slick 50 and chemicals

[Joshua Van Tol]

>Redline is a synthetic lube company.  I prefer Amsoil.  Marvel is an 
>additive that has as many uses as WD40, love the stuff, I put a tiny 
>bit in my oil(if it isn't synthetic)
>Slick 50 and all the other additives containing PTFE, (a brand name 
>I think) are useless.  PTFE was developed by dupont, and when it was 
>first made, they studied it for an engine additive, and found it to 
>offer no real benefits, and maybe some problems...they actually 
>would not let anyone sell it as an engine additive.  I guess they 
>just got a big enough check and changed their mind.
>

Actually, they were forced to do it by the federal government. It's 
not legal to discriminate that way apparently. PTFE is the generic 
name of Teflon. You'll notice that slick 50 says it contains ptfe, 
but the trademarked name teflon doesn't appear on the bottle. That's 
because DuPont wouldn't let them use it.
-- 
Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com