If anybody is interested, you may want to look at the following sites;
the first one has been posted on the DML before (several times in as
many years, I think), and it can be found on several different sites &
formats. The others are from a search using Copernicus
(http://www.copernic.com); just copy and paste into your browser:
Snake Oil!--Is that Additive Really A Negative?
(http://www.bmwscruz.com/tech/tech003.html)
About Slick 50 (Includes a summary of FTC complaints).
(http://www.miata.net/garage/slick50.html)
Here is the announcement of the settlement, in 1997
(http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1997/9712/petapp62.97.htm)
Slick 50 Home page
(http://www.slick50.com/s50/s50index.html)
Here's a short thread, about Prolong, that I'm throwing in for the heck
of it. (http://www.escribe.com/automotive/american/eek/msg06886.html)
Finally, in case all that wasn't enough...
(http://www-pal.usc.edu/~jan/vw/FAQs/faq.oil.slick50)
This last is an entire thread compiled into a single digest, with lots
of documentation.
IMHO, if you want extra protection, get a synthetic. Remember, oil
isn't just oil; there are friction modifiers, anti wear agents (not the
same thing) acid neutralizers, anti foaming agents, antioxidants,
detergents, etc.; adding something like Slick 50 may improve one or two
of these, but at the expense of the others. I would recommend against
it.
Regards,
Ed (98 RC V8 Auto 4x2 etc.)
Randy wrote at Fri, 12 Mar 1999 17:31:26 -0500
> I have heard (but do not know for a fact) that it isn't possible for
> your
> engine to get hot enough for Slick 50 to bond with the internal metal
> surfaces. Supposedly is just flows through the engine to the oil
> filter,
> where it stays until the next time you change your oil. It could
> easily
> be an old wive's tale, so no flaming please. :o)
>
> Randy
> '98 FR R/T CC
>
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