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Scotty help me out. 1999 Ford truck 5.4 L Triton 200,000 miles uses 1quart oil 5w20 every 3500 miles between oil changes I change my oil every 5,000 miles do I need to use a oil additive if so which one. My truck doesn't smoke at all.i have no oil leaks.
Hi Scotty. My 99 Honda CRV uses 5W30 oil and burns about 2 quarts between oil changes. Is this high or low viscosity? Should I use the old or new formula Lucas?
I use ZMax which isn't thick at all. I know a guy who has a 2009 Shelby Mustang with 267,000 who started using ZMax since the car was new. Never had a problem
@@PHILLIPS8822 Im a pilot for decades. FAA only approves ZMax for our piston engines. I used Teflon in Slick 50 too. Airplane climbs better. Small planes take off and also climb at full power.
I've used both Lucas and Liquid Moly in my '93 XJ and my '03 F150. It's helped both of them run more smoothly and has slightly improved fuel economy. Whatever it takes to keep 'em running and avoid obtaining a $1000.00 monthly payment!! 😁 Thanks for the honest input, Scottie! Always appreciated!
I had 29 diff cars in 50 years driving. Always use good oil and Slick 50. Old cars over 100k i buy only to avoid payments. Never had to repair an engine.
This is the first video of yours I have seen and I’d like to mention how much I like that your video does not have useless gaps of dead air or uninteresting filler video. You deliver the information quickly and effectively while having well edited cuts between camera shots. It works really well for my low attention span. Hadn’t realized I just watched nearly 8 minutes of video. Normally videos drag so much I lose interest after 30-45 seconds. Nice work
@@davezimmerman1510 : Jar Heads. Never gonna learn . . . Said to the tone of Bubba to the Toe Cutter about Johnny the Boy in Mad Max. "He's never gonna learn!"
I have used 25% Lucas Oil Additive in my 2001 7.3 diesel for over 300,000 miles. The truck currently has just over 400,000 miles. I recently had some repairs made to the truck and as part of the service the shop changed the oil. I knew when I picked it up that something was different. The engine was significantly louder to the point I could hear a couple of lifter clattering. When I got back to home base, I'm a full time RVer, I drained the oil and added a gallon of Lucas to 3 gallons of slightly used oil back to the truck. Sound dropped down to what I expected. I did have the oil tested and the primary concern from the lab was the increased viscosity of the oil. Since the 7.3 uses a high pressure oil pump for the hydraulic lifters I don't think the increased viscosity is that much of an issue. Well it hasn't been for the past 300,000 miles anyway. ;-)
I've stated this before, but because I never cease to be absolutely amazed by the honesty and intelligence of this gentleman, here I go, again; SCOTTY KILMER RULES, and we, your loyal fans, are most grateful, for your unique, mesmerizingly interesting, Videos. THANK YOU, SCOTTY!!
My father swears by this stuff. He's always added this to his 1996 Ford F150 5.0 since he bought it with 20k miles. It now has over 300k on the engine and never had any issues with the engine.
Most likely that is because Scotty is wrong. Big surprise. I agree not to use the heavier one in VVT engines, but that was never intended for them. it is designed for older engines. He basically stays up nights trying to figure out how to cash in on people's ignorance when it comes to automotive. Fact.
@@JoesAutoElectric Damn, tell us how you really feel. Scotty gives us information, some we already experienced and some we've never heard of. What is your contribution?
Yo daddy's truck is humming because he did the maintenance. He could have used nothing ever but Supertech 10W-30 coventional and a no-name filter and he would have had the same experience. The viscosity improver additive had nothing to do with it. But if it makes him feel good, fine. It's all about peas of mind. Little green peas, flowing through your mind..
Marvel Mystery Oil. It's been around longer than anything else. I've used it for 20+years and I've noticed the difference in every car I've used it in. Both in the gas tank and the oil pan. It works. 👍🏻😊
👍MMO is great for every fill up gains 5mpgs also B-12 Berry’s Man’s fuel supplement clean my fuel tank brought all the dirty fuel though the filters Wix’s & K&N I cut it open seen the filth debris also turned over the filter that fuel runs into from fuel tank seen discoloration in fuel. Works Great 👍
started using Lucas Engine Oil 280,000 km. Presto!! 600 km goes up to 1000+ km per liter. Another 20,00 km and per km goes up an additional 200 km. Bonus. fabulous but not magnificent, but another bonus, fuel consumption goes down. Currently my 2001 Chrysler TC Ltd averages always 29-35 mpg highway and 16 mpg + city. What the heck, some 2019 van/trucks can't get that.. Zinga!! One day crossing from Calgary Alberta to Moosejaw Saskatchewan the old girl got 40 Mpg in that 700 km journey. Common now since then. Yabba Dabba Dooo! And that's the truth! have perfect record keeping as proof.
I used Restore in my old 74 Dart slant six....actually worked real well quit smoking and burned a lot less oil. Drove it for 15 years.....was a free car too!
Scotty I had a 2005 f150 that had 227360 miles on it. The trans was slipping bad I put the lucas stop slip in it and I ended up driving it for another 50000 miles until the cam phaser whipped out and snapped the cam in half. That lucas is some magical stuff.
Oh yes... It is indeed magical WHEN people do not maintain their transmissions properly by changing and flushing the ATF at proper intervals... like at least every 40,000 miles AND/OR after a heavy towing ot tranny overheating incident...
Most modern cars are constructed with very tight machining tolerances, and can take advantage of lubricants that have a thinner film at both cold and hot engine temperatures. Modern oil viscosity at 100C is 8.9 cenistoke’s cSt. Anything 8 cSt or above till lubricate well The Lucas Heavy Duty oil stabilizer is 110 cSt @ 100C, that is going to cause your oil pump to move a diluted oil that is several times its operational design pressure. The designations on your oil container indicate two operational conditions (cold and 100C or hot) Therefore, a 5W30, will have the thickness of a 5 weight oil when it’s cold and a 20 weight oil when it’s hot. @ 40C (104F) it will have a viscosity of 60 cSt @ 100C (212F) operating temperature, it will have a viscosity of 9-12 cSt @ -30 ( -22F) it will have a viscosity of less than 6600 cSt Yes most oil pumps can withstand a viscosity of 110 cSt, however, this will cause a loss in fuel economy, and will not repair most oil burning causes (worn piston rings, and or worn valve seals, and or stuck PCV). A thick sSt can account somewhat for worn internal engine mechanicals So adding an oil additive which has a viscosity of 110 cSt at 100C, can be very problematic, as it raises the cSt for both cold and hot engine operating conditions. As Scotty has indicated, it should never be used in engines with VVT, as the viscosity will be so high that the VVT assembly simply may not work, or it might become damaged.
To expound upon that: How risky would it be using a 5w40 in a 5w30 only specified vvt tgdi engine? Newer car, but was curious about cold flow primarily.
I do my own oil cause its a diesel and it's expensive if i were to go to the stealership. Just got one of those vac pumps excited to try it and see if its better than draining
I do oil change, tire rotation, brake pads changing and many many more myself. The dealer charges me 90$ for cheap oil change and 498$ for front brake pads changing.
That's right change the oil frequently, a mid range oil changed at 5000 is much better than an expensive one at 10000, and spray the bottom of your car every year with oil when dry in summer just to bulid up a layer of rust prevention. Plus bolts don't then seize up on you. Cheers
Expensive oils have better cleaning and lubrication properties in extreme conditions than mid range. Low quality oils break down or tear off easily that is their ability to form film of oil to avoid metal contact is lost when engine runs in hot conditions plus they shear much earlier.
Hi. I use an oil gun powered by my compressor. It looks like a paint spray gun but instead of a jet it has a long tube with a very coarse adjustable nozzle on the end. I use 30 weight oil. cheers
Uncle Scotty, I use the Lucas. I had a 2004 Cav that had 386,000 miles on it before she went to be with the Lord. I now have an 07 G5 that has 232,000 on it and she is still kicking.
@@knowledgeispower6192 01 Silverado with almost 200k on it, here. No additives and runs like a top. The in tank fuel pump quit on me last summer, it was the first time the old girl let me down. Lol
Bull Krap, Lucas Oil stabilizer, is an excellent product. i use it on my turbo engine and a EBAY cheap turbo has lasted me more than a year after every weekend of drag racing and it's still going strong.
Scotty is the Meme Man!, he records his videos in 10 minutes and spends the whole night looking for those crazy pictures. That's why sometimes I have to play the video twice.: 1.- to laugh 2.- to learn
Scotty, you answered an age old concern I've had for years regarding that Thick Lucas stuff in my 86 Regal Turbo with newer Comp Cams hydraulic roller lifters I installed. I've been blaming the lifter clack on the design of the lifters and cam.....but the Lucas thick stuff is probably contributing to the noise all this time! THANK YOU! I'll try the thinner stuff!
Motion Plus. It's probably one the best oil stabilizers if not the best out there. Although you can't find it anymore in Orielly's. Probably because it works great on any gas engine or diesel truck engine.
I have used Lucas in a 98 Chrysler with the 2.7 V6, 2001 Lincoln Town Car, and a Ford F150 5.0 V8. Not any problems, and it's made the engines run better with better gas mileage. And the Chrysler stopped using oil, and no smoking 170,000 miles. I have used a lot of Lucas products, and have had very good luck with them.
I used the lucas transmission fix in my 2009 honda accord transmission and it bought me some time before my transmission broke down. Now I just got the Luca oil stabilizer full synthetic oil and I'm adding that to see if my old k series with 232,000 miles will run better without any noise. I'm doing a valve adjustment soon and I'm hoping I won't have to replace my engine this winter
I love using Lucas additive, I used it for my 99 Tacoma begin at75k, sold it still running strong at 312k. It helps the dry starts in my tundra as well. I like that Lucas came with a newer product for these newer engines! Thanks for the video Scotty
I used ATP 205 Re-Seal and guess what.... NO more oil leaks. This stuff really works. Also, I used a 1/2 bottom on K-Seal in my radiator and NO more white smoke out of my tail pipe. My 94' Celica has over 335,000 miles on it and runs like a clock.
i used the originial formula Slick 50 in my 1986 Camaro since it was new and I have 390,000 miles on it ,,only thing i changed was one timing chain,I change my oil every 3000 miles,its very hard to get the vintage PTFE engine treatments now,,can only buy vintage cans and bottles,,they were taken off the market in mid 90s,,,but there is a few new ones that can be ordered,,one i know is called Motor Silk,,but its expensive
About 6 months ago I put Z Max in my crank case on my O7 Titan 220000 miles. I have changed my oil with Z max 4 times since. Today my main bearing in my motor is bad. I dont know if its because of Z max but i wont use it again as it did not prevent bad bearing.
I spoke with Lucas manufacturer. To help me understand their oil stabilizer. They said that it is only for race cars that use alcohol. The alcohol seeps into the oil since it's thinner. WO Lucas the oil starts at 40w and ends at around 5w. So by adding Lucas oil stabilizer it starts with around 50 and ends with 25. That's how the engine doesn't fall apart near the end of the race.
Love the down to earth logic and real info with a little funny punch now and then! Great channel to watch about real stuff from a great source of experience! Thanks for helping understand what types of additives work better with your type of engine from a great name like Lucas!
Yup , I change my oil at 5000 to 6000 km, use the correct grade recommended by Toyota, which never mentioned any additional ‘stuff ‘ and filter with the next change. 360k km an still going sweet..
Send an oil sample to blackstone labs or CAT and you'll see you can go another 2000km per change without any worry plus you'll save on that oil thats still fresh!
benson420710 mine is a 29 yr old land cruiser, 2LTE diesel. Have had 2L powered cars since 92. I have seen 3 with run bearings at number 3 cylinder, one guy said he couldn’t remember when he last changed the oil.. The other two 10 months.. Average klms is bout 14k Per year.. So yes, you could go longer but I’ll play on the safe side.. Oil is cheap..
What age do you consider a "modern engine"? I have a 2002 Camry with the 4 cylinder engine. It has 250K miles and uses about a quart of oil every 5000 miles. More if I do highway driving.
I can testify my truck started to develop a slight tick when cold. Threw half a quart of the Lucas oil (the big thick one) and my truck started running better than ever. The cold start lifter noise went away
Oh, yeah. Back in the old days I kept some of my old cars running with STP. The biggest problem was cold weather. STP was so viscous I could barely get those old engines to turn over. Would I use such additives in my late model cars? Not a chance. Thanks for reinforcing my thinking, Scotty.
Good advise Scotty, here another that has worked for me. Next time you run into a high mileage manual trans that is noisy, especially if it uses ATF for lube like a T5, change the oil and refill with a 10 wt. tractor/transmission oil compatible with wet brakes like HyTran. the heavier weight oil gives more cushion, it contains friction modifiers for high loads and will not effect any composite linings for the synchro's or whatever. I've used it in many vehicles from S10's to Mustangs with great success. Looks like a little STP shouldn't hurt either.
I worked at auto parts stores and daily customers came in for lucas oil treatment. It works and so does the fuel system cleaner , I would always love when customers came in to get it “ to help em save gas” 😂
Im a pilot for decades. And certificated ASE auto mechanic. FAA only approves ZMax for our piston engines. I used Teflon in Slick 50 too. Airplane climbs better. Small planes take off and also climb at full power. You can feel and see the difference when you use those products.
Scotty provides very honest and useful opinions and products for keeping your engines in tip-top shape to make them last for as long as they are able to last!
I used risolene engine treatment when my car started burning oil, 2005 Chrysler t&c at around 110,000. The blue smoke diminshed after two oil changes then I started using the Lucas oil treatment and haven't had blue smoke since. The t&c has 177,000. Also I used the Lucas transmission leak sealer and it worked with hard shifting on the automatic transmission.
I like using Lucas oil stabilizer in my 1995 Silverado 5.7 tbi. It currently has 420,511 miles and still runs very well. The frame has seen better days though.
Hey Scotty, according to the Oil Geek (a lubrication engineer), ZDP doesn't decrease friction. It increases friction because of its high viscosity. However, it reduces wear by keeping the metal surfaces apart.
Great, video, Scotty! I couldn't agree more. Everything you said here is 100% spot-on. I'm ashamed to admit that years ago, when I was a stupid kid, I put a thick oil conditioner in a Lexus I had. Hydraulic everything. It didn't kill the motor, but the timing belt went out not long after that. Probably unrelated, but I still shudder to think about how stupid that was. Stupid is as stupid does.
I've used a quart of Lucas (synthetic, once I learned about it) in every oil change (synthetic, every 5,000 miles) in every modern vehicle I've ever owned. All ran perfectly unless there was a mechanical problem of some sort keeping them from it to at least 200,000 miles (one 300/5-speed Bronco chugged along til 380,000 hard miles before I blew it up trying to get out of a mudhole), including some with VVT, all but one with hydraulic lifters. None have ever made valvetrain noise or used a noticeable amount of oil if there wasn't a leak. I'll keep using it whether you like it or not, thanks.
scotty could you recommend an oil additive to clean or at least better running for my 97 blazer with 200k plus miles am not a big fan of new engines i love my junk car i can almost fix anything wrong had it for 15 years i like to keep it running till it falls a part
Speaking of burning oil... I learned to not use synthetic on a 2003 Chevy cavalier. That engine burned that oil to a point where I was hearing knocking noises from the pistons. At first, I thought to my self, I'll get it checked out at the mechanic shop on Saturday (this was Monday). Come Thursday, it was getting worse during idle times at home or a stop lights. That's when I remembered that I had used synthetic oil, it has been the only thing I changed. Got me some old fashioned oil and the engine stopped making those knocking noises, engine RPM's went back to normal too! Once I got to the mechanic shop, I told them what happened. They didn't judge me (not to my face anyways), they changed the old, dark as mud, oil and changed my filter. And man o man... I almost killed the engine to a great car. Best thing the shop told me was that everything looked good after all has been said and done. That car is still running great even 4 years later after that.
I used the lucas low viscosity oil additive on my 2021 sienna and it made my engine vibrate, I had to remove two quarts of oil and put two new quarts, Do not put this stuff on your engine, it made my 2018 corrola slow, I will do the same thing, remove oil and put new oil in it.
ZDDP is not a friction reducer. It’s an extreme pressure additive. That means that when pressure exceeds an oil’s film strength, ZDDP will provide wear protection. MoS2 does also.
Extreme pressure and friction reducer are essentially the same. ZDDP was used on camshafts in the old days to break them in. Extreme pressure is more accurate, however. MoS2 as an assembly oil used to clog oil filters. Filter had to be replaced soon after about 15 minutes of engine break in otherwise your filter was in bypass and you likely did not know it.
Frank Gutowski also the active ingredient is PHOSPHORUS not zinc. Under high surface load that stuff reacts with the iron in steel and forms a hard and low friction iron phosphate layer. Just remember that organophosphates are neurotoxic so don't breath in the exhaust too much. Like they say willy peter is not your friend.
Scotty I have an old 85 firebird v8 5.0 Im about to do the oil I bought penzoil 10w 30 and ac delco oil filter should I put a quart of lucas oil stabilizer or marvel mystery oil? My engine has 1 probllem when it's cold starting it sounds like it's about to die then quickly idles up if I give it a lil gas to warm up. I was thinking 🤔 about Trying one of these additive so that it might help my motor.
@@robertreyes6276 I deliver newspapers, 74 miles a night, lots of starts and stops. Since using motor kote I gained 30 more miles to a tank. On cold starts, I live in the north east, the engine is as quiet as a hot summer day.
Just did an oil Change on a 05 f150 5.4 with almost 200k miles ,was making loud noises ,poured 6qts of rotella 15w40 and 1qt of Lucas oil stabilizer ,noise is gone and it’s running better now
👍🏻👍🏻 Honorable Mention Scotty! Super valuable and important knowledge donated here for people who care to learn about having a better performing vehicle ! Years of wrenching teaches us great tips and tricks it's very cool and rare that someone passes that knowledge on! Thanks
back in 1980-83 there was an oil additive called CLM, a patented product that had copper, lead formulation that was amazing. I had a 240Z with 3 Webers, etc that I had treated with CLM , and while was getting work done the mechanic, a sports car specialist, drained and save my CLM treated oil. Somehow it did not get put back in the car and I drove away with no oil and went on a 35 mile "spirited drive" in the local mountains around Boise, when I got home my friend and I heard a ticking noise that we found was an unsecured choke cable that was hitted the valve cover and I also check the oil to find there was none! need less to say the car was completely check out by the embarrassed shop that forgot the oil. everything was fine. we could see some copper plating in wear areas. there was no overheating, engine seizure in the hot summer. I had to the car for another 2 years and kept in touch with the new owner for several more years, no problem. now I am shopping for an oil additive for my 2013 2.5 l outback with 200K., so I turned to Scotty...Help
As much as I hate to admit it, you are absolutely right about oil additives. I have been putting the Lucus heavy duty synthetic additive in my 2013 Mustang 5.0 for quite some time now. I honestly thought It would keep my engine enternals as wear free as possible but what you have explained makes perfect sense. Now I'm worried I've done more harm than good. It's parked for the winter right now it has just under 78K on her I change it religiously every 3000. I use 7 qts Castrol GTX 5W20 with one qt of the Lucus heavy. (I have an 8qt fill capacity) Scotty, do you think my engine is prematurely worn from using the Lucus combo? It runs fantastic and of course doesn't use a drop of oil between changes. Please give me your thoughts 🙏 thank you and I love your channel ❤ "HAPPY NEW YEAR" 😊 🥳
Ur absolutely,100% fine. I'm sorry this guy isn't the "vessel of knowledge" everyone claims he is. He literally just disagrees with EVERYTHING anyone does to their car and in today's "influencers know all" society takes it as gospel. He goes on and on about how they used this stuff when he was young(which at his age was the 60's/70's not being mean,it's a fact)cuz they didn't know better but later says Lucas didn't even come out with their orginal formula(the THICK stuff)until 1989...u know RIGHT around the time manufacturers STARTED using "variable valve timing" or VANOS or VTEC or WHATEVER a specific one chooses to call it.
Marvel is a refined base oil mixed with Stoddard's solvent. A long time aircraft mechanic told me to use it in my plane, it undoes the lead deposits from Av gas (aviation gas is still leaded to achieve 100 octane), my engine runs well with over 1000 hours since I started using it. I use it in everything. Aviation engine carbs don't get fouled up since you turn them off by shutting off the gas not the ignition, this runs the carb dry. when the engine stops you turn off the mags. (actually the mags don't work when the engine isn't running, the ignition is entirely separate from the plane's electric system.
I used Mobile 1 Full Synthetic and added a half quart Lucas pure synthetic every oil change. My 04 half ton GMC Z71 had 377k on it and it ran great until Harvey hit and flooded it. The engine still ran but the flood waters ruined everything else.
