I have never been a huge additive fan, thought I must admit over the years, I have used them on occasion for various reasons (ignorance being one). But nothing in the past 10 years or so. It seems back in the day you had SLOB, VSOT, VSET, STP loaded with the good stuff. There was a host of additives that would boost the add pack of a weak oil, had good TBN and no chlorinated paraffin. It seems today, 99% of all additives actually harm the oil more than help. There are a few exceptions (GM EOS or Red Line comes to mind), but they are expensive. I remember years ago, you could buy VSOT for $5 on sale and it boosted ZDDP, moly and calcium nicely and you could dose it and make a bottle last a few oil changes. Certain additives were always snaky like anything with PTFE, but it seems today, the claims and the prices have gotten ridiculous.
These days, I don't buy additives, but if I have time to kill, I still read the back of the bottles on the additives for fun. Usually while I am doing this, a customer or employee will approach me and tell me which one they use. They are very passionate about it too.
These days, I don't buy additives, but if I have time to kill, I still read the back of the bottles on the additives for fun. Usually while I am doing this, a customer or employee will approach me and tell me which one they use. They are very passionate about it too.