Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site nmtvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!unmvax!unm-cvax!nmtvax!rome From: rome@nmtvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Need information on slick-50 engine treatment Message-ID: <256@nmtvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 13:15:14 EST Article-I.D.: nmtvax.256 Posted: Tue Feb 5 13:15:14 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Feb-85 05:15:18 EST References: <> Reply-To: rome@nmtvax.UUCP (Jeffery G. Micono) Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro Lines: 14 Summary: I had heard about a similiar product which claimed to do the same thing (that is coat your engine with teflon*). It sounded really good, almost too good. So I called up Edward's Engines in Albuquerque (Edward's Engines builds racing engines). I spoke to the owner and he said, "I put that garbage in one of my engines once and it ruined it." He cited the main reason being that the teflon* will stick fine at first, but after a while it breaks down on the cylinder walls, destroying the rings. (I didn't ask him about rotary engines being as I own a Volvo with an old-style pushrod 4). That was good enough for me. I'll stay with Castrol GTX 20W-50. Jeff *You're right, teflon is DuPont's tm