Tom, the air wave are replete with tales of various additives, and how
they screw up the car. My solution, is to only add what the mnf says is
OK, generally oil and gas, and then nothing else. Slick 50, neat name
that sorts of tells you that they are "Slick', is one of the favorites
on the email car groups as being bad.
Run the gas out, do a Italian Tune-up, and you will be fine.
Larry
Tom Witt wrote:
>
> Grumble, grumble, I put a can of Slick 50 fuel system cleaner in my wifes
> '94 Intrepid 3.5 before having it pretested for smog (California style).
> Within 30 miles of putting the Slick 50 in the "Check Engine" light started
> to come on intermittently (and might I add increasingly). The "Check Engine"
> light NEVER came on before this "additive". I did a pretest after the 350
> miles it took to burn up that tank full and Nox level was high (about
> 1100-1200 ppm) - the HC and CO were good. What exactly does the Slick 50
> look like (?), what I poured in the tank had a slight viscosity to it
> (similar to ATF, but no real color). Interestingly I found the cap loose
> (after I purchased it) but didn't think much of it. Now I'm wondering it
> someone bought it, used it, then dumped something (who knows what) "else" in
> the container and returned it. Any help appreciated as this takes time and
> money away from the Tiger. Thanks, Tom
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