Re: Super-dooper engine treatments

[Alexei M Voloshin <Alexei.M.Voloshin-1@tc.umn.edu>]

Yeah, my tried it once on a perfectly running Escort GT - the car 
started, then stalled and didn't start until he replaced the oil the 
same day. I think it was slick 50 , one of those anyway.

Alex

On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Sherry & Chuck Clark wrote:

> 
> Ok, I really hate to even ask this question especially since I myself 
> am going to cry if I see any more debate over the Synth vs. Dino 
> juice thread but it seems now is as good a time as any. 
> 
>    Has anyone spent the $$$ on one of these "wonder treatments" for 
> your engine like: Prolong or Motor Up or XR2or whatever it's called? 
> These infomercials make their product look so good by pulling the 
> drain plug and then driving the poor car around a race track or up 
> steep hills and in city driving with no problems(so they claim) I 
> just can't see that Dodge Viper driving around that track all day for 
> hours on end without something seizing up.  Has any lister out there 
> treated their own car's engine with this stuff and then pulled the 
> drain plug and then driven in a Q-club event to see if it really
>  works? (Please, I'm just kidding!!) 
> 
>    I laugh every time I see one of  these damn infomercials but someone tell 
> me of their experience with one of these products. Increased MPG? 
> Less lifter noise? A gain of 500 horsepower?  But please, no 
> Slick 50 or Duralube stories. Again, I'm sorry to ask this question 
> and waste BW. TIA,
>                                   Chad Clark
>  P.S. Avi, I'm sure you've used all of these eh? He he :-)
>