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Subject:Re: Oil is Killing our Cars? PTFE
From:Mike S
Date:Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:30:29 -0500

At 07:16 PM 2/23/2007, Greg Potts wrote...
>PTFE is great if you use it regularly, but an older engine that has
>not seen PTFE used will usually be full of sludge deposits. The PTFE
>will loosen these deposits and they will end up back in the oil flow,
>where they will block oil passages and foul the filter.

Exactly how does a nearly inert powder loosen sludge deposits? Marvel
Mystery Oil, maybe, but Teflon(tm)?