Zmax

[rmrc]

Has anyone tried this product?



www.zmax.com



It's an additive for your engine, transmission and fuel. Supposedly it saturates all metal surfaces to give a permanent "WET" surface for superior lubrication extending the service life of metal parts treated.

 

[Shovelhead]

From the Federal Trade Commision website:

For Release: February 1, 2001

FTC Sues Speedway Motorsports and Oil-Chem Subsidiary



Performance Claims For zMax Auto Additives Are Unsubstantiated, FTC Charges



The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in U. S. District Court seeking to halt false and misleading advertising for zMax auto additives and has asked the court to order refunds to consumers who bought the products. The agency alleges that enhanced performance claims for the product are unsubstantiated, that tests cited to support performance claims actually demonstrated that motor oil treated with zMax produced more than twice as much bearing corrosion than motor oil alone, and that the three different products - an engine additive, a fuel line additive and a transmission additive - were all actually tinted mineral oil.



For the whole news release:

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/02/zmax1.htm



Just use quality lubricants when you do fluid changes and leave the "Snake Oils" for the Ford, and Chevy drivers.



edit: Add FTC release about



Dura-Lube



Slick-50



Motor Up

 

[Chipstien]

I'd say that just about covers it.

 

[24V-DSL]

Thanks, Shovelhead....

Posting this info is a great service to our membership. I'd hate to see anyone mess up their precious Cummins.....

 

[WadePatton]

I'll say this about that

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, that is NO THING works like it does on TV.



But by the time you find that out, you don't care to send it back and they've made their money.



They oversell it and you say "well if it's only half that good, it's worth it. " So you buy one super ultra widget (SUW) and it's GUARANTEED!

Now you discover that the SUW all neat and shiney, but it don't do nothing like they song-and-danced it would. So you think about sending SUW back, or maybe you SWEAR you'll send it back, and where is it NOW? Oh, it's out there in the laundry/garage/shed/carport/basement on a shelf next to the other whizzamaccallit you bought last year. Sure, some get sent back, but not enough to hurt the profits involved.



And where are the INFOMERCIAL people--watching the sunset in a warm sandy place, having drinks prepared by other people... and us shrewd consumers put them there.



The very old rule applies here: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.



And the INFOMERCIAL rule: If you tell a big enough lie, loud enough and long enough, people will begin to believe it, no matter how absurd.

 

[rmrc]

I thought as much!!! Thanks for verifying my suspicion's.