READ THIS BEFORE ADDING LUCAS ADDITIVES!
01-06-2005, 02:54 AM
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READ THIS BEFORE ADDING LUCAS ADDITIVES!
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/images/lucas/lucas.htm
This stuff much like everything else on the market is crap heres your proof and what its doing in there!
This stuff much like everything else on the market is crap heres your proof and what its doing in there!
01-06-2005, 04:10 AM
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RE: READ THIS BEFORE ADDING LUCAS ADDITIVES!
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That REALLY bothers me because I use lucas in my stang every time I change oil[:@]. Guess I won't be any more!! Thankyou also for the heads up[sm=thanx.gif].
That REALLY bothers me because I use lucas in my stang every time I change oil[:@]. Guess I won't be any more!! Thankyou also for the heads up[sm=thanx.gif].
No problem man!
This is what they refer to as snake oil.Its nothing but a marketing gimic aimed at making money.As you see it traps and holds air defeating the purpose of your oil.Very good reading i thought.
01-06-2005, 05:13 AM
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RE: READ THIS BEFORE ADDING LUCAS ADDITIVES!
One quick note though. The first test was using full synthetic oil, he was using the Lucas full petroleum additive, they have a special additive that is meant for synthetic oil. He just mixed synthetic oil with petroleum oil. Just a quick observation. 
01-06-2005, 08:12 AM
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RE: READ THIS BEFORE ADDING LUCAS ADDITIVES!
guess that stuff aint that great... never was sure about it, what do ya'll think about the fuel additive, and maybe the stuff for transmissions though....?
01-06-2005, 10:33 AM
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RE: READ THIS BEFORE ADDING LUCAS ADDITIVES!
My Dad would swear about it, but I keep teling him...if you need additive to solve any problem then you need to get it fixed right. My old ranger ticked a lot...we tried some Lucas...made it not better so to speak..put just a grade thicker oil in it...tick went away...
01-06-2005, 01:36 PM
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RE: READ THIS BEFORE ADDING LUCAS ADDITIVES!
i dont know about that oil stabilizer, but i know a person who used lucas trans fluid stuff in a blown tranny. had no 3rd or 4th gear and would slip constantly and after he put it in it didnt slip at all for like 2 weeks. i use the power streering additive and it stoped the leak so far and its been like 3 months. but i cant argue with that the oil guys results. i would never put anything like that in my engine.
01-06-2005, 02:55 PM
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RE: READ THIS BEFORE ADDING LUCAS ADDITIVES!
I looked at the article and also the home page to find out the credentials of this guy and cannot find any so I would take most of what he said with a dose of skepticism. All good motor and gear oils are formulated with a variety of additive packages to allow the base oil, be it petroleum based mineral oils or pure synthentic based oils, to perform the lubrication work required in the service for which they were designed to be used and provide long service life between change intervals. His little test rig was interesting but most automotive gears are either hypoid or helical cut gears, and they carry the lubrication oil differently than the straight cut gears he used in his rig. Personally, I don't think additive companies like Lucas would still be in business unless their products did at least some of the things they claim to do or the thousands of professional fleet mechanics and racing crew chiefs would not still be customers of their product. I don't agree with coming on here and blasting a company's reputation based on the single opinion of a so-called expert without some more substantial information than what was presented here and some knowledge of the professional credentials of the person making the claims.