Re: Miracle Additives

[Kevin Curry <kevin@domain.elided>]

I ran Slick 50 in my Jeep years back and actually could tell a difference
starting it. After adding it, I only had to turn it over one time to get it to
start and stay running.

I think Synth's are good. It's all a matter of opinion. When I had my Hummer I
ran Rotella-T and I thought it worked just fine. On the other hand, there were
those that ran Amsoil Synth. and swore by it. They said it kept its viscosity
much longer than Rotella and other diesel oils.

I guess you could use the same argument there as you could whether split-fire
plugs actually made a difference or not. Anything will make a difference on an
engine that is not perfectly maintained IMHO. :O)

David Willmon wrote:

> I have no experience with Slick 50 or any other additive.  I do know that my
> dad fell for a sales pitch somebody was giving on a Synthetic Oil.  I think
> it was called AMSOIL. He bought a couple cases of this oil and started
> running it in his van.  The thing didn't run a year after he started using
> that syn oil.  We pulled the engine and put in a short block.  We looked at
> that block and couldn't believe how much gunk had built up on it.
> Of course, anyone could argue that the gunk came from years running regular
> oils, but I've always ran reg oils and never saw that kind of build-up in
> any of my engines which ran a lot longer than his.  God in his infinite
> wisdom only knows how many miles I've got on my old VW Jetta (speedometer
> broke at 170,000 and that was many years ago). All I've ever run in it is
> Rotella T 30 wt.
>
> David Willmon
> Voice 409/875-3140  Fax 409/8875-3100
> dwillmo@domain.elided