What abbout those engines you see running at swap meets etc without oil in pan ( drain plug removed etc) Is this snake oil?
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Originally posted by XS650:
How many of you guys knocking Prolong have actually tried it?
Here's some testicmonials from people who have actually used it.
Prolong Testimonials
I would conclude, more importantly I thinkquote:
Originally posted by John K:
Years ago when I was gathering info about additives to answer a vp's questioning why we didn't use them in our equipemnt, I obtained a letter from Briggs & Stratton where they addressed this 'test', because so many demos used a B&S engine. They said the same thing, the engines are very tolerant of running w/o oil under no load conditions. They also conducted a test w & w/o additives on their engines, and concluded that the additive (slick 50 I think) increased wear, particularly cylinder scuffing. I think they also ran them drained to failure, and the time to failure was very close w & w/o additives... My conclusion was forget any additives......
Too much!quote:
Originally posted by XS650:
How many of you guys knocking Prolong have actually tried it?
Here's some testicmonials from people who have actually used it.
Prolong Testimonials
mike,quote:
Originally posted by mikemc:
I like knowing that my vehicles are treated right from day one. Its worth the extra money to me.
http://www.superslipperystuff.com/Press_Statements.pdf#search='ftc prolong'quote:
Originally posted by C4Dave:
Consumer Reports did a test several years ago in California. The had 2 identically rebuilt Chevy engines. In one, they broke it in using conventional oil. In the other, they used oil + snake oil (I don't remember which one, but I think it was Prolong). They then drained the crankcases and drove both cars until the engines locked up. Both locked up at almost the exact same spot, about 20 miles.
As a result of this test, CR petitioned the FTC to force the snake oil company to withdraw their adds. The FTC agreed with CR, and the company withdraw their deceptive adds.