I have a bottle of slick 50 lying around the garage it allright to add it to a PSD?

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stuff is SH*!.

 

Add it to the trash can! I used Slick 50 in an older F-250 gasser I once had, and it started to knock and make all kinds of scary noises. It ran fine, though, but I did not like the new sounds I got by using Slick 50. I would stay away from it. You should never have to use an additive like this if you stick with proper maintenance.

 

What about for the tranny.
Case in point, I have been told from suppliers that some tranny shops were using it to solve problems???

So back when I had a 89 E250 with 90,000 miles. Gears were slipping real bad. I droped the pan and changed the filter, added new fluid, topped off with a bottle of slick 50 for auto tranny. That same tranny ran another 100,000 miles without a problem.

I also had a 90 E250 (351) van that had 160,000 when i got it. I used slick 50 on that engine oil. When the oil pump let go around 190,000, I drove it 2 miles back home,(knowing that if it blew, I was rebuilding the motor anyways) Than from there I drove 5 miles to a buddies garage where we pulled the engine. No oil preasure. So I guess you can knock it all ya want, but it does do somethings that they say it does.

I have not added it to this truck with the PSD, I just don't know if it will hurt it, and I don't want to take any chances

Rick

 

I would not take the chance off adding that garbage to a $7k motor.

 

You'd think after getting fined by the Federal Trade Commision that people would run from Slick 50! Same old con-game with a "slick" new angle. See:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/oil-additives.php

 

Just wanted to say thank you, anyone can always say what they want about something, but when you have the proof....WOW!!

I guess I won't be putting Slick 50 in my truck!!!

Rick

 

Good reading Ken. We need more articles like this. Thanks

Bossman7121

 

Gaaaahhh avoid Slick 50 like the plague that it is. Thanks for posting that article, Webmaster. I don't know what happened with Rick_from_Mass's 89 truck, but I'll bet money it had nothing to do with Slick 50. In the olden days, we had to adjust the bands on auto trannies periodically to cure slippage, I don't know about these here modern transmissions. Clogged circuits? Clogged filter? Low fluid level? Re-attaching the electric sensor more firmly?

Anyone remember the other "miracle" lube from the 70s, JoJoba Lube? Supposedly it was made from the jojoba bean, which produced an oil supposedly equal to sperm whale oil, which did not break down over time from heat, like petroleum oils. It was aggressively marketed and priced, I remember a TV commercial where a guy with a blob of JoJoba Lube on his finger flamed it with a blowtorch. yeah sure. Anyway it did not take long to discover it was all a scam, and it faded quietly away.

I lived in Seattle, WA some years ago, which is next door to Ballard, home of Ole Bardahl and the Bardahl Co. Every year they went on a cross-city drive in a car that supposedly had all the oil drained out, and only some remaining Bardahl molecules protecting the engine. (I forget the name of the product, Bardahl Top Oil? It's not available any more) I might believe in a super-duper-engine lube- but what about cooling? A significant amount of engine cooling happens via oil circulation. I hate to accuse a beloved icon of scamming, but I have a hard time believing it was a legitimate test.

Miracle additives still infest the shelves of stores. All those crankcase, fuel system, and radiator additives share the same limited benefit- on older vehicles, they will temporarily mask problems, such as leaks, noisy lifters, noisy trannies, and unhealthy-looking exhaust, just long enough for a person to sell the junker and get out of town.

As the article says, "QMI's press releases like to quote the Guinness Book Of Records in saying that PTFE is "The slickest substance known to man." Far be it from us to take exception to the Guinness Book, but we doubt that PTFE is much slicker than some of the people marketing it."

We all want to take good care of our rigs. There's no miracle goos, just the same ole sensible basic maintenance we've always done.

 

how about prolong or duralube???

 

nice read

 

I agree that 99% of that stuff is snake oil but I have had some pretty good luck with Marvel Mystery Oil over the years...

 

MMO is good stuff... they've never lied about it. Its a petrol detergent and a real good one. I've used it myself to clean all sorts of things. Does wonders for cleaning fuel systems and getting old engines to fire up!

 

I agree.