Fuel Treatment

[Jack Klarich]

My dad never believed in snake oils

But being a self taught ending up certified Diesel mechanic always used Sea Foam and Marvel Mystery Oil

Also a hidden secret with Bon ami cleanser I could tell u about some time

I saw it work with my own eyes

[vito]

My dad never believed in snake oils

But being a self taught ending up certified Diesel mechanic always used Sea Foam and Marvel Mystery Oil

Also a hidden secret with Bon ami cleanser I could tell u about some time

I saw it work with my own eyes

I can't comment on diesels but I'm with dad on snake oil. A friend who worked for a major refiner noted that it is a very competitive industry. Thus any miracle additive would already be in there - like Techron (sp). So in normal use I eschew them.

[Fearless]

My dad never believed in snake oils

But being a self taught ending up certified Diesel mechanic always used Sea Foam and Marvel Mystery Oil

Also a hidden secret with Bon ami cleanser I could tell u about some time

I saw it work with my own eyes

Seating rings Huh. Fred

[HDB0B]

Bel-Ray is now producing a fuel treatment that also increases octane. Might be very handy for those areas where 91 octane is not available. You get the ethanol treatment and an octane boost.

http://www.belray.com/all-one-fuel-treatment-0

Bob

[rhino 2]

The old timers would add a Qt of Auto Trans fluid to the first full tank of gas on a new car to seat the rings....40's/50's...Did it work?.. They thought it did... Back then the manufacturers used a brake-in oil...[Green]..In the crank case...

[GARYD]

A friend of mine in our HOG chapter swears by mothballs in the tank.

HDBOB, I've never worried about 91 not being available. I never used it in any of my vehicles, Vettes or Harleys. I do now on occasion because I've gone to a higher Stage Kit, but on a stock Harley = never used anything but 87. Never had an engine problem.

[rhino 2]

A friend of mine in our HOG chapter swears by mothballs in the tank.

HDBOB, I've never worried about 91 not being available. I never used it in any of my vehicles, Vettes or Harleys. I do now on occasion because I've gone to a higher Stage Kit, but on a stock Harley = never used anything but 87. Never had an engine problem.

I swear by mothballs also, But i just put them around my Snowmobiles to keep the mice from making nest's and chewing the wires during the summer....

[desertclassic]

There are a lot of things out there that people use because it works for them. I used syn oil in a new car in 1978, I wanted that car to last forever. Mobile 1 had just been put in the dealers. Well I had to rebuild that engine at 40k miles. Was it from the oil or was it just a poor quality auto engine? I didn't use syn oil again until 2003. Jim

[vito]

There are a lot of things out there that people use because it works for them. I used syn oil in a new car in 1978, I wanted that car to last forever. Mobile 1 had just been put in the dealers. Well I had to rebuild that engine at 40k miles. Was it from the oil or was it just a poor quality auto engine? I didn't use syn oil again until 2003. Jim

I used Mobile 1 5-30 wt oil in my Ford truck even though Ford specified 40 wt. One morning it lost a cylinder. It'd stopped with an exhaust valve open after a long run on the interstate and the spring pressure had bled the hydraulic lifter all the way down. So when I turned the motor over to start the push rod fell out. Then the cylinder fired but didn't exhaust so the intake pushrod bent and fell out too. So who do I blame - Ford. Mobile or the loose nut who didn't follow the manufacturer's instructions?