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Are there any snake oils, (engine, oil, gas, fluid, treatments) worth using in the Zetec?

You have an oxymoron there, my friend. Snake oil = something that doesn't do what it's advertised to do. By definition, you don't use them.

But if you're asking about additives, then Red Line or Chevron fuel injection treatment is the only stuff, besides the normal fluids, that I put in my car.

I use synthetic oil in my 96 Zetec and never use any additives. (oil change once a year, filter at 6 months but only 8,000-10,000 miles per year) However, on the fuel side I do use Amsoil PI (a concentrate) at every tankful and also highly recommend the Chevron
Techron.(Zetec purchased with 30,000 miles now 65,000, keep the PI in the trunk) I have used both and they work great (well, I have never had an injection problem (Camry currently has 140,000 with the PI treatment). Used either of the two on about 7 cars so far and no injection issues. Are they really needed, I honestly don't know! May not have had any problems wihtout using them! I also tried the RedLine Water Wetter in the Zetec due to the higher then normal operating temsp, this had no effect!

Did I read this right-you change your oil once a year.

Yeah you did. He runs AMSoil in all his cars. When using there filters and oil they have extremely long change intervals. I'll be switching to AMS in the next few months.

Venom from a Copperhead seems to work well at shining up the rubber based components under the hood...