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• Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:23:14 +1300
  ...Teflon oil-additives* eg Slick 50. Fuel additives. Armor All*. Silicone wiper blades. The list is endless... and some of these products(*) are guaranteed...
• Re: My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - Danny
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:41:16 -0700
  ...Sunday, June 7, 2009, 6:25 PM On Jun 7, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Mike S wrote: > Jo-Anne Fabrics had a 50...
• Re: Bolt extraction (with lasers)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:59:15 -0600 (CST)
  > > >Does anyone have ANY success stories involving an "easy-out" that's actually > >WORKED? Or are these gadgets the mechanical equivalent of Slick-50...
• Re: How does a Westy Camper Handle in the Snow?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:50:46 -0800
  ...slick road surfaces) as the type 2 buses. Unlike the older buses, the vanagon's weight distribution is very close to 50/50 (my...
• Re: Difficulity Shifting
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:55:52 -0800
  ...When I bought the Van with 175,000 miles on it I changed the oil to Slick 50 just because I wanted new oil...
• Re: Westy Hot Shower Setup
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 8 Jan 2011 17:58:58 -0800
  Dave, I saw your post on the Samba, I think your set up look pretty darn slick. Well done. alistair On 8-Jan-11...
• Re: Gas Brand Preferences?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:20:09 -0700
  ...And unlike Slick 50, it doesn't hurt! >> >> Richard >>
• Re: Survey: Fuel Mileage? (min., max., average...?) Re: Survey: Fuel Mileage? (min., max., average...?) Re: Survey: Fuel Mileage? (min., max., average...?) Re: Survey: Fuel
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 16:25:55 CDT
  ...the only real complaint against him that i have is he recommends using these Slick 50 additives ... and i think they are snake oil...
• Re: Coolant Temps
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:04:40 -0500
  ...but says who? the manufacturers? if you read the Dura-Lube site or the Slick 50 site, they are just as "scientifically engineered" against...
• Re: Oil is Killing our Cars? PTFE
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:27:58 -0500
  <Slick 50 is BAD stuff, with PTFE or Teflon , a solid that accumulates in oil passageways.> Don't tell that to Mike Benthin (on...
• Re: LOUD Engine
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 00:16:14 -0400
  ...He says to > fix it I should change the oil and add some Slick 50, then let the motor > run for a while revving...
• Re: Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:37:56 -0700
  ...Is this product on par with Redline synthetic ATF, gear oil, and motor oil; or is it just another Slick-50 or Turbonator? -- John...
• Was Techron, now Teflon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:33:04 -0500
  ...The statement that Teflon coats your friction surfaces why SLICK-50 lost their lawsuit & is why Dupont tried to have them remove the Dupont...
• Re: Techron
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:08:00 -0400
  ...DuPont tried the get the Slick-50 people to take their name off the product, dunno if they succeeded. I believe they still sell...
• Re: Synthetic oil or DINO
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:44:53 -0400
  ...Some said changing to 15/50 significantly reduced oil consumption, some reported that synthetic oil is slippery, slick through tiny gap and consume more...
• New to the list
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:05:18 -0700
  ...My current options for solutions are, use 20W/50. add Slick 50 oil treatment and/or add STP oil treatment. Am I screwed. All...
• Re: Synthetic oil or DINO
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:58:14 -0700
  ...Some said changing to 15/50 significantly reduced oil > consumption, > some reported that synthetic oil is slippery, slick through tiny gap and > consume more...
• Objet : Redline MTL
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Gallant
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:45:03 -0500
  ...Can anyone tell me if this product is similar to the Slick 50 >> products. Does the Slick 50 transmission treatment give you the same...
• Re: Coolant draining strategy? MY WAY ...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 12:26:17 -0600
  ...The oil slick is very visible from what is washed off of the roads. One of the reasons I fix drips when I find...
• Re: Window tinting
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:38:29 -0400
  ...On my van it would be six inches, > but on a slick racy looking hot car with an extreme sloping windshield > it would be...
• Re: FW: Adding Slick50 to engine and transmission of 91 Westy,Opinion?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:17:06 -0500
  ...As for the SLICK 50: my Uncle used it for years and years in his El Camino and his truck lasted many hundreds of...
• Alignment For Vanagon Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Mar 94 12:01:34 EST
  ...Petrolon, however, advises that use of Slick 50 isn't recommened with systems that filter particles 5 microns or smaller. Slick 50 shares the...
• Re: My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 14:46:00 -0700
  ...My weekend project. > > > On Jun 7, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Mike S wrote: >> >> Jo-Anne Fabrics had a 50% off sale on home...
• Re: 1986 Vanagon GL Auto - Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 3 May 2005 11:13:13 -0500
  ...Maybe your running Slick 50 or some other miracle in a can in your van, that I'm not.--:) Don_Dixon@BELLSOUTH.NET(Don...
• Need to replace rear hatch struts on '84 Westy & other stuff...
  Historical mailing list - Leslie Shiaman
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:53:38 -0700
  ...put QMI (like slick 50) in and drove it for 500 or so miles until I read about ptfe(slick-50, qmi,etc) on...
• Re: Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 23:14:39 -0700
  ...additive, no Prolong, but when I asked the same >> employee about "Slick 50", > Please do some independent research first. > > Daryl would say use gear...
• Synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Feb 1996 17:46:33 -0500
  Back on 1/22 David Goldberg posted a list on web sites that had some info on additives like Slick 50 . I looked at...
• Re: Camping Oven- Betty Crocker Bake Off
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:01:26 -0500
  Has anyone check out the new-ish Coleman gas oven? I saw one demonstrated and it looked pretty slick to me. I wouldn't...
• Re: Bolts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 11:20:27 -0600
  >Does anyone have ANY success stories involving an "easy-out" that's actually >WORKED? Or are these gadgets the mechanical equivalent of Slick-50...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 00:01:16 -0800
  that sort of stuff is very hard on the starter windings - hot hot HOT On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Tony...
• Snake Oils
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 29 Jul 2000 09:27:14 -0500
  Slick 50, Powerup,Prolongs, whatever, with these "miracle" PTFE ingredients, are nothing more than snake oils, that promise a lot and give nothing. Any...
• Re: squeaks
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:14:44 -0700
  ...between applications of Slick 50 One > Lube with Teflon spray lubricant to the upper bushings. Even easier for > the lazy or non-mechanically inclined! >
• Additives
  Historical mailing list - John Thrower
  Tue, 15 Nov 1994 09:49:46 -0500 (EST)
  ...I have used Castrol HD 30 always and a one time treatment of Slick 50. Once I used one of those oil thickeners, Honey...
• Re: TV antenna
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:15:50 -0400
  ...On Oct 3, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Greg Potts wrote: > There's some Canadian Content worth watching, but it often gets > buried under...
• Re: Oil Additive
  Historical mailing list - homee
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 18:35:38 -0500
  ...Like Mobil 1 or Slick 50. Also new to the list sorry if this has been addressed previously. Also I just picked up a...
• Re: Synthetic oil or DINO
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:58:14 -0700
  ...Some said changing to 15/50 significantly reduced oil > consumption, > some reported that synthetic oil is slippery, slick through tiny gap and > consume more...
• Re: cheap '89 Bluestar on CL
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:02:54 -0800
  ...A minor delay as opposed to a major production getting AAA to come (nearest AAA is over 50 miles away) I also like being...
• Re: Crazy Winnebago/Eurovan Motorhome.
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 08:47:58 -0700 (PDT)
  ...des@teleport.com '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Sleeper) http://www.teleport.com/~des '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================
• Re: What is that Google quick search tip for archives?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:03:51 -0800
  ...4, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Months (or years) ago, somebody posted a slick method of searching Vanagon...
• Re: Redline MTL--important!
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 14:47:39 -0800
  ...I still change it every 50,000 miles. > > Be careful with additives, some can be too slick for proper syncro ring > friction, resulting in...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 13:01:17 -1000
  ...Slick 50 for Manual transmissions > > Anyway, after reading the oil info web link Mark sent, I'm wondering if I > should have changed to...
• Blue Midget Lives!
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:37:59 -0600
  ...go over 9lbs), filled her up with fresh synthetic blend 20/50, and then worked on the connector for the AFC control unit. Was...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:13:02 -0700
  ...Neither Slick 50, nor any other product (that I am aware of) has been scientifically and legitimately proven to be capable of repairing any...
• Re: Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 08:44:57 -0500
  Could this be the Slick 50 of the coolant industry ? If these properties were that beneficial, then wouldn't the coolant manufacturers and car...
• Re: My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 16:17:21 -0700
  ...My weekend project. > > > On Jun 7, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Mike S wrote: >> >> Jo-Anne Fabrics had a 50% off sale on home...
• RE: Manual transmission Q's
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Aug 97 03:34:21 UT
  ...I have also seen VAST improvement by adding Slick 50 Manual Trans fluid additive. feeling very shifty, gmbulley faifax,va
• Re: Warning against engine additives! was: Strange Noise Fixed, I think
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:32:10 -0800
  Hi Ken, The stuff I added is an oil detergent....I wouldn't even think of adding anything with Teflon or slick 50 or...
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:29:43 -0800
  ...Best Stupid Automotive Product Nah, the best yet is, what was it, Slick 50?, that you can put in your engine, drain it back...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:20:59 +1300
  >In previous threads on this topic the chemically inclined answered that PTFE >breaks down at high temperatures to form highly corrosive acids which then...
• Re: Synthetic oil or DINO
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 20:49:12 -0500
  ...Some said changing to 15/50 significantly reduced oil consumption, some reported that synthetic oil is slippery, slick through tiny gap and consume more...
• Bosch Platinum Test Case
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 15 May 1998 07:27:16 -0700
  ...was on its last engine (which threw a rod- after a Slick 50 treatment). Anyway, the new engine had a valve job (at 45K...
• Oil analysis group purchace
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:02:18 -0700
  ...at 50 you get 30% off, 100 or more 40% off. They also offer email results, including a color bar graph, in PDF format...
• Re: Difficulity Shifting
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 06:23:01 -0500
  ...When I bought the Van with 175,000 miles on it I changed the oil to Slick 50 just because I wanted new oil...
• Re: Blindspots sensors
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 4 Jun 2017 09:32:23 -0400
  ...d be something like: > http://www.slickcar.com/reverse-backup-sensors.asp > > On 6/3/2017 22:50, Jared Planter wrote: > >> Can you share...
• Re: Synthetic Oil (?)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Jan 95 12:55:57 MST
  ...I don't know how the synthetic would affect the seating of the rings in the pistons, (probably less than putting Slick 50 in...
• Re: Oil is Killing our Cars? PTFE
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:16:36 -0500
  ...So, what is better, slick-50 or tuf-oil, or > other PTFE > sh..I mean stuff? I'll add it and report back.
• Re: upper bunk foam
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 05:51:34 PDT
  ...If someone appears tempting you with slick 50, just resist him. >From: Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net> > >Okay... not much interest in my stinky...
• Well oh ya?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 15:19:46 -0700
  ...In my experience, every time I have put Slick 50 or similar additive in any engine (or tranny) of mine, (currently we're talkin...
• Re: My weekend project.
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:07:12 -0600
  ...My weekend project. >> >> >> On Jun 7, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Mike S wrote: >>> >>> Jo-Anne Fabrics had a 50% off sale on home...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:44:44 +1300
  If your transmission is >wining on acceleration, it has either a scorched bearing, or a scorched >gear, or many of both. A worn differential...