What about the latest additive that is used in Jet engines. I forgot the
name. sorry
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Steve St.Laurent
2000 Dakota 4.7L, CC, Soon to be Supercharged
1999 Chebby gone in 2003
1993 Suzuki Tracker (Geo) 1.6L
COMING SOON
2003 Aspiring for a V-10 GTS-R
2003 Dodge Dakota 5.7 Hemi R/T
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From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of DICEMAN469@aol.com
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 8:09 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Dura Lube Hype (Real long but recommended reading)
In a message dated 10/9/00 10:10:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
sedwards@SUNGARDRS.COM writes:
> What is the recommended break in period for an engine (4.7l) prior to
adding
> sometype of additive such as Dura Lube or Slick 50?
DO NOT ADD THAT TO YOUR ENGINE! About two weeks ago I read a website
dedicated to oil additives and their advantages and disadvantages. They came
to the conclusion that it's all a gimmick, same as the splitfire fiasco of a
few years ago. In fact all those companies are currently facing large
lawsuits due to unsubstantiated claims of performance.
Even an engine company decided to do it's own test, much like they do in
those infomercials. They took several engines straight off of thier assembly
line, and ran them for 24 hours apiece. One with standard dino oil, the
others oil with the additives mentioned above. Then they drained the oil and
ran the engines until they seized. When inspected, all engines had the
expected wear and scoring on the cylinder walls. The engines with the
additives however had serious score marks on the rod bearings, and various
other places of contact. The company's conclusion was that the additives
were
totally ineffective, and possibly even detrimental to engine performance.
The way I see it, the more additives you have in an oil, the less oil
you
have. And it's the oil that does the work of protecting your engine
regardless of what other crap you put into it.
As far as Teflon in the oil, that's useless as well. The company that
produces teflon (3M I believe) publicly states that not only do they believe
teflon is ineffective as an oil additive, but that it may even hurt the
oil's
ability to do it's job, and has refused to sell it's product to the oil
market.
Which leaves oil companies buying teflon from other sources, usually
overseas companies that did not intend for their product to be used as an
oil
additive. The size of the teflon particles are usually large, so large in
fact that sometimes the filter catches them, and clogs up immediately. Now
you just paid for teflon that's not only no longer in your oil, but is
clogging up the filter and restricting the oil from where you need it.
Double
whammy.
I wish I remember the name of the site because I believe it's invaluable
information. I'll see if I can hunt around for it today.
I was considering one of those additives until I read this site. I hope
you guys follow suit. Standard oil had been used to lubricate engines for
100
years, it can't possibly be so bad that we need to throw an additional $50
worth of crap into it.
-Austin
Vipertruck
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