Ok guys, Here it is in a nut shell. My 6.0 is a little sluggish and has a little rough idle. I had a small issue with the popping and missing when under a decent pull. I pulled the egr valve and cleaned and solved that problem. I changed oil yesterday @145K miles and added 2 qts of Hot Shot Secret. Tractor Supply now carrys it and a friend of mine gave it a try and liked the results. I know a few of you will cry Snake Oil and don't care. I will let you know what it if anything changes.

Bird Freak wrote:Ok guys, Here it is in a nut shell. My 6.0 is a little sluggish and has a little rough idle. I had a small issue with the popping and missing when under a decent pull. I pulled the egr valve and cleaned and solved that problem. I changed oil yesterday @145K miles and added 2 qts of Hot Shot Secret. Tractor Supply now carrys it and a friend of mine gave it a try and liked the results. I know a few of you will cry Snake Oil and don't care. I will let you know what it if anything changes.Nah, Bird Freak the Hot Shot Secret horse has already been flogged. HERE Even a poster that states he is the owner/producer off HS Secret dropped in on the conversation.

thomasmnile wrote:Bird Freak wrote:Ok guys, Here it is in a nut shell. My 6.0 is a little sluggish and has a little rough idle. I had a small issue with the popping and missing when under a decent pull. I pulled the egr valve and cleaned and solved that problem. I changed oil yesterday @145K miles and added 2 qts of Hot Shot Secret. Tractor Supply now carrys it and a friend of mine gave it a try and liked the results. I know a few of you will cry Snake Oil and don't care. I will let you know what it if anything changes.Nah, Bird Freak the Hot Shot Secret horse has already been flogged. HERE Even a poster that states he is the owner/producer off HS Secret dropped in on the conversation.Good read. Guess I will see for myself.

Bird Freak wrote:thomasmnile wrote:Bird Freak wrote:Ok guys, Here it is in a nut shell. My 6.0 is a little sluggish and has a little rough idle. I had a small issue with the popping and missing when under a decent pull. I pulled the egr valve and cleaned and solved that problem. I changed oil yesterday @145K miles and added 2 qts of Hot Shot Secret. Tractor Supply now carrys it and a friend of mine gave it a try and liked the results. I know a few of you will cry Snake Oil and don't care. I will let you know what it if anything changes.Nah, Bird Freak the Hot Shot Secret horse has already been flogged. HERE Even a poster that states he is the owner/producer off HS Secret dropped in on the conversation.Good read. Guess I will see for myself.Assuming your FICM is healthy and if you have injector stiction try a 5W40 oil or purchase some Archoil 9100 or Rev X which have a proven record.

FishOnOne wrote:Bird Freak wrote:thomasmnile wrote:Bird Freak wrote:Ok guys, Here it is in a nut shell. My 6.0 is a little sluggish and has a little rough idle. I had a small issue with the popping and missing when under a decent pull. I pulled the egr valve and cleaned and solved that problem. I changed oil yesterday @145K miles and added 2 qts of Hot Shot Secret. Tractor Supply now carrys it and a friend of mine gave it a try and liked the results. I know a few of you will cry Snake Oil and don't care. I will let you know what it if anything changes.Nah, Bird Freak the Hot Shot Secret horse has already been flogged. HERE Even a poster that states he is the owner/producer off HS Secret dropped in on the conversation.Good read. Guess I will see for myself.Assuming your FICM is healthy and if you have injector stiction try a 5W40 oil or purchase some Archoil 9100 or Rev X which have a proven record.I have already changed the oil and put this stuff in. I will wait and see what happens with it. If nothing I will try your way and get back with you. I also leave tonight to pick up another project car and will run about 1K miles.

What is this stuff supposed to do?Am always interested in IP, but will dissect it before jumping inIs it in the super lube, self plating category like molybdenum disulfide and tungsten disulfide?Or is it in the plastic category like Slick50?...oh, just found their page andit is not a polymer, so answers that.Yes, read your links all the way to their link, but nothing on engine oil otherthan it's a esterStuff has to be in context or worthless or a negative. Like the DLC on the CP4 pump discussion where I found that Bosch engineers usedDLC only on one surface where the lube is diesel fuel.Out of context using DLC in there with a very poor lube like diesel. Missed is that diamond is one of the best non-stick and thermal conductors knownto mankind (that I know of). Meaning that a poor lube will have poor film strength (tensile) on regular metalsurfaces (wet it). Worse yet on the best non-stick known to mankind. So NO lubeis filmed on the DLC cam of the CP4 pump. ZERO lube...unless there is treatmentor additive I'm not aware ofMarry that with the unknown 'slipperiness' of DLC surface for a metal cam followerto run on...One of the purposes of engine oil is to keep it from going metal on metal byproviding a film of oil for the parts to 'float' on. How does this secret stuffassist or improve on that? I know how Molyb, Tungsten and graphite does that, but want to know what theirsecret stuff is or how it does it's job on that

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FishOnOne
Nomad
Aug 04, 2014
Thanks for the update. :B
Bird_Freak
Explorer II
Aug 04, 2014
Quick update as I said I would. Have put about 2600 miles on since oil change and truck is running much smoother. Turbo seems to spool up faster and engine is quite on interstate. So far I am impressed.
Bird_Freak
Explorer II
Jul 14, 2014
Bird Freak wrote:
BenK wrote:
Admit and apologize for my misunderstanding on this topic

Am NOT a diesel person. Did look at jumping over, but decided against it when
all my reading indicated a huge freight train coming down the tracks. SMOG and
all of the regulatory requirements back in the late 90's and early 2000's

But, still unclear on how all of this engine oil gets on the injectors. Otherwise,
to me, why isn't there an oil consumption issue?

Why thought this product was added to the fuel via the fuel tank...and the issues
with the CP4 exacerbated

Accept that and am wondering. Do understand blow by, but in the other direction...

Into the engine oil, not engine oil misting up to the injectors. Not arguing, as
this seems to be the case.

Oh well, I'll stop on this and try to find some reading material to educate
myself on this
Not a problem. I was just trying to figure out if you just liked to argue with folks are you had no idea what you were talking about. Glad it wasn't the argue thing. I guess grammar and sentence structure is different for you. LOL. Sorry, could not help myself! Side note here, I am in Fla. now and the truck is running smoother and turbo seems to come up quicker. We will see when I get more miles on it.
Bird_Freak
Explorer II
Jul 14, 2014
Sorry double post.
Hank85713
Explorer
Jul 14, 2014
Ben K the oil in the ford is used to activate the injectors. There is a hpop fuel pump in 7.3, 6.0 engines. It was intially designed by the folks at Cat and was leading edge for the time. Now the CP pumps are what provide the fuel pressure for the new common rail systems like the gm and dodge and now ford uses.

This product is used to clean the cylinder bores as it were of the fuel injectors that are OIL PRESSURIZED by the hpop.
hone_eagle
Explorer
Jul 14, 2014
Ben believe they are discussing HUEI injectors ,they use engine oil as a hydraulic agent to 'fire' or energize the injection event.
BenK
Explorer
Jul 14, 2014
Admit and apologize for my misunderstanding on this topic

Am NOT a diesel person. Did look at jumping over, but decided against it when
all my reading indicated a huge freight train coming down the tracks. SMOG and
all of the regulatory requirements back in the late 90's and early 2000's

But, still unclear on how all of this engine oil gets on the injectors. Otherwise,
to me, why isn't there an oil consumption issue?

Why thought this product was added to the fuel via the fuel tank...and the issues
with the CP4 exacerbated

Accept that and am wondering. Do understand blow by, but in the other direction...

Into the engine oil, not engine oil misting up to the injectors. Not arguing, as
this seems to be the case.

Oh well, I'll stop on this and try to find some reading material to educate
myself on this
BoKnows
Explorer
Jul 14, 2014
Alright, I work for Hot Shots, not gonna try to promote the product, just gonna answer the questions at hand. The Stiction Eliminator is mainly a detergent for the oil, it will clean out any burned on, varnish like, oil on the spool valves of the injectors. The Friction Reducer is also an oil additive, but it will just enhance the lubricating properties of the oil.
Bird_Freak
Explorer II
Jul 13, 2014
BenK wrote:
Bird Freak wrote:
I don't see your point here on changing the oil yesterday. That is when I put the stuff in. That would have been the 12th today is the 13th. Your point was? Also the stiction eliminator says nothing about the stuff you stated on their website or on my bottle about added lubrication. I don't think you have your facts straight.

* This post was edited 07/13/14 01:22pm by Bird Freak *

Grammar and sentence structure at my end must be very different than at your end...
Reading on my part told me that you change and added their ENGINE OIL treatment

Followed your link down to this at HotShot:

http://www.hotshotsecret.com/shop/friction-reducer/

the stuff I use will ruin any thing with 'friction' materials (automatic, LS, etc)
But HotShot can be...so not in the same class as MolyB or Tungsten

Recommended for ALL gas & diesel engines...'The Science Button'
hotshot wrote:
Use at a rate of 5% Friction Reducer. However, if you are interested in seal and O-ring protection, use Friction Reducer at 7.5%. Do not exceed this dosage. You can use Friction Reducer to treat any oil-lubricated system except air conditioning and aircraft. Even though Friction Reducer is an industrial product, you’ll find that small two cycle engines love it. Just add Friction Reducer to your oil before mixing it with the fuel. Your automobile, light truck or other personal vehicles will benefit from Friction Reducer in the engine, power steering unit, automatic or manual transmission and differential. The Ford Power Stroke 6.0 liter requires 1.5 quarts of Friction Reducer to make the transmission shift smoother and more efficiently.
Stiction Eliminator is put in the oil.
BenK
Explorer
Jul 13, 2014
Bird Freak wrote:
I don't see your point here on changing the oil yesterday. That is when I put the stuff in. That would have been the 12th today is the 13th. Your point was? Also the stiction eliminator says nothing about the stuff you stated on their website or on my bottle about added lubrication. I don't think you have your facts straight.

* This post was edited 07/13/14 01:22pm by Bird Freak *

Grammar and sentence structure at my end must be very different than at your end...
Reading on my part told me that you change and added their ENGINE OIL treatment

Followed your link down to this at HotShot:

http://www.hotshotsecret.com/shop/friction-reducer/

the stuff I use will ruin any thing with 'friction' materials (automatic, LS, etc)
But HotShot can be...so not in the same class as MolyB or Tungsten

Recommended for ALL gas & diesel engines...'The Science Button'
hotshot wrote:
Use at a rate of 5% Friction Reducer. However, if you are interested in seal and O-ring protection, use Friction Reducer at 7.5%. Do not exceed this dosage. You can use Friction Reducer to treat any oil-lubricated system except air conditioning and aircraft. Even though Friction Reducer is an industrial product, you’ll find that small two cycle engines love it. Just add Friction Reducer to your oil before mixing it with the fuel. Your automobile, light truck or other personal vehicles will benefit from Friction Reducer in the engine, power steering unit, automatic or manual transmission and differential. The Ford Power Stroke 6.0 liter requires 1.5 quarts of Friction Reducer to make the transmission shift smoother and more efficiently.

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