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Re: ATF in the petrol

To: Jim Faulkner <jrf@lanl.gov>
Subject: Re: ATF in the petrol
From: Joe Worsley <worsley@ebicom.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 19:43:43 -0800
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <3.0.1.32.19971105180728.00915760@plasma-mail.lanl.gov>
Jim Faulkner wrote:
> 
> David,
> 
> Years ago I used a product called "Rislone". This was an OIL additive. It
> did successfully quiet the hydraulic lifters, and it measurably reduced the
> oil consumption in an old 60's ford that I drove to high school. It
> advertised that it freed up sticky engine internals. ATF is supposed to
> help when used the same way, but I've never tried it. A couple of "old
> time" mechanics I know swear by MMO, but as an OIL additive. I don't know
> anything about adding any of this stuff to the gas.
> 
> Jim Faulkner
> Los Alamos, NM
> '72 TR-6
> '65 TR-4


I believe that I read somewhere that the ATF would contaminate either the 
oxygen sensor or cat converters in the modern car world.  A can of 
Reslone would probably have the info on the side of it if it would damage 
them.  Reslone does work pretty good though.

Joe Worsley

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