Re: Re: SD> Lubricants and Lubricant Additives (WAS: castrol oil)

2004-11-11 Thread edgetech1
Subject: Re: SD> Lubricants and Lubricant Additives (WAS: castrol oil) A friend of mine said he used Duralube in his 5speed Civic, and got an extra 100km per tank of gas. He then heard a loud crunch sound when the gear end of his cam broke off and crunched everything inside the engine. I tried

Re: SD> Lubricants and Lubricant Additives (WAS: castrol oil)

2004-11-11 Thread Ean Orsel
A friend of mine said he used Duralube in his 5speed Civic, and got an extra 100km per tank of gas. He then heard a loud crunch sound when the gear end of his cam broke off and crunched everything inside the engine. I tried using Duralube from Day 1 in my new Neon. At about 50,000kms I got a na

Re: SD> Lubricants and Lubricant Additives (WAS: castrol oil)

2004-11-11 Thread UDLOOZCS
To quote Ed Peters- "There is no such thing as magic in a can" Sure there is!!Its called BEER!! -- Bill BakerRutland,Vermont President, NESDAC http://groups.msn.com/BAKERSREGULATOR/shoebox.msnw?albumlist 90 Dodge Shadow VNT Comp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 88CSX-T #894 82 rampage in

Re: SD> Lubricants and Lubricant Additives (WAS: castrol oil)

2004-11-11 Thread Al Curtis
To quote Ed Peters- "There is no such thing as magic in a can" Al in Phoenix "Russ W. Knize" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you Google for the Lucas stuff, you will find the answer. In short, the surface agents they add can cause serious aeration problems. My Uncle was a Prolong junkie. He is in

Re: SD> Lubricants and Lubricant Additives (WAS: castrol oil)

2004-11-11 Thread Russ W. Knize
If you Google for the Lucas stuff, you will find the answer. In short, the surface agents they add can cause serious aeration problems. My Uncle was a Prolong junkie. He is in construction and used it in his high mileage trucks. There were no ill effects, though the engines did wear out anyway.

Re: SD> Lubricants and Lubricant Additives (WAS: castrol oil)

2004-11-11 Thread Saxon, Howard (PTC - Auburn Hills)
Hi Jason. I'm not to familiar with the products you mentioned but I remember playing with a hand crank display that showed you how the "X" brand could not reach the top but the display brand could - might have been Lucas, I don't remember. Anyway, I would say that would be a bad thing for horsepo

SD> Lubricants and Lubricant Additives (WAS: castrol oil)

2004-11-11 Thread Jason Arroyo
Alright, while we are on the subject of lubricants, I might as well ask some general opinions on some related products. First off is Lucas Oil Treatment. We've all been sitting at the parts counter waiting for our turn, and playing with the little crank and plastic gears, watching the two sides di