Oil Additive For New Cooper Engine Not Slick 50 but Slick 50 Synthetic?

[scott321172]

Been browsing the web as you do when your bored to hell!

Anyway when i come to pick my Cooper on March 1st as the engine will not be worn in. I have been looking at Oil Additives which help wear and tear on the engine and bond to the engine to reduce friction and overall life of the engine.

Would this be a good buy to add to the engine in the first few days and if yes what product to go for? I have been looking at Slick 50 Synthetic.
This is located at the website:http://www.motormania.co.uk/product_...il%20Additives

Cheers,
Stuart

[retroom]

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Originally posted by scott321172
Been browsing the web as you do when your bored to hell!

Anyway when i come to pick my Cooper on March 1st as the engine will not be worn in. I have been looking at Oil Additives which help wear and tear on the engine and bond to the engine to reduce friction and overall life of the engine.

Would this be a good buy to add to the engine in the first few days and if yes what product to go for? I have been looking at Slick 50 Synthetic.
This is located at the website:http://www.motormania.co.uk/product_...il%20Additives

Cheers,
Stuart

When you get the car home, before you do anything read the owners manual. In it you'll find a passage saying not to add any additives to the oil.

I wouldn't to it. Just a waste of money.

retroom

[richmds]

Just use synthetic oil and you will be fine. Stay away from additives. Slick 50 I dont know their formulation but was sued by the FTC some years back because the teflon in their additives was jamming up areas of the engine and causing more problems then without the additive.
All those additives that claim they can be run in an engine without oil is false, on independent test by the FTC showed all engines seized in less than 10 seconds.

[BillK]

There have been a few discussions about this. You may want to search the forums for "Oil additives" or "Slick 50", but overall, the concensus is DON'T DO IT!

[GordonD]

I echo the don't do it advice for the reasons quoted but also you don't want a slicker oil during break in or it will never do it.

My Uncle was a Senior Manager with Rolls Royce piston (aero) engines and I remember him telling me they had to stop using Molyslip in rebuilt engines as they never ran in. Fine after but not intitially

[chiph]

Stay far away from Slick-50 and their ilk.

First off:
Teflon is a solid, not a liquid ...And what do oil filters do? Remove suspended solids.

Second, the teflon does (sort-of) bind to the bearings and wear parts of the engine. But it binds even easier to the non-bearing parts of the engine, such as the oil channels. Result: The automotive equivalent to a coronary (blocked arteries).

I'm sure there are many other reasons not to use it that others could contribute.

Chip H.

[CurtP]

Oil manufacturers spend a good deal of time, research and money on additive packages that they include in their oils. Using additional additives upsets this balance and there's a *very* good chance that you'll make things worse, not better.

[friedduck]

Don't!

If oil manufacturers could put any additional additives that would make a difference for the better, they'd be doing it. Remember the additive hucksters saying that their product had teflon?! Didn't do anything but clog oil journals.

Sounds like the opinion has been unanimous

Jeff

[Prowse]

I contacted ZX1 (http://www.team-zx1.com) about using their oil additive in a brand new car. Their advice was to run-in the enigne as per the manual, adding their product afer 1,250 miles or so.

ZX1 bonds to warm metal surfaces. Once you've added the product and heated the engine through you can change the oil, if you wish. The engine will still have the ZX1 coating for 25,000 miles or 8 oil changes.

ZX1 is a totally different product to Slick50 as it contains no PTFE, molybendium or other clogging agents, its also compatible with all oil types. I'd suggest that you email Slick50 to get their advice. Personally, I'd run the engine in thoroughly before contemplating an addative, and, or an early oil change.