oldace84

I wondered if it was a good idea to use an additive such as The Greased Lighting Engine Treatment in our vette's?
Mine is an '84 with 88k miles?
I don't think it can hurt anything. After all years ago use to use STP oil treatment. Have come along way since.
Does anyone use the Greased Lightning??
thanks
tony
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[Modified by oldace84, 6:36 PM 2/3/2004]

Curveit

I don't know if it would help, or hurt anything...Not real sure what that stuff is...But I have 250k on my everyday driver: 305 SB Chevy, never had the heads off. I changed oil-pump, cam, lifters,and timing-chain at around 100k to prevent any problems from occuring. I've used 10w-40 oil only, in all my cars since the 1960s, with no problems. My $.02 worth.


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Corvette Kid

I would and do use only good quality oil, Mobil One in my case, and nothing else.

jmrl98

Tony, MAD sells an additive I personally saw demonstrated at a store. It is called motor kote, and it outlasted slick 50, stp, and a host of others. I believe it contains teflon, and I used it on my Ranger, which I bought with 127 miles on it in '92, and sold it last spring with 147,000 on it. It now has 154,000 (I sold it to my friends brother) and it just developed lifter tick. I have ran it in my vette for the time I have owned it, and it keeps temps. I can't say it improved performance because of the mods and things. You put it in every 50,000miles or 5 years. Since I initially put it in, I add about 2 oz. every oil change. I feel they help, but it could be psychological. Anything you choose would be beneficial IMO. :seeya

Lone Ranger

In order for teflon (PTFE) to bond to metal as is often the claim with treatments containing teflon, temps of around 600 F must be reached. Otherwise it just stays suspended in the oil.

QuikZilver

DO NOT USE GREASED LIGHTNING!!!!!!!!!:smash:

Sorry for yelling, but the stuff is crap. I added it to a Camaro I used to own. Couple thousand miles later, the oil had visable metal shavings in it. I didn't bother going after Greased Lightning for the repairs...I got rid of the car (which I was getting ready to do anyway). Do not use! If you want to use something like that, use Slick 50. Even that, I wouldn't recommend. If anything, up the oil "weight" you are using a little. Only additive that did anything for other cars of mine when they were high mileage was Engine Restorer. That stuff worked.
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Third Gear

:iagree: I'm with Whitvette and Lone Ranger. DO NOT use any additives :nono: , they're SNAKE OIL. If you use additives you are being counterproductive. The Teflon can start to clog oil passages, and can restrict others. If enough builds up in your oil filter, it will send the oil filter into bypass mode, and thus NO oil will be filtered until your next oil change.

http://skepdic.com/slick50.html

There's one site... there are many others. Just use Mobil 1, Amsoil, or even Redline and call it a day :cheers:

brdd

:iagree:

C4DC

:iagree:

xlr8nflorida

WELL SAID.

Mobil 1 Rocks :smash:

Muffin

All the claims notwithstanding, DuPont says Teflon is not for automotive engines. Restore has been known to help older engines but it is not a lubricant. From one who has sold a swimming pool full of the stuff, Oil additives are derived from the gizzards of serpents, steer clear.