Mechanic told me addatives caused my oil leak??

[Pablo]

hes kinda right but this doesnt necessarily make him less shady.....the one year ago thang raises doubts


Some solvent based cleaners can be a tad hard on seals, but if it was only 5 minutes and a bunch of crap came out, I say you have more issues than seals. I say quit worrying about the mech and if you don't trust him, don't go there.

As for your issues (and I ain't talking about lack of caps and punct-u-ation): I would run a double dose of Auto-Rx and choose a good oil....replace the seals if need be, after that.

 

[waldo1]

Please read and comment i am completley confussed.


My Buick Skylark just recently started to leak oil. I couldnt see from where it was leaking so i took it in. The mechanic and i was talking and he asked if i used oil addatives and i said well not really to much i switched to a penzoil highmilage and a can of engine restore [which i truley believe helps because i have more power and a bit better gas milage]

But i said i used engine cleaner before i started my new oil. I told him i used 5 minute engine cleaner and a ton of sluge came out and i placed new oil in there and ran it for 100 miles and did another oil change to make sure i got a good amout of the left over sludge out.

He said yeap that stuff eats your seals! i replied i used it almost a year ago and the oil leak is recent. he said its the change of the new oil, engine addative and engine flush.

is this true can that be the cause. i am going to have this fixed next week and i am wondering is this guy trying to swerve me or what. He never said where it is leaking from though and my brother said this guy sounds shady..

whats your opinions?

 

[T-Keith]

Yep, engine flushes are hard on your seals. Engine restore can be damaging to your engine also. Lot's of metal content.

-T