ive always thought of Slick 50 as "triumph of marketing, medieval alchemy nonsince(tm)." but consitering the rarety, and exspence of some of our motors. is it a good idea, after brakein ofcourse. does it do any thing? i don't know if i would use it ether way, this is more of a theoretical question.
you'd do just as well changing your oil regularly and save the extra that the slick-50 snake oil would cost. jerry
I put it in my daily driver. 100,000 miles later,mostly short trips,it doesn't burn a drop. If you don't use Slick 50,I would definately recomend Molyslip.Good stuff.
The only Race engine I had that got hurt without a clear reason why, was the one I put some Slick 50 in. The salesman gave a pretty good pitch, it was a free sample, and I thought " what could it hurt?" Well, the Main and Rod bearings, apparently...
I remember hearing somewhere, and I might have made it up, that the teflon from the Slick 50 can build up at the oil filter and hinder flow or "clog." Something like this could be responsible for Metalshapes' problem.
I wouldn't use the stuff especially on something rare. The "secret ingredient" is the PTFE resin. PTFE resin is teflon. This stuff has no memory so it cant conform to anything more that once (it gets kinda stringy then clogs the screen on the oil pump sorta like the drain in the tub.) True story. About 10 years ago I was working as a mechanic and a customer brings his car in with no oil pressure. Figuring its the oil pump I dropped the pan to find an inch and half of what looked like gooey string. Service manager calls customer and asks if he uses additives in the oil. Turns out "Slick 50" was added about every 3 oil changes and now the pan is so full of the stuff the pump is starved. Took about 45 minutes just to clean the stuff out of the screen. I vowed from that day I would tell anyone who would listen not to use this or similar products. If you insist on using snake oil products buy something that doesn't have TEFLON. Regular oil changes are the best preentitive maintanence. A good synthetic oil after breakin isn't a bad idea. (just a pricey one) Just one man's opinion. Eric +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 49 Studebaker P/U
[ QUOTE ] its all about the marvel mystery oil. [/ QUOTE ] I hear that!! I have heard engine builders swear by Marvel Mystery Oil. Poured four quarts down inside my Hemi before I put a breaker bar on the crank... turned like a charm. Geno
We have some stuff at worl called T-10. We use it in the center castings on locomotives and also when we change all the main bearings in an engine we use that stuff to coat our new bearings so we know nothing dry. Oh yea, also use it in the traction motors and there good for about 1 million miles, so I don't think you could go wrong......but then again anything is liable to hand grenade on ya.
only known two people personally that have used the stuff...one was a new car one was an older driver...both lost their engine within a short time
What about that STP motor treatment, you know the stuff in the blue bottle that's thicker than molassas?
While we're kinda on the subject,does anybody have any favorable opinions on any of the "mechanic-in-a-can" crap?If I look at the labels on all the stuff they sell at the parts stores,it all looks like Viagra for my car.I used STP for an old 283 with damn little oil pressure years ago,but doubt it really helped keep it alive.So for 1/2 worn out vintage engines,anybody got any good stories,or is most of this stuff just good spray bug killer?
While I'll agree that regular oil changes is probably the best practice, if not just because it make you look at your oil more often, I've seen Slik50 help (I think). My dad has a 1990 Jeep with the 4.0 L straight six. a pretty good motor. He was a traveling sales man and covered a large territory. He put Slik50 in with his REGULAR oil changes about 3 or 4 time a year. This Jeep now has 285,000 miles on it and is still running relatively well. The Jeep was used to pull our 21' ski boat and various other trailers with heavy loads as well. Although, many of the mile are highway. I don't know if we can attribute the unusual long life of this motor to Slik50 AND REGULAR oil changes, but it may have helped. I still don't think I'll be putting it in the roadster anytime soon.
I would say it has more to do with regular oil changes. I'm just not a big fan of Slick 50 or any of the similar additives. Have seen it do more harm than good.
I have very limited experience, but hopefully it helps. My buddy put a rebuilt 327 into a Chevy Luv with 2speed powerglide. It threw a rod through the block on the passenger side in less than 5 months. He put slick-50 in it from day one. But, it couldve just happened anyway. Personally, I had the same shop do the maching work on my 390 FE. It ran with no trouble for over 11 years under the foot of a teenageer (me) until my sister wrecked the pickup. It still ran fine, just the truck wouldnt go w/o the front suspension being mangled. Neither of us were afraid to roast a set of rear tires. Personally, Ive heard nothing but bad about it. Ive heard it finds the tiniest of leaks in the gaskets and lubes them up properly so they flow real well. Ive also heard the clog up the oil sump. I wouldnt use it, but only from one limited experience, and hear-say. Take it for what its worth.
I like "DURALUBE"....it is a thin oil consistency additive to reduce friction. it DOES NOT contain teflon.I have used it lots with no problems at all. it costs 13 dollars a quart[one time lasts 20thous miles]then you re do it. Has anyone got any horror stories on this additive?
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