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• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 23:47:38 -0500
  ...These additives can lead to problems especially those with Teflon in Air Cooled engines. It is standard procedure to avoid all oil additives in...
• Re: higher octane needs
  Historical mailing list - Chris Holtz
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:28:56 -0800
  ...diluted with additives that produce >much less energy than raw gas. > >The only difference between High octane and Regular >are additives: anti-knock and...
• Re: Gasoline additives
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 23:28:59 +1200
  Hydrofluoric acid (HF) will REALLY clean out your fuel system! -- Andrew Grebneff 165 EvansSt, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz...
• Cost of AT rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:34:33 -0700
  Though I'm going to try an additive to my slipping transmission (Lucas), looks like it will need a rebuild sooner rather then later...
• Painting Pop Top
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Oct 1994 11:47:06 -0400
  ...No elastic additive is required to make the paint flexible. OK. not too helpful. The section on the primer says: Prime with filler ALN...
• Re: Fuel additives...Friday
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:31:23 -0600
  ...Fuel additives...Friday >Vic - I used to pour water down my '74 van's Weber carb whilst revving >the hell out of it to...
• Re: Flushing the crankcase
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:31:08 -0500
  ...Todays oils have enough detergents and additives that flushes are not required or beneficial. Neither are most additives. Change the oil more often if...
• Re: "Engine flushing" How to?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 16:57:23 -0500
  ...I highly recommend Marvel Mystery Oil as a cleaning additive. You can just keep driving and changing oil at your normal interval w/this...
• Re: Manual transmission Q's
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 06:34:28 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I have also seen VAST improvement by adding Slick 50 Manual Trans fluid additive. feeling very shifty, gmbulley faifax,va
• Vanagon fuel requirement
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:39:45 -0400
  ...Also, the manual goes to great length to talk about gasoline additives and says that some brands are better than others in this respect...
• Re: Additives oops
  Historical mailing list - Russell Patten
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:11:31 -0500
  ...jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: Additives oops >Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:19:04 -0500 > >Russel, > >I...
• Re: More on Acetone
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 12:11:35 -0400
  ...They are additives for fuel and oil. I've got a friend who adds them to his Honda and has been very happy with...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:38:39 -0400
  ...Oil Suggestions > > > > > Hmm, if you want more zinc-phosphorous > additives, why not go with a motorcycle oil? > > Like a synthetic V-twin motor oil...
• Re: When & why replace heads?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:13:08 -0600
  ...a chem’ that could do a simsilar trick on rubber H2O Gaskets ~ & there are also additives for Transmission Fluids that do that as well ~
• Re: California Vanagon warning?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 May 1997 09:45:47 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The mechanic said that he has seen and increase in this since California has switched to new reformulated gasoline. (The additives in the gas...
• Oh Well... Stripped Oil Drain Plug...
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:54:23 EDT
  ...I know I asked for info on oil viscosity additives... and yes, all this talk of oil and winter prompted me to go change...
• Water Wetter...??
  Historical mailing list - Don & Sue Welch
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:51:32 -0700
  We have been told about a cooling system additive called "Water Wetter" by a company called "Redline" that is supposed to lower the temperature...
• '91 vanagon GL fuel injector flush/clean?
  Historical mailing list - T-rev Reynolds
  Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:38:12 -0600
  ...full injector flush/clean is recommended or would a simple fuel additive suffice for preventative maintenance for the injectors? Thanks in advance, Sincerely, Trevor...
• Re: [vanagon] bosch ve fi pump
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:03:55 EST
  ...I also use a cetane booster additive in the fuel when it is really cold too. It seems to help too. You didn't...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:28:37 -0800
  ...Need to get the engine clean.Has anyone else tried the acetone additive? --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.
• Re: Portable Toilets - Which chemicals do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:27:59 -0600
  ...But as far as the additive that slickens the >> bowl, does it not sicken the fish? I would use the least amount of >> additives...
• Old Poop
  Historical mailing list - Don Bolt
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:47:07 -0400
  ...It used to be sold by VW dealers as an additive with their logo on it and VW mechanics were calling it Sputnik oil...
• Re: Fuel Additive
  Historical mailing list - Howard Allen
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 07:38:58 -0400
  ...Fuel Additive If any vehicle will benifit from this , I think the vanagon will. The fuel is injected almost directly into the cylinder and...
• Re: 2.1 L Head Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 19 May 2011 16:55:22 -0400
  Hi John, I'd suggestyou try the Subaru coolant additive before paying someone to take a wrench to it. It's a cheap fix...
• Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas can for spare tire)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:04:14 EST
  ...I posted info about something called "Pennzoil Rescue" a non volitile fuel additive that is safe to store inside your vehicle. > Thanks, Chris, I...
• MPG redux
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:32:35 -0400
  ...None of the variables are going to skew the outcome that much, and most of them are additive rather than multiplicative. A +/- 1 liter...
• Re: oil additive to clean engine
  Historical mailing list - Todd.Last
  Sun, 3 Jul 2011 17:50:50 -0700
  ...oil additive to clean engine > > > > SeaFoam is, from what I've heard from a talk show car fixit friend of mine, > a > mixture of...
• Re: coolant system trivia
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:37:42 -0700
  ...If your system is in good shape, > the additives to the > water (anti-freeze) will be of little consequence, > and the added > protections well...
• More on Acetone
  Historical mailing list - Dan Wohlers
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 04:17:49 -0700
  ...http://www.radardetector.net/Acetone-in-fuel:-Truth-or-BS-4799t.php http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/additive.htm http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb...
• Re: fire extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:34:13 -0800
  ...Best info I can find is from an EPA doc, describing it as "Gelled Halocarbon /Dry Chemical Suspension (Envirogel) with ammonium polyphosphate additive". Recommended...
• Re: gov't sure fire way to destroy an engine Re: about oil additives
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:53:07 -0700
  ...about oil additives > At 04:33 AM 7/28/2009, Andrew Grebneff wrote: >>Sodium silicate is not "liquid glass". Glass is supercooled liquid >>silicon...
• Re: Motor oil - Re: [VANAGON] Spooked!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 09:49:13 -0400
  ...One of the major differences that directly affects us is the reduction of certain additives that were designed for flat tappet engines. Primarily zinc...
• Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sun, 2 Apr 2017 16:03:24 -0400
  What are your guys thought on Vr12? it adds the additives back into your coolant and creates an optimal pH if you use it...
• Re: [Bulk] Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:33:45 -0400
  ...The by-products of diesel combustion are very different from those of gasoline, and the oil additives are designed to prevent them from destroying...
• Re: Techron
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:21:16 -0400
  ...If they are helpful, >why not just use a thicker oil to start with, which has other good >properties? If gasoline additives sold in...
• Re: Winterize Westy?
  Historical mailing list - William H. Collins
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:51:47 EDT
  ...DON'T use automotive antifreeze for this!! RV drinking water system antifreeze is propolene glycol, a common food additive, not the toxic ethelene glycol...
• What Octane Fuel is best? [was RE: How do anti-ping additives work?]
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Fri, 21 May 1999 08:18:42 -1000
  ...am repeating someone's reply. > I was taught > that anti-ping additives work by raising the octane rating, thus > making the > fuel more difficult...
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:55:25 -0800
  I loved the old "engine rebuild" additive and pellets that JC Whitney used to sell. You dumped the honey-like substance* into your oil...
• Re: Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 20:36:25 -0700
  On Apr 5, 2010, at 3:45 PM, neil n wrote: > > As for transmission additive, no Prolong, but when I asked the same > employee...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:08:07 -0800
  ...the country/world where the gasoline doesn't have certain "environmentally friendly" additives like MTBE. But I don't know that for sure. Dan
• Re: � � � "stabilant" contact e nhancer/cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:23:47 EST
  ...Not worth cracking the additives. Whole mess of chain lengths in the polyglycols. Very reproducible chromatograms. Frank Grunthaner
• Re: [WetWesties] Arco Lies!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 5 Feb 2012 13:53:06 -0800
  ...The additives go in when the truck is filled. The additives, which nothing more than engine-cleaning substances, cost less than .01 cent per...
• Re: How not to change your oil
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 19 May 1996 07:07:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...My only real question, why use cheap stuff at > all? Different Oil companies use different additive packages. When a > decision is made as to...
• Re: [Bulk] Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:30:50 -0700
  ...okay but 15W40 Rotella T diesel oil has a far superior > additive > package. It loses PSI much more slowly than does regular oil... > > On...
• Re: Chevron with Tecron-where do I buy?
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sat, 27 Mar 1999 13:51:23 -0700
  ...I cannot find this additive...anyone know where to Are you talking about Techron (fuel system cleaner) from Chevron? If so, this 12 oz...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 18:47:57 -0500
  ...Many lightplane owners use it as a gasoline additive. It burns pretty clean in small quantities and isn't as gimmicky as it sounds...
• Re: Gas Brand Preferences?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:03:53 -0700
  ...I noticed that there is an electronic panel attached to the 2 fuel pumps, that you can push buttons which then supply additives (valve...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:05:39 -0400
  ...Oil Suggestions > > > > > Hmm, if you want more zinc-phosphorous > additives, why not go with a motorcycle oil? > > Like a synthetic V-twin motor oil...
• Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:12:27 -0700
  ...The gas additive is only important for cold weather travel. Adding to Stan's list, most important 11)BRAKE and CLUTCH fluid 12) duct...
• E-mail spam + Techron
  Historical mailing list - Susie Ingham
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:17:34 -0400
  ...Anyone use it? You can buy 2 get one free at FredMeyers-- this applies to all additives. YMMV Susie.
• Re: Rain and rain-x and driving in the inclemency
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:44:37 -0500
  ...They also have an additive for plain jane washer fluid. It's kinda fun driving through a downpour with the wipers off ;-) John Meeks...
• Re: Fuel additives...
  Historical mailing list - Victor Montgomery
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 08:27:49 -0500
  >Funny you should mention that. I once had a friend give me a can of "Marvel >Mystery Oil", which you're supposed to add...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:18:28 -0600
  ...The stuff in the Cities does have however additives to allegedly make the fuel burn cleaner, which they have found not to work-- The...
• Painting ABS bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:10:11 -0700
  ...What's the drill? You need an additive in the paint? You need a special paint? What kind of undercoat or primer works? I...
• Re: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 19:47:41 -0500
  ...Mystery Oil Top Lube, and a Marvel's Mystery Oil fuel additive, and then there is Marvel's Mystery Oil penetrating oil. Simple application...
• What in fuel can wreck engine?
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:54:23 -0700
  ...If you must use a fuel additive try something that will clog the injectors like kleenex. Beat it to a pulp in water first...
• Re: DOn't use SM rated oils Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:37:01 -0400
  ...to run SM rated oils because of the >lack of zinc additive? Shell Rotella T "Synthetic" (actually, a Group III, hydrocracked petroleum basestock) 15W...
• Fram Double-Guard Filters and Steering Wheel Odometer Woes
  Historical mailing list - Gary Norris
  Tue, 04 Nov 1997 16:00:56 -0500
  ...Each filter provides the same amount of Teflon PTFE as a quart of the leading oil additive. Although you will still need to replace...
• Re: What is your opinion on additives?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:12:49 -0400
  Amen to the Subaru stuff. My heads were weeping when I parked my Westy for the winter and this spring when I got it...
• FWIW: coolant article (v.long)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 18:55:48 -0800
  ...EG coolants with OAT additives can also be recycled, but the aftermarket additives currently available only return the coolant to a standard two-year...