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re: Prolong





Snake oil or not, I have used Slick 50, and Mobil 1, Duralube and Mobil 1,
and now Prolong and Castrol Syntex (Castrol advertises the same qualities
as Prolong et al--Mobil 1 is the patent owner of all synthetics) in all my
high power, turbo cars since 1985;  13 years.

I have had 3 Mitsu Starion turbo cars, 1 Audi V8 (still own), and 1 Dodge
Stealth Twin Turbo AWD (still own).  I took one of the Starions to 140k
plus before I sold it--that one I replaced the turbo, NOT because of oil
deprivation or coking, but because they weren't built back then with turbo
bypass valves and eventually the turbine blades were bent back that it
threw off its balance causing the turbo to stop.

I have 80k plus on the V8.  I have 155k on the twin turbo Stealth (has
bypass valves).  No turbo problems yet.  If anything's gonna eat oil for
lunch, it's turbos.

Maybe it's maintenance and the synthetics, although I am religious about
oil levels, I'll go to 4k to 5k miles between changes (remember it's
synthetic, and i only use Wix or Fram filters).

I think it's both the synthetic oil and the friction additives.

But I ain't changing with my experience, snake oil or not.

Shoot, if electronic engineers can make a 0.1 micron transistor, why can't
chemical/ petrol engineers make better oil?

George