Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:25:04 -0500
Reply-To:     mike barker <mariner4@SNET.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         mike barker <mariner4@SNET.NET>
Subject:      Re: Warning against engine additives! was: Strange Noise Fixed,I
              think
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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What are your thoughts on Marvel Mystery Oil?  I put in half a quart with
each oil change. It pours like water. I have a rebuilt and use 20-50.
Thanks.
-Mike

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> From: KENWILFY@AOL.COM
> To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Warning against engine additives! was: Strange Noise Fixed,I
think
> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 5:29 PM
>
> I am glad that Karl has found something to keep his van on the road and I
> wasn't going to say anything until he started encouraging other Vanagon
owners
> to try this stuff.  I found no problem with Karl trying it since his van
had
> high mileage anyway (190k miles I believe) but I must warn you that as a
> mechanic I would advise anyone with a halfway decent motor to please not
put
> any oil additives into thier motor (Slick 50, Motor UP, CD-2, motor
Honey, any
> Teflon based additive et al).  Why?  These additives usually do nothing
> beneficial in a motor (usually find it in a big clump on the bottom of
the oil
> pan when it comes time to rebuild the motor) and can in fact damage a
good
> motor by restricting oil galleys and other orifices inside the motor.  I
hear
> very few good stories about these additives but many horror stories.
> Just think about it: If that stuff you are pouring into your motor flows
like
> honey in the heat of the summer, what do you think it is doing in your
motor
> in the winter?
> I can understand folks with tired motors trying these additives as a last
> effort to try and get another year out of their engine, but to put this
stuff
> in a good motor would be a crime.
> This is my 2 cents on this subject anyway.
> Ken Wilford
> Van-Again
> John 3:16