Car repair myths for the mechanically disadvantaged.

[SuperSix]

Sure, 3,000-mile oil changes won't hurt anything, but neither will 1,000-mile changes or 500-mile changes, or just a big hose attached to a barrel in your trunk that constantly pumps only the finest, freshest artisanal crude right into your engine block.

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[Steve Wood]

Pretty well nails it....but, most people will continue listening to the shills and buying that oil and additives...af ter all Caroll Shelby says the metal will absorb it and your engine will run better.

Was a lot better in my day...STP in the oil and banana peels and sawdust in the differentials silenced a lot of noises.  Ajax added to the oil also seated chrome rings a lot faster

[SuperSix]

Slick50 doesn't work? 

[Steve Wood]

It used to do a good job of plugging up hydraulic lifters....

[SuperSix]

It used to do a good job of plugging up hydraulic lifters....

So!  Now they are solid lifters. All the fast cars use solid lifters!..

Duurrr!

[stevemon]

Before I was boring throttle bodys I was a woodworker hobbiest. Had a wood lathe a guy gave me that used oil lite bronze bushings for bearings. Open the oil cups and add oil every hour to keep the spindle from freezing up. I tried Slick50 instead of oil finally and the castings where the bearings were dropped about 50 degrees temperature. I oiled it that one time then about 2 weeks later I added more. Thing never ran hot again.

[SuperSix]

I remember seeing people demo that stuff with mower engines.

"Look ma! No Oil!"

[larrym]

My favourite quote from all this.


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It's because those engines like to squeeze the gas and air in a super tight piston-driven bear hug, and the gas can sometimes get too excited and prematurely explode inside the engine (presumably while muttering shameful apologies into its shoulder). When this happens, it causes a phenomenon known as detonation or knocking"

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[Charlief1]

Before I was boring throttle bodys I was a woodworker hobbiest. Had a wood lathe a guy gave me that used oil lite bronze bushings for bearings. Open the oil cups and add oil every hour to keep the spindle from freezing up. I tried Slick50 instead of oil finally and the castings where the bearings were dropped about 50 degrees temperature. I oiled it that one time then about 2 weeks later I added more. Thing never ran hot again.

I remember seeing the guys displaying an engine with a glass plate in the oil pan many years ago. It was a slant 6 and he ran it for 4 days straight at a swap meet. I also added it to my old road engine and it saved the engine when the oil cooler line blew 5 out of 7 quarts out of the engine.   When I tore into the engine everything looked just like it had never been run. It may not proove anything but I've also put it in my Olds that I'm still driving at 220K and there's no sludge or grime in the engine to this day. They can say what they want but Slick 50 has saved one of my engines and I will be using it again on the next engine just for that reason.

[Scoobum]

What was the stuff they used years ago in the commercial with the inline 6 banger engine where they pulled the rocker cover...and I think the pan off...and with the engine idling they continually sprayed it with a garden hose and it kept running.

[gbsean]

my average oil change on my Durango is about 6500 miles....have 156K on od and I beat the crap out of it....

[$1987 GN$]

Have ~365,000 miles on the Grand AM (Olds engine) and have just replaced it, wife is happy in her new wheels. And she drove it like she stole it; so do not believe the lady driven car stories . . .

It pretty much had two speeds stopped and go !

Oil changes were on average 6k +

AJ___

[Steve Wood]

What was the stuff they used years ago in the commercial with the inline 6 banger engine where they pulled the rocker cover...and I think the pan off...and with the engine idling they continually sprayed it with a garden hose and it kept running.

I remember that commercial well...of course there is no load on the engine when idling and the water going into the engine from the hose acts as a lubricant and a cooler so that the parts don't get hot, expand and lock up

[SuperSix]

Those tricky bastards.

[TexasT]

I always thought bon ami was for seating rings.