Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:10:35 -0700
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Organization: The Cobalt Group
Subject: Re: Marvel Mystery Oil
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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
>
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--
Stuart MacMillan
Manager, Case Program
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