how many use lucas? What about seafoam
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What Lucas product?
Lucas oil stabilizer is nothing except high viscosity oil. There is little use for it.
Seafoam is a solvent blend meant for cleaning.
What are you wanting to accomplish?
Lucas oil stabilizer is nothing except high viscosity oil. There is little use for it.
Seafoam is a solvent blend meant for cleaning.
What are you wanting to accomplish?
Lucas is a giant waste of money. Lucas oil or transmission additives are oil thickeners nothing much else. Adding them will dilute the additives in the sump if you're using quality products already.
Lucas fuel additives contain no PEA which is the most desirable thing in a in a fuel system cleaner. Gumout, Redline, Techron and many others contain PEA.
Seafoam has some limited use but generally not needed.
Lucas fuel additives contain no PEA which is the most desirable thing in a in a fuel system cleaner. Gumout, Redline, Techron and many others contain PEA.
Seafoam has some limited use but generally not needed.
Look at the label. Lucas fuel additive is labelled first and foremost as Upper Cylinder Lubricant, not an injector cleaner.
Many people report their butt dyno feels that their engine runs smoother after adding additive xyz, but then in the next tank the effect is gone. These folk are probably feeling the benefits of the UCL rather than anything getting cleaned (it makes no sense that "cleaned" injectors are immediately gunked up within a gallon of their untreated fuel).
So if what you want is a UCL, then the lucas product is what you should get. It is priced right, especially at the gallon size.
If you're buying Lucas UCL thinking it's going to do a ton of cleaning, then that's on you for buying the wrong product.
That's like buying a no fat, frozen yogurt and wondering why it doesn't taste as smooth and creamy as ice cream.
Many people report their butt dyno feels that their engine runs smoother after adding additive xyz, but then in the next tank the effect is gone. These folk are probably feeling the benefits of the UCL rather than anything getting cleaned (it makes no sense that "cleaned" injectors are immediately gunked up within a gallon of their untreated fuel).
So if what you want is a UCL, then the lucas product is what you should get. It is priced right, especially at the gallon size.
If you're buying Lucas UCL thinking it's going to do a ton of cleaning, then that's on you for buying the wrong product.
That's like buying a no fat, frozen yogurt and wondering why it doesn't taste as smooth and creamy as ice cream.
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Lucas has a nice racetrack and pretty billboards.
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
Lucas has a nice racetrack and pretty billboards.
Other than these what else does it have ?
There are few additive companies I trust: Liqui-Moly, Lubeguard and few others(I don't remember the names).
Lucas has a nice racetrack and pretty billboards.
Other than these what else does it have ?
There are few additive companies I trust: Liqui-Moly, Lubeguard and few others(I don't remember the names).
I use a fuel treatment by Lucas when I think of it before I go for a fill up. I've got a big jug of it I got on sale and figured what the heck. Probably won't hurt and may marginally help.
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Gumout Multi System Tune Up (in the can shaped like Seafoam) worked wonders for me on my Focus. It eliminated the occasional hard starts and smoothed out the idle all the way. I run that about every 10,000 miles or so.
I had a spare can of Seafoam that I used in my car and it didn't change the aforementioned issues.
I had a spare can of Seafoam that I used in my car and it didn't change the aforementioned issues.
Top Tier Petrol and an occasional "Italian Tune-Up" for GDI engines will pretty much do the same or better.
I'm no fan of mouse milk but a shot of Lucas in the tank keeps the carb floats on my BMW bike from sticking. I doubt it does anything else. Perhaps it makes the petcock a little smoother, and keeps the
needles from hanging up but that's just a supposition.
needles from hanging up but that's just a supposition.
I'm no fan of snake oils either, but this has been my experience:
I have a 2000 Toyota Tundra that I bought new.
4.7 V8 with around 225,000 miles now.
About once a year or so, it gets a rough idle.
I add a can of Seafoam to the gas tank and within 2 minutes the idle is smooth again and stays that way for at least a year.
Of course, YMMV.
I have a 2000 Toyota Tundra that I bought new.
4.7 V8 with around 225,000 miles now.
About once a year or so, it gets a rough idle.
I add a can of Seafoam to the gas tank and within 2 minutes the idle is smooth again and stays that way for at least a year.
Of course, YMMV.
I like Berryman Chemtool every so often. Cheaper than both options and seems to do a nice job.
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