ran a few laps around a track or is that the one where they had an engine on a test stand and took the oil pan off and after starting it up they sprayed the crankshaft and rods with a firehose while revving it up? You would be mostly buying in to a bill of goods with any of this stuff. Truthfully...oil today is an engineered package and if it needed something additional the engine manufacturer would have required it and the oil engineers would have already put it in. I don't know of any additive that is not mostly "snake oil" and your best hope is it won't do any damage if you decide to try it.
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Originally Posted by Casethecorvetteman
Havent heard of that stuff yet, I know of another oil stabilizing aditive available here LUCUS is the brand name...
Thanks mate, but the link is no good!!!
Thanks mate, but the link is no good!!!
I just tried it and it worked. Maybe the site was down when you tried it.
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Originally Posted by GlennS87
I just tried it and it worked. Maybe the site was down when you tried it.
Must have to be a member of that forum. Cause unless its going down every few hours when the sun comes up in Australia i cant get into it!!
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Originally Posted by Casethecorvetteman
Must have to be a member of that forum. Cause unless its going down every few hours when the sun comes up in Australia i cant get into it!!
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Originally Posted by Casethecorvetteman
Must have to be a member of that forum. Cause unless its going down every few hours when the sun comes up in Australia i cant get into it!!
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Originally Posted by aboatguy
Try this one
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Bob
Yep, that one worked!! thanks mate. Dont spose any of you know what this GC is they are talking about eh???
Originally Posted by GlennS87
Yes, I believe that you have to register to be able to view the forums. It doesn't cost anything and I find it pretty interesting.
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GC I believe is German Castrol. It's not Syntec but it is synthetic. Seems a number of people on that board sing its praises.
This is a thread over there with common acronyms:
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/...c;f=1;t=009552
This is a thread over there with common acronyms:
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/...c;f=1;t=009552
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Oil Additives.... 
The biggest problems is that many chemicals can react negatively with one another causing unexpected results.... viscosity changes, foaming,
precipitates that can plug the filter, sludge,
It's not worth it... just by a good quality oil to start
The biggest problems is that many chemicals can react negatively with one another causing unexpected results.... viscosity changes, foaming,
precipitates that can plug the filter, sludge,
It's not worth it... just by a good quality oil to start
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Originally Posted by GlennS87
GC I believe is German Castrol. It's not Syntec but it is synthetic. Seems a number of people on that board sing its praises.
This is a thread over there with common acronyms:
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/...c;f=1;t=009552
This is a thread over there with common acronyms:
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/...c;f=1;t=009552
Originally Posted by 88redvert
Oil Additives....
The biggest problems is that many chemicals can react negatively with one another causing unexpected results.... viscosity changes, foaming,
precipitates that can plug the filter, sludge,
It's not worth it... just by a good quality oil to start
The biggest problems is that many chemicals can react negatively with one another causing unexpected results.... viscosity changes, foaming,
precipitates that can plug the filter, sludge,
It's not worth it... just by a good quality oil to start
I only use the best quality i can get off the shelf at the time, normally Castrol Synthetic R 5W 30.
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