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slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« on: 29 October 2010, 23:42:20 »
hello all...as above,anybody know if either version is best?...both claim to do a great job,and i am sure they do, but sdp coming in at £5, and slick 50 about £13!...am i missing something,or is one really better than the other?...many thanks in advance for replies.....kev :y
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #1 on: 29 October 2010, 23:47:52 »
They are totally different products. One is an oil additive (which I wouldn't touch with a bargepole) and the other is a fuel treatment.

To be honest, both are probably snake oil. Regular oil changes and perhaps an annual treatment of injector cleaner are all an engine needs.

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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #2 on: 29 October 2010, 23:56:12 »
hi..was kind of getting at the petrol treatment side of things ie injectors etc rather than oil treatment...slick 50 petrol petrol system cleaner saying add again after 3000 miles same as sdp....
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #3 on: 30 October 2010, 00:14:12 »
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hi..was kind of getting at the petrol treatment side of things ie injectors etc rather than oil treatment...slick 50 petrol petrol system cleaner saying add again after 3000 miles same as sdp....

Ahh, OK. Thought you meant the traditional Slick 50.

Less marketing glitz and therefore cheaper but probably the same product (as far as you can tell, when the results are invisible). STP is probably just as good. Go for the cheap one.

Every 3K is probably overkill too, IMHO.

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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #4 on: 30 October 2010, 00:40:06 »
great....that will seal the deal then...from one kevin to another,,,cheers,,,
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #5 on: 30 October 2010, 07:51:37 »
used Forte petrol treatment on a tvr in a bid to cure poor running once, after a hundred miles or so we decided to remove the inlet system,then the heads and you could actually see where the forte had been,the fault turned out to be a small leak on one valve but was impressed you could follow the path of the fuel throughout the inlet and the valves, never used the others but can reccommend forte fuel system treatment :y
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #6 on: 30 October 2010, 09:25:55 »
Forte advanced gas treatment here...works well

Check out the heads clean v dirty thread in FAQ for some further info  :y
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #7 on: 30 October 2010, 11:25:43 »
have used forte treatment before on another vehicle impressive results
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #8 on: 01 November 2010, 08:12:47 »
I can back up the Forte treatment also. got it at cost price when i worked at a dealer to cure slightly poor running when cold on a 1.4 polo. after a few hundred miles it ran much smother. :y
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #9 on: 01 November 2010, 08:19:53 »
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Forte advanced gas treatment here...works well

Check out the heads clean v dirty thread in FAQ for some further info  :y

Where can you buy it?

It only seems to be available by mail order.
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #10 on: 01 November 2010, 08:20:46 »
Dealer only I beleive...

Ebay is full of it, if you watch and wait, you can normally get it under a fiver a bottle.
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #11 on: 01 November 2010, 09:19:59 »
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Dealer only I beleive...

Ebay is full of it, if you watch and wait, you can normally get it under a fiver a bottle.

Yeah! cost price is only about £3.50 yet dealers charge up to £30 when you do it as apart of a service. Must be the labour charge for them to pour it in ;D
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #12 on: 01 November 2010, 13:39:50 »
can usually find it on ebay :y
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #13 on: 01 November 2010, 14:42:56 »
Just bought some on ebay for about £8.50 delivered. Will be interested to see it's affects!
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Re: slick 50 petrol treatment vs sdp petrol treatment
« Reply #14 on: 01 November 2010, 19:20:04 »
Be carefull which forte product you buy. In my experience, Forte gas treatment does very little, whereas Forte specialist injector cleaner works very well :y
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