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      10-07-2005, 10:38 AM   #1
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Lucas Oil additives

Anyone use the Lucas oil additives that are supposed to make your oil remain in the contact areas? I keep seeing those little gear demos with regular in one, 20/80 mix of Lucas in the other. The mixture stays in the gears a lot better, but not sure how that compares with the synthetic oils.
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I put in a bottle of lucas synthetic oil stabilizer into my engine to try to quiet the hydrolic valve tick. Cost me $17, and a was big waste. Got intermitent CEL, for timing over retard and catalic codes. Also engine was sluggish and powerless, and stalled a couple of times. Changed the oil and engine runs strong, no CEL. Lucas did more harm than good, dont put it in.
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No reason to mess with that stuff. Maybe on a 1980 olds but not a BMW.
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I put in a bottle of lucas synthetic oil stabilizer into my engine to try to quiet the hydrolic valve tick. Cost me $17, and a was big waste. Got intermitent CEL, for timing over retard and catalic codes. Also engine was sluggish and powerless, and stalled a couple of times. Changed the oil and engine runs strong, no CEL. Lucas did more harm than good, dont put it in.
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it foams your oil


old old old thread.

http://web.archive.org/web/201009261...ucas/lucas.htm
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^^^ what he said...that stuff is crap.
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If anyone is interested, look at a product by the name of RS-R Ran-up. Very expensive product that has never received a negative feedback from multiple forums and tests. RS-R is a Japanese company that specializes in suspension tuning. Here in the USA they are based in California and does a lot of drifting events with their company cars. Here is their website : (http://rs-r.com/).

If you're in the socal already, they used to give you free samples and free dyno if you drop by their location. email/call to see if they still do that!

btw, i dont work for them, they don't really even distribute the product so you have to order from them directly. cheers!

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