Energy Release lubricant additive?

[wellsvilleangus]

Folks I work with absolutely swear to the advantages of using "Energy Release" in all their vehicles, motors, transmissions, etc. Anyone out there agree or disagree?

[jdiaz]

The current K engine seems to be good for 300-400,000 miles. I don't know that I want a product that will make this bike last longer than that. :D

[username]

Folks I work with absolutely swear to the advantages of using "Energy Release" in all their vehicles, motors, transmissions, etc. Anyone out there agree or disagree?

have these people presented reproduceable facts and data, or have they presented opinions? figure this out and weight things accordingly.

personally, i swear by regularly scheduled maintenance and replacement of parts before they fail, and my machines all run for a long time. my way costs more than $19.95 at each oil change, so few people have jumped on my bandwagon. ;)

have any reputable research insitutes published experimental results in peer-reviewed journals? sounds arrogant and academic, but it's a good indicator of legitimacy.

[gmr1200gsa]

Folks I work with absolutely swear to the advantages of using "Energy Release" in all their vehicles, motors, transmissions, etc. Anyone out there agree or disagree?

Yes been there they are all just a sales gimmick! there is not proof that they work .. the best thing is to change oil regularly and do maintenance !!!

I put Slick 50 in a bike once and the bearings failed shortly after so I believe it was detrimental to the machine.

[carockwell]

A lot of these additives, Duralube being one of them, add a calcium compound to the oil to get very slippery oil. It is good for main bearing wear and attacks some other additive in the oil used to prevent high load wear. So the jist of it is that your bearings run forever and your cam lobes wear out. Another added benefit of the calcium is that drops out of suspension in the oil at about -5 degrees F. Not good for Wisconsin cars! One time the Duralube saleman visited my shop and showed us a video of Mario Andretti driving a car for 50 miles that had been drained of all its oil. Great stuff! We put the salesman's Datsun truck on the hoist and drained the oil, offering to take it for a test drive.... He did not sell us any Duralube as he refused to let us drive the truck with no oil in it. Terribly unsporting chap!

I don't know if I agree with the chorus that says you should not try something new and different. I was one of the first to use Redline Synthetic oils in Lotus cars in 1980, and we immediately got better valve and bearing life from the upgrade. At that time all the pundits (like Carrol Smith) were saying I was taking a huge gamble. Now every oil engineer will tell you that synthetics are the way to go. They just want you to use their synthetic.

[Biker1941]

I know a guy who swears by diesel engine lube for all his petrol vehicles his theory is that the oil is formulated to withstand the higher internal loads that are present in the diesel engine design and his bikes last for ever?? :wow
Clive (UK K100LT)