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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 03:21 PM
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would adding one of these oil additives be a good idea or a bad one???
I have very low km on my car and i was thinking about adding some kind of oil additive due to the cars high revving nature.
What do you guys think of this??? or
Thanks in advance
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 05:27 PM
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dont think any oil additives are necessary, some of them could be harmful.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 08:32 PM
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since my motor is new, i don't think engine additive are necessary. but if you really want to, you should atleast get BG MOA. BG makes high quality products and the MOA prevents the oil from breaking down and sludging up. I use it in the h22a in my accord(since it has higher mileage), I am not sure if I want to use it on the f20c. what do you guys think?


also, what about gasoline additives? I use BG 44k and it works great(cleans the fuel injectors, lines, etc) but I am not sure how the s2k will react to these additives.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 09:00 PM
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mobil one or your favorite motor oil only - don't touch zmax - total crap, just advertising. check ftc.gov and search your favorite oil/engine additive to see what you should buy - just do some research...honda did in designing your motor....do you think any of these guys even tested on a honda motor with vtec, composites, ti materials, etc?

fuel cleaners are another story - some do actually help out...
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 09:03 PM
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Yeah, ZMAX has some lawsuits against it right now I believe....

Blake
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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 09:46 AM
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ZMax (and mostly all other oil additives) are crap.

Refer to http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/02/zmax1.htm
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