Oil and fuel additives
What are the reasons you would use or not use fuel and oil additives. I just purchased a motorhome and want to take care of it. Thanks
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bretttennar wrote:
I have heard alot of people call additives is snake oil is that the feeling of most? I also noticed there are huge amounts available it seems that there must be some benefits of using them? Any thoughts
Fluids are engineered by people who do that for a living. All fluids already have a very deliberate mixture of additives in them. The additives are there because the people who developed the fluid(s) decided (through years of testing and research) that they were necessary and improve the fluids performance. More is NOT better otherwise it would already be there. Generally, when additives are depleted below certain levels and/or the fluid becomes contaminated, it's time to change the fluid. If you read your owners manual, under some conditions, it will recommend using certain additives. In some cases it will say, "DO NOT USE ADDITIVES" or "ONLY USE _____________ FLUID." IMO, That's what you should do.
Until you get your engineering/chemistry/physics etc. degree(s) and get 20 or so years field experience under your belt, that's all you need to know. Make you life simple. Don't redo work that's already been done for you!
Chum lee
