I have been reading about engine treatments reduces wear, stops leaks, improves efficiency are these snake oil or for real?
I have been reading about engine treatments reduces wear, stops leaks, improves efficiency are these snake oil or for real?
They are oil-based. I don't think they're made with real snakes. In that sense, they're synthetics.
All of these things are quite possible - synth oil will reduce wear and improve efficiency, a seal-sweller will stop leaks etc...the question should be about a particular product.
Doing oil analysis for the last 3 months... I will say "snake oil". Most products are just an additive to increase viscosity.
I have a feeling this thread is going to make me laugh........A LOT
Just like the massive amounts of peons who don't comprehend the differences in octane ratings and what that actually does. 
Bobzilla wrote: Doing oil analysis for the last 3 months... I will say "snake oil". Most products are just an additive to increase viscosity.
Hey hey hey you git outta here with your big words and your book learnin like viscosity and lubricity.
unevolved wrote:Bobzilla wrote: Doing oil analysis for the last 3 months... I will say "snake oil". Most products are just an additive to increase viscosity.Hey hey hey you git outta here with your big words and your book learnin like viscosity and lubricity.
That's what she said....
In reply to turboswede:LOL!!!
You mean I can't drain the oil, cut the radiator hoses, take the valve cover off and pour sand on the head, and still have the engine run???
Snake oil. I'm amazed that that stuff still sells in this day and age when it's so much easier to get information about what works and doesn't. But, clearly these companies are not hurting for business:
Why are you in my building?
Can't tell you about every product, but I can tell you I know the owner of Slick50- he says it's snake oil.
He's a marketing genius, but will readily tell you that you can't pour teflon into an engine and have it do anything.
His take- oh well. Lot's of people want to buy the stuff, so he is happy to supply it.
Hey hey hey you git outta here with your big words and your book learnin like viscosity and lubricity.
I want the red neck definitions of those words. 
I am thinking it has somthing to do with cow chips...... ..
thickness and slickness
In reply to unevolved:
Sounds like a bad '70s stag film
Bet the OP never thought his snake oil post would lead to 70's stag films.
The latest issue of Fur-Fish-Game has an article about making rattlesnake oil. It really draws in coyotes.
In reply to dean1484:
Well it does have "snake" in the title.
Some of it has it's (limited) uses, like topping off a old lawn mower with a rod knock with STP till it shuts up. Lucas trans fix will often make an automatic with bad internal seals work again. But generally speaking it's all a waste of money. Motor oil companies don't spend millions developing their additive packages for nothing.
I take great joy in cranking up those stupid Lucas gear climbing displays until they foam up.
racerfink wrote: You mean I can't drain the oil, cut the radiator hoses, take the valve cover off and pour sand on the head, and still have the engine run???
Oh, it'll run. How long is the question
iceracer wrote:racerfink wrote: You mean I can't drain the oil, cut the radiator hoses, take the valve cover off and pour sand on the head, and still have the engine run???Oh, it'll run. How long is the question
according to the Puerto Ricans that do this for fun, the old SOHC Alpha in the accents will run for 35 minutes before catching on fire.
pilotbraden wrote: The latest issue of Fur-Fish-Game ....
Is that a gentlemen's magazine? Probably has the same stars as thickness and slickness.
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