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    10 MINUTE TECH ADDITIVES

    Sep 24, 2021 4 minutes

    WHAT ARE ADDITIVES?

    The best way to think of additives is as vitamins for your car; it won’t work properly without them. And you’re already using them, whether you know it or not.

    Even simple mineral engine oils – which no longer come close to meeting the requirements of today’s motors – contain as much as 15 per cent additives. More modern engine oils, including fully synthetic varieties, are often as much as 30 per cent additives.

    Also, every time you fill your car up with fuel, you’re adding additives; modern fuels are packed with additives in order to increase the knock resistance of petrol, or to make diesel

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