Slick 50, any comments?
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Slick 50, any comments?
I was recently told about slick 50 and was wondering if you'all have any comments. Was told when changing the oil, put in one less quart of oil and pour in Slick 50 that it coats and lubricates everything and extends the life of the vehicle. Am told this should only be be done no less than 50 thousand miles. I have a 87 Ford pickup and 90 Honda and want to use that. Is there any thing else I should know. thanks.
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Go ahead and use Slick50. While your at it, pour a 5lb bag of play sand in your crank case. That'll give those bearings a good, well needed polishing!
Teflon's great for frying pans, but murderous to your engine.
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Teflon's great for frying pans, but murderous to your engine.
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Snake oil. I have used it in the past and never saw any benefit. I stopped using it when I read of a laboratory test where they ran something like a hundre Briggs and Stratton engines without oil. All the slick 50 engines froze up first. there are other reports, including on this website that show slick 50 to do nothing at best and actually cause harm in many cases.
The problem with snake oil is that it usually takes a long time before the damage is evident. And by then you have a hard time proving it was the snake oil. That is why you see so many guarantees, legitimate and bogus, for lifetime engine protection.
Not worth it. Millions of dollars of laboratory research outweighs anecdotal evidence as used by snake oils.
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The problem with snake oil is that it usually takes a long time before the damage is evident. And by then you have a hard time proving it was the snake oil. That is why you see so many guarantees, legitimate and bogus, for lifetime engine protection.
Not worth it. Millions of dollars of laboratory research outweighs anecdotal evidence as used by snake oils.
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slick50 may have many practical uses but IMO the more high tech applications for slick 50 are limited to oiling my back patio screen door hinge, the kid's backyard swing and i am still looking for high tech use #3. Just dont pour slick 50 in your vehcile's engine.
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If you want the best protection for both of those or any engines for that matter switch them to Mobil-1 or Amsoil fully synthetic oils.
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I would just stick with Dino - it's worked fine so far. Switching to synthetic will just be a large expenditure that you won't really benefit from.
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i agree with bigmatt. From my experience the best protection for a gas engine in light to normal duty service is to change the oil every 3,000 miles using a high quality dino oil of the mfg's recommended weight along with a high quality oil filter. My 97 4.6 f150 uses zero oil between changes and it has 154,000 miles. I am using only castrol or valvoline oil and always motorcraft filters. But for sure synthetics may be worth the extra money in certain applications.
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Some people claim better MPGs with syn., but you have to drive a lot of miles and stretch your oil change intervals to get the money back.
If I lived in an extremely cold climate (Alaska, Canada, Northern Plains) I'd use syn. for its better cold flow properties. But you really only get that benefit during the winter.
If I lived in an extremely cold climate (Alaska, Canada, Northern Plains) I'd use syn. for its better cold flow properties. But you really only get that benefit during the winter.
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Don't feel dumb. You learned something right? Check out my posts in the past and see the dumb ?'s I've asked! It's how you learn! Nobody was making fun of you, most people here are just very passionate about what they put in their engines!