"Snake Oil vs. Oil Additive" Engine Automotive Friction Problem Part I

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1. Engine Automotive Oil Additives or “SnakeNews. That expose provided the basis for what we in
Oil”? Oil additives have failed to deliver forthe industry knew: oil additives are a means of lifting
years.money from the wallets of uninformed consumers.
In August 1992, a brilliantly written article exposed theMany in the engine automotive industry were already
repeated failures in the claims of the oil additive (engineskeptics. We’ve heard all the promises of
automotive and trucking) industry. The article wasfriction reduction, longer lasting engines, and fuel
entitled Snake Oil - Is That Additive Really A Negative?savings. Repeatedly, such wanna be solutions failed to
It was written by Fred Rau and was originally printed inlive up to the hype.