my brother has a 1998 mitsubishi eclipse spyder turbocharged so he wants to know if these will work so that he doesnt screw up his engine:

ENGINE RESTORE
SEAFOAM
Z MAX

also does z max work for our engines?

 

None of those will hurt the turbo since none of those will even come in contact with the turbo (except the engine restore) . How many miles on the eclipse?

 

eclipse has about 130000 miles, also seafoam can come in contact if you add it to your oil

 

On the back on each of the containers that the chemicals are in it should tell you if it is safe to use on turbochargered motors. I will have to look when I get back to work, but I think that Seafoam is not reconmended for a turbocharged vehicle.

 

anyone know about Z-MAX for our engines?

 

engine restore will come in contact with the turbo as well through the oil lines. i wouldn't use any of those on a turbocharged car, unless you want to put seafoam in the gas tank. turbo's oil seals are fragile enough as it is, i wouldn't chance it.

 

I looked on Z-Max's website and I could not find anything about not being able to use it in turbocharged engines. I know that they had a testimonial section on their website and one of them from a trucking company that uses ZMax products in all of their trucks, and I know that all big trucks have turbo's. It would be worth checking into, because I have always heard good things about their additives.

 

I wouldnt use any additives in a turbo car. like metioned above these small turbos oil seals are fragile.

 

i used all three of them on my turbo car and never had a problem, i would'nt worry about it, the seafoam is actually remarkable if you do it right, i added it to the oil/gas and even added it to the breather hose sucking into my valve cover, i used to have slight lifter tick and when we did the seafoam it stopped it all together.