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Old 05-06-03 | 11:53 PM
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Arrow oil additives

does anyone know if its bad to add oil additives in rotaries. i've been thinking of putting v-max in on my next oil change.
Old 05-07-03 | 12:04 AM
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do you mean Z-MAX? I have used injector cleaners in my car but that is it. I don't see why anything would hurt it unless the OMP would mess up or something.
Old 05-07-03 | 12:08 AM
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Most of them are just fine, my two fav's are Marvel mystery oil and techron injector cleaner
Old 05-07-03 | 12:11 AM
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sorry....z-max is what i was refering too....
Old 05-07-03 | 12:48 AM
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dont put anything in your engine accept fuel and oil
i have already learned the hard way twice with 2 diff cars 1st was my 93 jimmy i put restore in it and it startted smoking bad after that all the time and burnt oil like crazy and it never did that before, second on my rx-7 i put fuel injection cleaner in my tank and ran a emissions cleaner on it and now it stalls out every time i start it cold and stalls all the time when i slow down like at a light. best thing to do is just keep up the maintnece and you will have no problem. also that marvel mistory oil is good because it is mixing oil with your gas to better lubricate your engine and at the same times keeps it cleaner so hear it from me dont put anything that wasnt originaly intended to be in your engine in your engine i learnd twice the hard way and i will never again
Old 05-07-03 | 12:52 AM
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I usally fill up at chevron and all there gas has techron it in it...but about adding additives to oil, I'm not totally sure but I doubt it would benifit anything, maybe even hurt you unless you have the OMP disconnected, but I have never used an oil additives, fuel additives are a must to keep our 12+ year old injectors clean!!!
Old 05-08-03 | 04:28 PM
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take the injectors out and get them cleaned and blueprimted thats the best thing to do i also use cheveron every fill up they just have nice clean gas
Old 05-09-03 | 12:32 PM
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I used zmax and it freed up my aux ports. I like it and will use it twice a year.
Old 05-09-03 | 03:48 PM
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I've read a huge article about zmax, and it basicly said that the company and their products are 100% fraud. dont put it in your car, it's just some colored liquid!
Old 05-09-03 | 04:06 PM
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Miracle additive that costs $30 bux and adds 15% HP and 20% increase in Fuel Econonomy? Think about that: Why would the major automakers spend MILLIONS and MILLIONS in Engineering and design to improve their CAFE numbers and reduce Emissions?

Their are no Miracle additives!
Old 05-09-03 | 04:07 PM
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Most of them are just fine, my two fav's are Marvel mystery oil and techron injector cleaner
indeed marvel mystery oil is the best
i never used any in my FC
but in my ATV i put all kinda of that stuff becuase its always running like ****, so alittle bit of marvel mystery oil and its fixed.
when i first got my car the guy said he put some STP stuff in there to clean the fuel injectors and it smoked like crazy untill i ran the tank to empty and put some fresh fuel.
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