mr@hou2h.UUCP (M.RINDSBERG) (01/31/85)
I recently was at the Auto show in NYC and there was a small stand with people trying to sell me a product called slick-50. It is basically something you place into the engine instead of oil for about 3000 miles and it theoretically coats the engine parts with a teflon* coating. Does anyone have any experience with this ? any other comments ? Mark * Teflon is a trademark of somebody's.
rome@nmtvax.UUCP (02/05/85)
I had heard about a similiar product which claimed to do the same thing
(that is coat your engine with teflon*). It sounded really good, almost too
good. So I called up Edward's Engines in Albuquerque (Edward's Engines builds
racing engines). I spoke to the owner and he said, "I put that garbage in one
of my engines once and it ruined it." He cited the main reason being that
the teflon* will stick fine at first, but after a while it breaks down on
the cylinder walls, destroying the rings. (I didn't ask him about rotary
engines being as I own a Volvo with an old-style pushrod 4). That was
good enough for me. I'll stay with Castrol GTX 20W-50.
Jeff
*You're right, teflon is DuPont's tmdmm@browngr.UUCP (David Margolis) (02/11/85)
I've used Slick-50 in my 1980 Saab 99. I decided to try it after my roommate
told me about a fair he was at in Texas where the booth next door ran a
buick V-8 without the oil pan for a half hour at a time without the
engine seizing. The treatment product they used on the engine was Slick-50.
Many products claim to coat engine parts with teflon, most don't - Slick-50
seems to. Advertising claims say that mileage is improved, wear is slowed,
all due to reduced friction. I never really tried to determine whether the
mileage was improved or not, since I really don't check my mileage very
often. I did notice that while prior to treatment I had to mix unleaded and
high test 50/50 to avoid engine knock, after treatment straight unleaded
worked fine most of the time. I thought that was pretty significant, and
will use it again in any vehicles I buy.
One warning: in cars old enough to have glaze built on the cylinders you
must first use a solvent to dissolve it before using Slick-50 teflon treatment.
I didn't really like doing this, used it half the time recommended, and my sealsleaked noticeably so I dripped little puddles where I parked after the process.
I did eventually go away, but it made me nervous. You can use it without the
solvent in the early stages of car life.