Thread: Nulon - What's your opinion?

nulon - do they still sell that

nulon= good stuff...

its been in big reds donk ever since I started doing the servicing after the warrenty ran out... my centrifuge filters are a few grams lighter on removal during servincing and the coolants always been the goods.

I was under the impression that Nulon = Teflon.
Engine re conditioners despise the stuff as it gums up their tools.
Thats all I know of the stuff, but hey, I stand to be corrected.

I am not a big fan of oil additives, however I used to have a workshop Datto 200B hack vehicle that responded well to a litre or two of 80w90 gear oil to stop it blowing smoke.......

Nulon coolants however are pretty good. I used the non Glycol one for some time until I got given a bottle of Redline Waterwetter and havent changed since.
Hymie is right with his reconditioners statement

Originally Posted by Hymie

I was under the impression that Nulon = Teflon.
Engine re conditioners despise the stuff as it gums up their tools.
Thats all I know of the stuff, but hey, I stand to be corrected.

I think you are right - and wrong. Nulon is a company that was established to market a teflon oil additive. This had the main advantage that in some circumstances it prevented serious engine damage when you run your engine (or other box) without oil - but how often do you do this? In normal use, my impression is that it is no advantage but does no harm except to your wallet (and as you say to reconditioners - I can just imagine what it does to grinding wheels when, for example regrinding a crankshaft!)

But Nulon as a company has, in the last few (probably quite a few) years, branched out into all sorts of other additives, including perfectly respectable ones like coolants. These all have to be considered on their merits, and I doubt it is possible to give an overall for or against on all the company's products. Personally I don't think I have ever used their products, possibly because they are a new name for everything except their oil additive.

John

I have been using Nulon fully synthetic oil in the engine for a couple of years. It seems to perform as well or better than any other oil I have used. I also use their additive in the diffs and my vehicle has done very high kms in stop start driving with no problems. Cant say for sure whether the additives have helped but they certainly seem to have done no harm.
I lso use Nulon extreme performance grease everywhere including the swivel housings instead of oil with no problems.
Ian

so is there evidence/or a case to be made for using it (engine oil additive or treatment) in a vehicle that does a lot of short trips/cold starts to minimise engine wear??