Is it safe to use fuel additives?

blackrevolver · Apr 18th, 2013, 19:05

The manual says no so ive listened to the manual and never used any fuel additives but considering this is a 98 volvo and the manual is 15 years old, are modern fuel additives safe to use?

Ovlovdriver · Apr 18th, 2013, 19:27

I always used them in mine, every few months chuck half a bottle of redex in. I doubt it did anything but then i never did break down

grin factor · Apr 18th, 2013, 19:36

Don't see the need these days as there are additives in fuel already. Save your money.

Blue 8 · Apr 18th, 2013, 19:37

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Originally Posted by blackrevolver

The manual says no so ive listened to the manual and never used any fuel additives but considering this is a 98 volvo and the manual is 15 years old, are modern fuel additives safe to use?

Why do you feel you need to use an additive ? Is the car running rough ?

blackrevolver · Apr 18th, 2013, 21:29

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Originally Posted by Blue 8

Why do you feel you need to use an additive ? Is the car running rough ?

Car runs fine so it was really just a general question as i considered using them before my last mot.

I guess i was interested if there was any real benefit or just a waste of cash.

Blue 8 · Apr 19th, 2013, 07:14

I believe in the saying if its not broken don't fix it

Tension · Apr 19th, 2013, 08:17

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Originally Posted by Blue 8

I believe in the saying if its not broken don't fix it

Disagree.

I am a big believer of preventative maintenance.

blackrevolver · Apr 19th, 2013, 08:25

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Originally Posted by Tension

Disagree.

I am a big believer of preventative maintenance.

Both methods have their place, but in this instance i guess hes saying "don't try and fix something that doesn't need to be fixed" as that’s usually when you cause more problems!

If it wasn't for the manual I would have just used these products anyway, but found it interesting the manual said in bold "do not add fuel additives yourself" so there must have been a reason for volvo to write that.

volvorocks · Apr 19th, 2013, 08:28

In the past I have used additives. In fact I swear by Slick 50. Why?

...because I had a service done at a garage and they 'forgot' - yes forgot to fill it with oil and left the plug off - so in essence no oil at all. I picked the car up and went straight on the motorway at high speed (70) when I smelt burning. I pulled over and realised what had happened. I had however covered about 15 miles - yes with NO oil at all, yet the engine had not seized. This was down to the Slick50. Nowadays Slick 50 is just an additive, although all those years ago it was a much better product and coated the insides of the engine with a non stick compound, until the two founders fell out and went their seperate ways - with one retaining the Slick50 brand although unable to use the special formula, hence todays Slick50 is no more than an oil ''assister'.

I do not use additives in my cars nowadays, although for older cars I would see no reason not to.

Regards

Tension · Apr 19th, 2013, 08:31

Regardless, I dare say that incident would've done significant damage to your engine.

I would've taken the garage to the ****ing cleaners :/

Apr 18th, 2013, 19:05	#1
blackrevolver Premier Member Last Online: Dec 10th, 2015 18:46 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Scotland	Is it safe to use fuel additives? The manual says no so ive listened to the manual and never used any fuel additives but considering this is a 98 volvo and the manual is 15 years old, are modern fuel additives safe to use?

Apr 18th, 2013, 19:27	#2
Ovlovdriver Senior Member Last Online: Jan 17th, 2015 09:36 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Kingsbridge	I always used them in mine, every few months chuck half a bottle of redex in. I doubt it did anything but then i never did break down __________________ My car: V40 2.0 se Previous: s60 2.4t, 2.0t, s70 and v70, s40, 240, 122s

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Blue 8 Premier Member Last Online: Aug 13th, 2015 17:06 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Medway Towns	I believe in the saying if its not broken don't fix it __________________ Stay away from negative people they have a problem for every solution. Ruby-red pearl 854 GLT 2.5 20v 62k.....Andy

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Tension Senior Member Last Online: Mar 22nd, 2015 22:53 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bangor NI	Regardless, I dare say that incident would've done significant damage to your engine. I would've taken the garage to the ****ing cleaners :/ __________________ 1996 850 2.5 SE Estate - wrote off 1993 850 2.0 SE Saloon - scrapped 1995 850 T-5R Estate - so far so good...

Apr 18th, 2013, 19:36	#3
grin factor Senior Member Last Online: Feb 27th, 2015 20:35 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: sunderland	Don't see the need these days as there are additives in fuel already. Save your money.

Apr 19th, 2013, 08:28	#9
volvorocks Rodney Last Online: Aug 4th, 2016 05:02 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: On The Street	In the past I have used additives. In fact I swear by Slick 50. Why? ...because I had a service done at a garage and they 'forgot' - yes forgot to fill it with oil and left the plug off - so in essence no oil at all. I picked the car up and went straight on the motorway at high speed (70) when I smelt burning. I pulled over and realised what had happened. I had however covered about 15 miles - yes with NO oil at all, yet the engine had not seized. This was down to the Slick50. Nowadays Slick 50 is just an additive, although all those years ago it was a much better product and coated the insides of the engine with a non stick compound, until the two founders fell out and went their seperate ways - with one retaining the Slick50 brand although unable to use the special formula, hence todays Slick50 is no more than an oil ''assister'. I do not use additives in my cars nowadays, although for older cars I would see no reason not to. Regards

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