Oil additives are a scam
03-18-2021, 11:23 PM
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I want to see the person at a dealership, or a warranty adjuster that can determine from an oil sample if the oil was an A40, or not. The same goes from the UOA labs, half the time the generic guys can't even tell when I write the wrong oil on the report on purpose (since I don't want them to know what I am doing).
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03-18-2021, 11:26 PM
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and learning a few things along the way about the other guys girl friend !!
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03-19-2021, 10:45 AM
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03-19-2021, 11:05 AM
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In grade 8 I was invited to do math a couple of times at this one teachers house but I never went .... I found out many years later from quite a few of my friends what that really meant....... it went right over me at the time ... I regret that from some of the stories they told me and why is it always the math teachers ?? Needless to say she retired with "full honors" and without any repercussions ..... Different times!
03-19-2021, 01:22 PM
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Straight to the source of knowledge .... I like that ...at the time I wasn't that refined ....
In grade 8 I was invited to do math a couple of times at this one teachers house but I never went .... I found out many years later from quite a few of my friends what that really meant....... it went right over me at the time ... I regret that from some of the stories they told me and why is it always the math teachers ?? Needless to say she retired with "full honors" and without any repercussions ..... Different times!
In grade 8 I was invited to do math a couple of times at this one teachers house but I never went .... I found out many years later from quite a few of my friends what that really meant....... it went right over me at the time ... I regret that from some of the stories they told me and why is it always the math teachers ?? Needless to say she retired with "full honors" and without any repercussions ..... Different times!
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rileyracing1 (03-23-2021)
03-20-2021, 11:18 AM
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Update!!!
Just spoke to my buddy at Ford..... chatted about additives etc... he had an interesting perspective. First some facts: Ford pays out 2 Billion Dollars annually in warranty claims!!! That is for trucks and cars combinded. About half of that is for powertrain claims. Yes, two billion dollars per year!!! Yowza.
So his perspective is that if Ford can put a tiny bit of better oil in a car they are highly motivated to do so. It pays back directly in profit. Real money. He does not believe these additives or alternative oils do anything.... if it did, Ford would put it in their cars. Not to be nice to us, but because it returns big bucks in savings to them. So according to my friend.... additives and alternative oils are .....
So, now that I know this, am I going to keep putting LiquiMoly 5W-40 with Ceratec in my car? Um... yes. Why? I dunno.
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Bruce in Philly
Just spoke to my buddy at Ford..... chatted about additives etc... he had an interesting perspective. First some facts: Ford pays out 2 Billion Dollars annually in warranty claims!!! That is for trucks and cars combinded. About half of that is for powertrain claims. Yes, two billion dollars per year!!! Yowza.
So his perspective is that if Ford can put a tiny bit of better oil in a car they are highly motivated to do so. It pays back directly in profit. Real money. He does not believe these additives or alternative oils do anything.... if it did, Ford would put it in their cars. Not to be nice to us, but because it returns big bucks in savings to them. So according to my friend.... additives and alternative oils are .....
So, now that I know this, am I going to keep putting LiquiMoly 5W-40 with Ceratec in my car? Um... yes. Why? I dunno.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
03-20-2021, 01:58 PM
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If you do not drive daily a solid lubricant film (Ceratec, Mos2) mitigates cold start damage.On a high mileage car I would prefer MoS2 to Ceratec.