> To me it sounds like you got it hot enough to loose the temper in the rings.
>If
> this happens you will get blow by and oil consumption. Worn rod bearings will
>also
> cause more oil deposited on the cylinder walls then the oil rings can wipe
>off.
HTH
> Am I hearing comments of head-gasket or warped head out there? Your
> comments would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Frank Bonifazi
> B9472682LRXFE
>
> P.S. DON'T DO IT!
>
>
>
> Subject: Fw: Bogus Claim for Oil Additive
> Author: Non-HP-keven (keven@eagle1.eaglenet.com) at hp-ftcollins,mimegw2
> Date: 9/22/98 2:36 PM
>
>
> >
> > >From the October issue of Consumer Reports:
> >
> > Prolong Claims "Creates a low-friction surface one molecule thick"
> >
> > The bond is supposed to last even when the oil is drained. In the
> > infomercial, Unser and others drive along a racetrack in the Mojave
> Desert
> > without oil or oil drain plugs. The same ad, broadcast nationally,
> pictures
> > a woman who, thanks to "Prolong" supposedly drove from Santa Barbara to
> Los
> > Angeles without oil. (The reason she stopped after 4 hours,40 minutes,
> and 7
> > seconds? She was hungry.)
> > We didn't test the other claims, but we did see whether "Prolong"
> would
> > protect an engine after the oil was drained.
> > We installed a factory-rebuilt GM 4.3-liter V6 engine into each of
> two
> > Chevrolet Caprices. We broke them in with Pennzoil motor oil, changed the
> > oil and oil filter in each car, and added "Prolong" to one of them.
> > "Prolong" claims to work immediately. We drove more than 100 miles, then
> > drained the oil and started driving again. After only 13 minutes and
> five
> > miles, BOTH engines failed SIMULTANEOUSLY.
> > Today's high-quality oils don't need extra additives. The Federal
> Trade
> > Commission has told the makers of other additives to stop making false
> > claims. We have notified the FTC about this test.
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