The Engine with the Gravel and Dirt.: There was no load on that
engines, they were dowsing it in "Cold Water", and since there was no
pan or oil, the Dirt wasn't being circulated into the oil passages and
delicate bearing surfaces. Throwing a fist full of dirt and gravel on
the Rocker arms isn't going to hurt anything in the short term of that
commercial. The only thing that was goig to get that engine was heat,
but the fire hose took care of that.
Rich
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> From: Chris S. Mottram[SMTP:Chris.S.Mottram@ecc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 1997 7:33 PM
> To: alpines@autox.team.net; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Pro long
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Chris S. Mottram@ECCI on 05/14/97 10:33 PM
>
> I know the Slick 50/oil additive issue has been beat here already
> but........
> Have any of you seen the Prolong infomercial? They add this stuff to
> a
> Viper and several other cars, drain out the oil, and drive/race them
> around
> for hours. They dump sand and water in the valve train and the engine
> keeps running. They remove the oil pan and run the engine with no oil
> or
> pan.
> I can speak from experience that if you used Slick 50 and then drain
> the
> oil, the engine will freeze. I froze one with a bad oil consumption
> problem.
> Does anyone have the web site URL that addresses the effectiveness of
> these
> treatments?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
> Where did I put my abdominzer, oh right there next to my healthrider.
>
> (My apologies to folks outside of the US who probably don't have to
> suffer
> through these 30 minute televised snake oil sales pitches)
>
>
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