Must read for anyone considering an additive. Yes when one has hemi tick it does force you to consider additives, just be careful. It is 2018 and there still are a lot of questionable products rolling around out there, but this gov't is banning good oils but allowing these oil additives to be unregulated??? Japan?
Beware of Aftermarket Oil Additives Containing Chlorine
May 8, 2010 By
Marc Roden
When we hear the term “snake oil”, the very, VERY first thing that comes to mind are aftermarket-engine oil additives. Yes they have dazzling marketing campaigns and perhaps your uncle swears by them, but virtually every last one of them is a total ripoff. They are designed for one thing and one thing only and that is to vacuum money out of your wallet. Falling victim to glitzy claims is one thing, but did you know that many of these additives can actually cause damage to your engine because they have high chlorinated paraffin content?
Chlorine-based additives have been around for decades. At one time chlorinated paraffins were used as an extreme pressure (EP) additive by motor oil manufacturers, but the downside of this type of additive put an end to that practice. The mixture of chlorine with heat, combustion by-products, moisture and wear metals can ultimately result in the formation of hydrochloric acid. As you can well imagine, hydrochloric acid is not something you want inside your engine.
Incredibly, some of today’s aftermarket engine oil treatments still have a significant chlorinated paraffin content. AMSOIL recently had an independent lab test
Dura Lube Engine Treatment Booster,
Motorkote Hyper Lubricant/Engine Treatment,
Motorkote MK Million Mile Formula and
Prolong Engine Treatment. They found that each contained significant quantities of
chlorinated paraffins. The findings were published in a recent technical service bulletin: TSB: Chlorine Content of Some Engine Oil Treatments.