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Old Sep 3, 2018 | 03:09 PM
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all I know is that the gas in the state of Ohio is considered bad and I havebeen using Lucas in all of my car's sincethe sixties and never had any problems. Just saying
Maybe because you have been breathing it helps the car start? We can always find something to attribute to another thing like religion does.
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Also have had great luck with adding Rislone oil treatment and never had a engine problem in 48 years in any of my vehicles.
I have no trouble with mine by NOT adding any snake oils. What does it prove?
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Originally Posted by RedC494
I havebeen using Lucas in all of my car's sincethe sixties and never had any problems. Just saying
Originally Posted by RedC494
Also have had great luck with adding Rislone oil treatment and never had a engine problem in 48 years in any of my vehicles.
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Maybe because you have been breathing it helps the car start? We can always find something to attribute to another thing like religion does.
Exactly.

Red, you're "test" is massively flawed and proves nothing. Did you look at my pics in the thread I linked? I've used nothing....yet "never had any problems". So what "problem" did Lucas and Rislone cure? What did you "fix"? What did you prevent?

I wanked it this morning....and have been for ~36 years now....today my car started and ran great! "JUST SAYIN'!"


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Originally Posted by 84 4+3
Not trying to argue, just saying my experience.
I hear that. Look...I admit that some of these product have merit and do something. But there is a time and place. That time would be where there is an actual issue that needs fixing. The product would be one specifically engieered to solve the problem that has been diagnosed (opposed to the "three orifice elixirs" that are popular today). If you've properly maintained your engine, there shouldn't be any issue that requires any of these products, b/c all of the products that we're already putting through out engines (gas and oil) already have all the characteristics and ingredients necessary to help our engines live and perform for way longer than "long enough". -beyond 300,000 miles.


The OP didn't mention that he had an issue (like you did with the low compression cylinder in one engine). He just wanted to know what he could buy and arbitrarily pour it into one of his engine's orifices. Should he? NO! No, he should not. Unless he has some drivability issue that he's diagnosed as being an injector mechanical problem, then no. He shouldn't arbitrarily dump stuff into his car.
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