ATF to quiet lifters?

[Larry C Leung]

Burn off the compression ring? (part of the reason that synthetic (if it
doesn't leak out) doesn't have as high an oil consumption is that it's
burn-off temp off of the top ring is considerably higher than dino
juice). 

LL - NY

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 00:20:05 -0700 Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net> writes:
>
>
>Peter Kirby wrote:
>> 
>> Britton Ingraham brought up a good point....make sure the ATF you 
>try does
>> not contain silicone.
>
>Um, where has this application of ATF drifted to?  I thought we were
>supposed to muck up our engines by adding it to the oil (the only way
>it's gonna get near the lifters), but now we seem to be worried about
>the effects of burning it, ie adding it to the fuel?
>
>-- 
>Huw Powell
>
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