BORPower additive?

[freebeard]

The one time I took it to Bonneville, I had to ford streams of brine. I pressure washed it in downtown Wendover each night, but the steering box froze up afterward. It was fixed once, but it's really stiff again.

Maybe it can be reconditioned, it hasn't been diagnosed -- maybe it's a frozen ball joint? I'm budgeting for worst case.

[Logic]

Originally Posted by aerohead

1) 'Scientific' testing of a 'smoky' engine would be oxymoronic.

When the wheel was invented no one did any 'Energy required to move a load of x kg y km before/after tests.
Why; because it was so much of an improvement that it was obvious to all.

I tested on a seized engine that had been 'quick fixed' by hammering the pistons out, honing the sleeves and slapping the whole mess back together.

Before the BA the car could do 80 km/h and you could not see out the rear-view mirror for smoke.
After; speed increased to ~140 km/h (rev limited) and you had to tailgate the car (driven hard) and look closely to see any smoke.

The car continued in this state for years and was eventually stolen in Cape Town.

Perhaps you have some insight into some other miraculous reason this happened as I was driving the car?

There are similar accounts by others here:
https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techn...ngine-oil.html


What I find... 'interesting' is your seeming opposition to people trying this in a car whose engine is about to be rebuilt anyway.
What's that about..?

What do you have to loose from that happening?
vs
What you, and everyone, has to gain if, by some miracle of science, it does work??
I really don't get it.
Anyone..??

[Logic]

Originally Posted by freebeard

In January I'm going to get the Superbeetle steering gearbox replaced.

The steering box may be a good candidate for testing BA freebeard.
The layer formed on the metal would take a bit of the play out of the bearings and worm gear.

I'd just make a paste with about the same consistency as the grease; mix the 2 well and give it a long time to do its thing.

If you wanted to speed up the process you'd want to heat the box to around boiling point while turning it constantly.
That could be done somehow I suppose, with boiling water heating oil, heating the box maybe.
Doesn't seem worth the trouble..

You come across a someone who swings his own spanners and has a compression tester and timing light etc.
I was surprised to find you take the car to others for this type of thing..?

[freebeard]

I was surprised to find you take the car to others for this type of thing..?

Same mechanic since the mid-90s (four locations). He has a two-post lift.