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Old 08-15-2013, 09:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Has anyone used Slick 50 or something similar?

I've heard it can increase your fuel economy. By how much? guess that depends on the engine,wear,etc. Wanted to know if anyone out there has any real life experience. Thanks

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I remember hearing bad things about such products but it has been probably 10 years so I don't remember details. Z-Maxx though is almost entirely mineral oil. Be sure to check the msds for those products.
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Old 08-15-2013, 10:30 PM   #4 (permalink)
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yeah I saw those but wanted to see if someone has recently done it. Thanks for the replies
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My dad used to run it in some of his cars - but that was way back in time ... 1970s or so.
He found they ran smoother, no solid MPG claims though he says they also used a bit less fuel.
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same as others

same as others not worthy of expense! If you do your own maintenance then a exact same alternative for 1/3 price is mystic lube. But you shouldnt need it and if you have a new- er automobile that runs thinner oil its not helping.
They did have an excellent ad campaign and sold tons of thier products.
Not snake oil pardon the pun but it should already be in a quality oil product.
Thats an 1980s - 90s thing better off looking intozymol or lucas products.
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I treated/ran Slick 50 in my 1990 Geo Tracker (bought new) for nearly 20 years before it died of rust and corrosion of the electrical system.

Engine failure was not what killed the Tracker, but most likely it was money wasted.
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If you want better gas mileage and are looking at oil, go with a 0w-XX synthetic. It's lighter when cold and will likely give <1MPG. You'll save less in gas than the oil costs.
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Just take one of your teflon cooking pans, and scrape the teflon off and dump it into your engine. Then add a half-quart or so of very very very thin mineral oil, or even diesel fuel.

There, you've just put Slick-50 in your engine! Congrats, you now have particles of a solid in the oil, which can accumulate and even clump together and clog oil passages in the worst case.

Teflon is a solid. If you grind it up fine, it's still a solid. It won't coat anything unless you prep the surface carefully and then treat it correctly and then perform a much more complicated process than "dump the crap into your oil".

Not worth it, and potentially harmful. IMHO.

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