>
> >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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