The use of oil additives has long been a controversial subject haunting the oil and automobile industries, respective stakeholders and not least the consumer. A fair amount of negativity has been associated with additives, and they have often been labelled as doing more harm than good. Numerous studies have been published, either by oil companies or by car makers or even by scientific bodies, claiming and countering benefits, and exposing the so-called risks of additive usage in engine oils. There is so much of ‘expose' pervading the market, particularly in the Internet forums, that an..