Z-Max ...Does it Help our Civics..?
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Z-Max ...Does it Help our Civics..?
I had wondered what Z-maz would do for our car....iT "claims" that it increase horsepower, gas mileage and a bunch of other crap.. I have 24,000 miles on my car..and I felt that my civic was gradually losing its power..I didn't know what was causing this..and so I bought Z-Max. I was wondering..does this Help at All..especially for new cars..?
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Rep Power: 367 z-max doesn't even seem to work for other cars.. so i'll stay away from it.
if ur car feels less responsive or anything.. go get a tune up... do the usual preventive maintenance and that will go a longer way than anything z-max would do.
if ur car feels less responsive or anything.. go get a tune up... do the usual preventive maintenance and that will go a longer way than anything z-max would do.
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Rep Power: 0 I used Z-max once. To tell you the truth it didn't make a difference. It's only a type of oil that less viscous then ur car oil so it flows more like a liquid and covers your internals better. Its all a mental thing if you think that you acually got horsepower after putting in Z-max. But my car did idle real smooth though, I put it in at 30K.
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Rep Power: 0 The Federal Trade Commission is suing them:
FTC Filing against zMax
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.
FTC Filing against zMax
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.
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Rep Power: 311 Yep - all it is is good 'ole fashioned mineral oil. Nothing else. It actually is SUPPOSED to work a little - but not for what they are representing it as. You can get a bottle of regular old mineral oil for a hell of a lot less than that crap. In other words, don't waste your money.
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