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Subject:Re: Fuel Additives
From:Mark B. Magee
Date:Sun, 22 Nov 1998 18:58:21 -0600

Scott P Johnson wrote:

> A local VW & foreign auto parts retailer recommended running a quart of
> Automatic Transmission Fluid with a tank of good gas every now and then
> to clean out the injectors....
> What's everybody think of that?

I've been using Marvel Mystery Oil in Gas and Oil for years with very good
results. Some folks claim it actually -is- ATF of some stripe. It has been
around for I believe nearly 40 years and you'll never hear an old mechanic
bad mouth it. In the gas it dissolves varnish, and in the oil the same thing
as well as shaking some carbon loose. I as well have had very good results
using to free a sometimes sticky lifter on both my Vanagons.
And it's cheap! Yet not as cheap as ATF!

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Mark Magee                                            91 Westy
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