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Old Jul 14, 2005 | 05:10 PM
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F.R.E.E. Engine Additive. Thoughts???

I just saw informercial on Friction Reducing Engine Enhance (something like that). Pretty interesting. Anyone else have seen or have experience w/ them?
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 06:06 PM
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It's probably the same people behind Prolong. I can't believe how they got people to buy that stuff with the crap they pulled on the commercial.

When things seem too good to be true, it usually is.
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by deezo
It's probably the same people behind Prolong. I can't believe how they got people to buy that stuff with the crap they pulled on the commercial.

When things seem too good to be true, it usually is.
I remember buying few sets of Z-Max I believe? and few years later, I got a letter saying Z-Max was getting sued and I got all my money refunded later that year.

I can't even find anything on the internet about this F.R.E.E. additive.
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 06:15 PM
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Every one of the additive companies has been sued by the FTC and lost. You'll notice that Duralube, Prolong, Z-Max, MotorUp, etc. no longer have infomercials. Most of these additives have chlorafloracarbons that actually cause premature engine wear.

Use Mobil 1, Amsoil or Redline and that's all you need.
Old Jul 18, 2005 | 10:05 PM
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Zmax, haha i did it too unfortunatley, the stuff was total crap
Old Jul 19, 2005 | 05:37 AM
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Don't think I didn't fall for the Duralube crap. I bought several bottles of the stuff and swore up and down it worked at the time
Old Jul 25, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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DON'T ADD ADDITIVE PACKAGES TO ENGINE (from owner's manual)
Old Jul 25, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Love_00_Max
DON'T ADD ADDITIVE PACKAGES TO ENGINE (from owner's manual)
NO CRAP. Caps are not necessary
Old Jul 28, 2005 | 07:53 AM
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Zmax is still sold on store shelves though, shouldn't that crap be pulled already?
Old Jul 28, 2005 | 08:12 AM
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The people who made that were the same ones that made Prolong...

the guy was a total *******.

hmmm... did they show you any of their "long term testing" in the infomercial??
the 5 camrys driving for days on the NASCAR oval at Texas World Speedway?

umm yeah.. I was the dude in the brown jacket laughing at their "scientific methods"


It was rather fun though... except when it was 40 degrees and raining and I got 3 hours sleep over two days while crashing on the floor of a guy's race car trailer..
Old Aug 8, 2005 | 12:07 PM
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What do you guys think about AUTO RX engine additive?

There are tons of testimonials on there site and there are even some independent studies that show Awsome results !

I am thinking about trying it on my 89 maxima with 222,654 miles on it !

Could it harm anything? It could only do good right?

Please give me your take on this product!

Thanks Guys!
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