Has anyone tried any oil additives in the 3.5 l EcoBoost and heard or made any actual difference in the performance and longevity of the engine

[stuwart21]

so far ive added liqui molly lifter additive and for now its made a slight difference but lets see

 

[FordTechOne]

A slight difference in what? Engines don’t need additives; a high quality full synthetic motor oil contains all of the additives packages that are needed.

 

[nikhsub1]

What difference are you noticing? @FordTechOne is correct in that no additives are needed with good oil. What oil are you currently using? In my own experience I switched from Amsoil to Schaeffer’s 9000 and noticed a quieter and smoother idling engine. I attribute this to the high anti wear additives in the schaeffers- maybe give it a go instead of adding shit to your oil?

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

A slight difference in what? Engines don’t need additives; a high quality full synthetic motor oil contains all of the additives packages that are needed.

whati is your oil of choice? i have been using royal purple. is there something better?

 

[nikhsub1]

whati is your oil of choice? i have been using royal purple. is there something better?

Uhh, yeah. IMO royal purple is garbage. It burns easily and gets way too thick when cold. There are lots of good oils, i would not consider royal purple one of them.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

Uhh, yeah. IMO royal purple is garbage. It burns easily and gets way too thick when cold. There are lots of good oils, i would not consider royal purple one of them.

name a few please. im not a mechanic, however i do all the work on our vehicles and am very mechanically inclined, but i never got into the oil debate so consider me a newb when it comes to oil and filters

 

[Keith88]

Uhh, yeah. IMO royal purple is garbage. It burns easily and gets way too thick when cold. There are lots of good oils, i would not consider royal purple one of them.

100% correct. Sad part is.... when they first came out was a good oil.

 

[nikhsub1]

I love Schaeffers 9000. Amsoil is one of the best, highly regarded as well. Penzoil Platinum is great as well as Mobil 1.

 

[Keith88]

name a few please. im not a mechanic, however i do all the work on our vehicles and am very mechanically inclined, but i never got into the oil debate so consider me a newb when it comes to oil and filters

So as driveway mechanic and Mechanical Engineer for CAT/Cummins generators... This is my opinion on oils and additives.

There are very few actual TRUE/Full Synthetic oils. Amsoil being one of them. Most "full synthetic oils" are what is called a Base Group 3 synthetic. So... still using a conventional base oil to start. Most oils on the market aim to meet or beat API (American Petroleum Institute) standards along with all NOVAC testing. All additives are technically "solutions in search of problems" for newer engines but do/did play a roll in older engines 100%. Most are snake oil though ASIDE FROM LiquidMolly products... the ideas the have are very interesting with their Ceratech product line.

In my opinion the best Oils you can buy today off the shelf.....

Valvoline
Penzoil
Amsoil
Rotella

 

[nikhsub1]

Well you can’t get amsoil off the shelf afaik it is still online only? I forgot to mention Motul, they make good oil too.