Only one way to find out, put it in your automatic transmission and see if it lasts 50,000 miles! Bill Johnson wrote: > > Looks and smells like ATF to me. > > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 4:31 PM > Subject: Re: Marvel Mystery Oil > > This stuff has been around forever, and the label proves it. > Private > pilots swear by it, where an engine failure is a bit more > consequential > than for us. It is a thin oil with strong solvent/detergent > properties. I have heard of freeing frozen engines by pouring > it into > the cylinders and nudging a car (or tractor) forward and > backward > occasionally over a period of days until the engine breaks free > (manual > transmissions only!). I have used it as a top oil in the past, > and I > use it during the break-in period after rebuilding an engine. > It is > also favored by many two cycle engine mechanics for outboards, > lawnmowers, etc. It dissolves and suspends deposits so they can > be > drained out when the oil is changed. > > Oh, yes, I have also used it to quiet my Vanagon's lifters, and > they are > still going strong after 200,000 miles. I agree that it is too > expensive to use all the time as a preventive however. > > Bulley wrote: > > > > Marvel Mystery Oil does everything it claims, in my > experience. You may > > want to run a search (Snap, Altavista, etc.) on it. I just > read an article > > about it that described the ingredients in some detail. > Contains a lot of a > > substance the aircraft folks use to keep thing s pearly clean > inside > > airplane motors, plus a bunch of other detergents and > viscosity enhancers. > > > > The downside-don't get carried away with it. It isn't cheap, > and the > > benefits quickly outweigh the costs. I prefer it as a remedy > (stuck valves, > > dirty fuel system) rather than a preventative. Further, too > much in either > > the oil or the fuel can cause problems. Follow the directions. > > > > -- > Stuart MacMillan > Manager, Case Program > 800-909-8244 ext 208 > > Getting your share of the Net yet? > http://www.cobaltgroup.com > http://www.casedealer.com/demo > http://www.caseihdealer.com/demo -- Stuart MacMillan Manager, Case Program 800-909-8244 ext 208 Getting your share of the Net yet? http://www.cobaltgroup.com http://www.casedealer.com/demo http://www.caseihdealer.com/demo |
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