I've heard (and tend to believe) the same things about the ENGINE stuff.
Can't feel good about putting particulate in there.

The tranny additive, is top-notch. To my understanding, it doesn't rely on
the idea of "bonding" to the metal, as much as it works as little
slip-sheets of Teflon(r) between metal parts. Since tranny tolerances are
higher, and most of the bearings are splash-lubricated rollers, rather than
pressure lubed sleeves (or shells), the particulate/filtration issue is
pretty mute.

I first used it in a 091 that had lost the 1&2 syncro. For all intents and
purposes, 1st and second were gone. You couldn't even get into them with
the motor off. It was an emergency (on a cross country trip with five
folks) and believe it or not, after adding the Slick 50, we were able to
gingerly get into 1&2 enough to get us to CA and back. I've used it ever
since.

Our 1982 went from being clunky and difficult to being smooth (though still
a little slow) and predictable. Our Jetta has nearly 200k on it, and shifts
like new, quick and predictable. I can't attribute all this to the Slick
50, since I change my fluids, have linkages rebuilt, and keep things pretty
tidy. But it seems to help enough to justify the paltry $8.00.

Let me know what you find,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Mount Olive, NC USA
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Antaki [SMTP:wrack@home.com]
Sent:   Thursday, July 27, 2000 2:23 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: Whine during acceleration

Matthew,

I have heard a lot of negative things about Slick 50 for engines, and also
that synthetic oil interferes with Slick 50's bonding to the metal in an
engine.

I realize things are different in a transmission, am curious as to your
comments about that scenario.

> You can usually live with either for an amazingly long time. Change your
> fluid to a synthetic. Add Slick 50 "For Manual Transmissions". Keep an
eye
> on the filings that collect on the drain plug magnet.

 R    o?o
 o
Antaki     '88 Wolfsburg with Castro Syntec motor oil

 Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

>
>
> G. Matthew Bulley
> Bulley-Hewlett
> Mount Olive, NC USA
> 877.658.1278 Tollfree
> www.bulley-hewlett.com
>
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