Additives

[david l greenberg]

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:01:58 PST "Frank Folkmann"

>David.......I used Slick 50 in my 1986 S10 2.8. Had 250,000 mi and
>never
>a wrench on the engine. Oh also used the oil that most claim is the
>worst. Quaker State..............Frank
>
>Good Point Frank.....who knows what is right (or wrong)?

David Lee Greenberg
Boston Homes, Inc & GMC Registry
1220 US Highway 1, Suite B
North Palm Beach, FL 33408
T:561-776-1414 F:561-776-1788

 

[david l greenberg]

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:29:15 -0500 (EST) "Thomas G. Warner"

>Dave synthetics are wonderful for our engines but it has one serious
>short
>coming. from everything that I have read it cannot be used to break
>in an
>engine. Nothing ever seats.

Thanks for the advice, Tom. I hope I can remember that when I finally get
enough shekels to buy a new Mondello mill!

David Lee Greenberg
Boston Homes, Inc & GMC Registry
1220 US Highway 1, Suite B
North Palm Beach, FL 33408
T:561-776-1414 F:561-776-1788

 

[patrick flowers]

>
> On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:01:58 PST "Frank Folkmann"

> >David.......I used Slick 50 in my 1986 S10 2.8. Had 250,000 mi and
> >never a wrench on the engine. Oh also used the oil that most claim is
> >the worst. Quaker State..............Frank
> >
> Good Point Frank.....who knows what is right (or wrong)?

Well - not sure about right or wrong, but here's what I've been told.
PTFE(teflon being a dupont trademark) is a solid, and is useful for
friction reduction when it is applied to a solid surface(cookware being
the most obvious example), or used between two solid surfaces(such as
the PTFE washers that were used to help isolate the engine vibration on
my old Norton motorcycle). It's of no value as an oil additive and,
since it is a solid, may only serve to help clog the oil filter.

I've subscribed to many different and varied automotive and aviation
email lists and newsgroups and I've *never* found one where the
concensus opinion on Slick 50 was anything other than pure "snake oil".
The glowing testimonials are usually attributed to the fact that someone
concerned enough to use the product and keep careful records probably
uses a decent grade of oil and make frequent changes anyway.

As I stated first, this is only what I've been told, but it makes sense
to me.

Patrick
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Patrick Flowers
Mailtoatri63

The GMC Motorhome Page
http://www.gmcmotorhome.com

 

[bartz paul]

I believe that an article in Consumer Reports a few years ago was not very
enthused about Slick 50 either.

Paul Bartz

From: Patrick Flowers [mailtoatri63]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: GMC: Additives

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:01:58 PST "Frank Folkmann"
writes:

David.......I used Slick 50 in my 1986 S10 2.8. Had 250,000 mi and never a
wrench on the engine. Oh also used the oil that most claim is the worst.
Quaker State..............Frank

Good Point Frank.....who knows what is right (or wrong)?

Well - not sure about right or wrong, but here's what I've been told. PTFE
(Teflon being a dupont trademark) is a solid, and is useful for friction
reduction when it is applied to a solid surface(cookware being the most
obvious example), or used between two solid surfaces(such as the PTFE
washers that were used to help isolate the engine vibration on my old Norton
motorcycle). It's of no value as an oil additive and, since it is a solid,
may only serve to help clog the oil filter.

I've subscribed to many different and varied automotive and aviation email
lists and newsgroups and I've *never* found one where the consensus opinion
on Slick 50 was anything other than pure "snake oil". The glowing
testimonials are usually attributed to the fact that someone concerned
enough to use the product and keep careful records probably uses a decent
grade of oil and make frequent changes anyway.

As I stated first, this is only what I've been told, but it makes sense to
me.