Has anyone used an engine and/or transmission additive?
If so any difference? What brand?
Just curious. I've never used one.
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03-12-2013
Has anyone used an engine and/or transmission additive?
If so any difference? What brand?
Just curious. I've never used one.
Last edited by Silver2kgtp; 03-15-2013 at 05:05 PM.
03-12-2013
I've used Lucas engine and trans additives. Didn't notice anything on the engine side. Trans was slipping and having issues. The Stop Slip did appear to help a lot.
I've also used the same additive that Dave at TEP sells with transmissions. It's drive train fluid additive to help keep the fluid lubricating the diff.
03-12-2013
I got my 01' SE with 30k on it in 03'... Used Prolong in engine with every oil change as it was my DD (110 mile round trip daily). Going on 197k on that engine and it starts right up, no lifter tick and runs real well. Regular maintenance of course helps. It's hard to find in stores but you can get gallon purchases online for like $100 or so. Also, showing my nephew once that it worked, I changed the oil on my Explorer and with engine running I added the Prolong to the engine and you could hear it quiet down and smooth out, no joke. I used it primarily with regular oil. My GTP gets Mobile1 so no need...
Lucas is good too, used the tranny and injector stuff. Good products.
Prolong Super Lubricants Automotive Engine Treatment
03-16-2013
You changed the oil with the motor running? No wonder it smoothed out when you put oil in it if it didn't have any inn thereOriginally Posted by coolone
I got my 01' SE with 30k on it in 03'... Used Prolong in engine with every oil change as it was my DD (110 mile round trip daily). Going on 197k on that engine and it starts right up, no lifter tick and runs real well. Regular maintenance of course helps. It's hard to find in stores but you can get gallon purchases online for like $100 or so. Also, showing my nephew once that it worked, I changed the oil on my Explorer and with engine running I added the Prolong to the engine and you could hear it quiet down and smooth out, no joke. I used it primarily with regular oil. My GTP gets Mobile1 so no need...
Lucas is good too, used the tranny and injector stuff. Good products.
Prolong Super Lubricants Automotive Engine Treatment
03-16-2013
LOL muts, you know there was a commercial back when Prolong came out and they did excatly that to a car, then they drained it out and drove it around all day? Good stuff I guess?
Last edited by teejay; 03-16-2013 at 09:49 AM.
03-12-2013
I rarely use an engine additive, unless you consider regular oil changes and a quality oil filter an additive. The only thing I've run in the crankcase is Seafoam on occasion. Never lost a motor to just regular maint.
I have also used the Lucas trans additive and it seems to work well. Used their power steering stop leak as well.
03-12-2013
Do you guys think a trans additive would help clean a solenoid in the trans?
When I put in new tranny, I tried to flush as much of the old oil out but wasn't able to get all out of trans cooler. The old oil was burnt and had metal in it. I now have a shutter/vibration problem when I'm cruising and steady on the petal.
03-12-2013
Being that the old oil was burn doesn't really matter seeing as you got most of it and put fresh atf in.....but the fact that there was metal shavings from the previous trans that is what's probably the cause of your issue. Not additive is going to clean out metal shavings if they have made their way into the valve body and channel plate. You may get lucky that over time they will work their way to a point where they pass through the filter and caught but chances are they will have done damage to the valve or bore by then.
03-12-2013
Its worth a shot.
I just put in some Lucas stop slip in to hopefully stop my leak around my axles
Originally Posted by TLSheff
03-12-2013
Pretty sure that Sal just rebuilt his trans a little over a year ago and hasn't put that many miles on it. Not enough time for crud and crap to stick to valve or solenoids in the valve body or channel plate if it was thoroughly cleaned during the rebuild. It may be something to use as a last ditch effor but an additive isn't going to break up metal shavings.
03-12-2013
If you go here, you can see pics of old oil and pan. Just have to click each one to see
Index of /members/silver2kgtp/Tranny Swap
03-12-2013
I'm assuming that metal went thru the trans. I'm guessing maybe there was just old burnt oil still in the system.
I haven't driven the GP that much since I did the trans last January. I think I may have driven 2k miles since then. Lol.
I'm just trying to see if an additive might work before having to pull the trans apart.
03-15-2013
Well the pan didn't look horrible......but all it takes is one little piece of the something that was in the trans cooler to mess with the transmission.
03-15-2013
Didn't look horrible. LOL. I think it was bad with all that metal. Especially around the magnet. Some of it came out when I dropped the pan. Fluid was black.
03-16-2013
I guess I should have typed out a little more of what I was trying to say. Sure it looks horrible but I was talking about how after a rebuilt all of the internals are cleaned thoroughly and put back togther. You'd have to hope that the filter catches most of the crud and crap. Have to figure that even after the rebuild that all the curd and crap stuck in the cooler will be caught by the filter.......like I said, all it takes is one little piece of debris to cause havoc.
I say give Lucas a try. Worst case you're out $15......but when you're considering the time and effort it's going to take to go through the trans again $15 is a drop in the bucket. Also a shudder is sometimes related to a seal that's going bad......My turbo car has developed a shudder under moderate throtte from a dead stop....I'm gonna be rebuilding soon too.
Edit: I'm sure if you started a thread about pan drop pics you'll be shocked to see some of the carnage.
Last edited by GMR Badass; 03-16-2013 at 09:16 AM.
03-16-2013
Well the shutter only happened when I'm on the pedal doing a steady speed. The RPMs raise up about 200 during shudder then drop when its over. The shudder happens every 1-2 minutes. That's why I think its the tranny. I'm thinking either a solenoid or converter. Hoping its the solenoid if anything. Don't feel like dropping trans again
03-16-2013
I know that you have mentioned crusing speed....what speed are we talking here. I assume that it's happening either while in 3rd and 4th both at speeds where the TCC is commmanded to lock and unlock. Giving a little more infor may help us try and help diagnose the root of the cause.
And I was just saying mine is going to need a reabuild no matter what......Stock trans w/trans go shift kit only isn't going to last under a cammed turbo car
03-15-2013
I had excellent results with Lucas stop slip. It prolonged the life of my blazer's trans that I put through hell and my 1st trans in the Daytona when the tcc was breaking apart. However both instances were just prolonging the inevitable, but I've heard of customers (when I was slinging parts at AAP) using it when they had sticking gears/prolonged shifts and didn't have a problem anymore for many miles when they put it in their transmissions.
03-15-2013
Do you guys think with the beef up tranny I had it's worth trying the Lucas?
This tranny wasn't cheap. Don;t know if the Lucas will hurt ore then help.
03-15-2013
Lucas is great stuff but the additive I use in transmissions is'nt even for transmissions, it's STP. An old transmission builder showed me this,he put a can in every rebuild and never had a come back.He told me it cushions the shifts and frees anything that's sticking. Since I have been using it I have never had a problem with any transmission I have owned. I use it in my mud racer and haven't blown a transmission yet but there's no chain in that transmission either.
Last edited by teejay; 03-16-2013 at 09:52 AM.
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