On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Bob KNOTTS wrote:
> I haven't tried those products, but I have been using Fram's oil filters
> with Teflon. With Castrol synthetic blend 10-30 oil, my gas mileage on the
> highway went up 14%. The bad news is Castrol says Teflon does bad things to
> their oil. I checked with Quaker State. They say no problem with Teflon. In
> fact, they bought Slick 50, a Teflon based oil additive. I haven't tried the
> Quaker State oil yet-they suggest their 4X4 formula for my car (2000 Camry),
> which probably sees 75-80 percent of it's miles on the highway. As soon as I
> change oil to Quaker State, I'll run another mileage check. Bob K in PHX,
> AZ.
Beware of using those additives in a high mileage engine. The use of
Teflon on a high mileage motor can cause irreversable oil useage and loss
of compression.
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