Are any of these engine treatments worth the money at all like Slick 50 or any other type of product like this? Thanks

Not in my opinion. Appropriate oil changes is all you need. Are you trying to solve a problem?

I would say no, but advise you to search ftc.gov for “Slick 50” and read supporting documents there. About 20 years ago, I decided Slick 50 sounded like a good idea, so I put some into a brand new Jetta GLI, with no ill-effects. I remember it was expensive, and at the time, I think it had teflon in…

My Dodge truck and Mazda car now have over 100K miles and was looking more in the coming years if this would help extend the life of my engine or some product. I do change oil at 3K miles. So far no engine issues. Maybe if it not broke don’t try to fix it. Thanks

The chances of your car dying a premature death because you didn’t use any oil additives are so slim, I wouldn’t worry about it. How often you change your oil and whether you use the proper oil are a much bigger factors. It is much more likely your automatic transmission will fail before your engi…

Most of the claims made on the sides of additive cans can not be proven one way or the other. For sure, the most important factor is keeping your engine full of clean oil. If your are 2 quarts low and you haven’t changed your oil in 8000 miles, additives have nothing to offer…If your crankcase is fu…

My Dodge truck and Mazda car now have over 100K miles and was looking more in the coming years if this would help extend the life of my engine or some product. Myself and many others here have had cars last well past 300k miles WITHOUT any of those products. So you expecting Slick-50 make the car…

Slick 50 worked as designed. It made a lot of money for the manufacturer and sorry to say damaged a lot of engines. If it not broke Don’t fix it. If it is broke, Slick 50 will not fix it.

There is no such thing as magic anything. Some of the friction reducing “magic in a bottle” stuff will do something. Many are chlorinated paraffins. What they do (maybe) is save you $6 for $25 in costs. Most are correct here in that the best thing that they do is clean your wallet. There are ad…

Back in 1965 I bought the first car I ever owned with a positive crankcase ventilation. When I was looking at the engine before I purchased the car, I noticed the hose going from the PCV valve on the rocker arm cover to the base of the carburetor. When I asked the salesman about it, he said that i…

Do engine treatments like Slick 50 really work?

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If you’re changing every 3000 miles, I will claim that there is no additive that will add one mile to your engine’s life, as far as wear is concerned. Do like Whitey says, focus on the tranny and brakes and you’ll see 200k.

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