Re: Snake Oil

["Sherry & Chuck Clark" <clark@rmi.net>]

> Sargent Schutt wrote,

> I too was intrigued by the Motor-Up (etc) stuff. I bought the Motor-Up.
> Supposedly it works in engine AND tranny. A month after putting it in my
> tranny (86 5ktq) the synchros went out in second and third,
> necessitating replacement of the tranny. I can't prove that Motor Up
> caused it, but I would NEVER EVER recommend trying it to anyone.
  
 OUCH!  This story alone will make me run fast and hard in the other 
direction from this stuff! I'm running Redline in the tranny and have 
been for over a year now-good stuff! 
 
> Haven't tried the other stuff. In my experience, Redline works great in
> the tranny, and I use synthoil just out of deference to the
> motor/payment to Audi gods for my chipped 152k mile 20v motor.

  Anyone tried Prolong? Like another lister said, this product 
apparently has no teflon chunks in it to clog together once warm as 
compared to all the other snake oils. It's probably just a bottle of 
molasses eh? Your mind plays a mental game with you and before you 
know it, you think you've just increased your mpg and feel your 
engine runs smoother? I don't know!!!!!!!    
             Chad Clark