Slick 50, anyone still use it?

[Vista]

They still market the stuff over here so I guess people must still buy it. I've long thought it was a waste of money and that your money was better spent on regular oil changes with decent quality oil, and now it seems my suspicions have been born out! It's an old article (1997) but relevant none the less.

 

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1997/07/slick.shtm

[rallyesport04]

never used slick 50 or ever really seen it either i dont belive in oil addertives for the same reason as you regular oil changes is key if you change the oil regularly with a good quality high spec oil when you rebuild an engine because of a failure like head gasket you can see as soon as you remove the rocker cover if its been well maintained not only that i find turbos seem to last longer mains an big ends show less wear if the oil is kept on top of

[SmokeEm]

When I was a youngun, I was told by someone that Rolls Royce themselves used it and that they guaranteed their engines could run for 10 miles without oil or something

 

Probably total the round ones but I was only about 10 at the time

[Vista]

When I was a youngun, I was told by someone that Rolls Royce themselves used it and that they guaranteed their engines could run for 10 miles without oil or something

 

Probably total the round ones but I was only about 10 at the time

 

I think I heard similar stories and remember many people treating their cars to it in the 80's.

[rallyesport04]

didnt fifth gear do a similar test drained the oil an drove the car till it stopped it went a fair way before it seized up i think the chap with long hair drove it

[Savvi]

I have and still use it.

 

I worked at Esso research back in the 80's running test's on oils and additives (only lasted 6 months there) we ran a series of test's on a oil that one of the "Dr's" had designed, we ran and Vw Td engine for 3 days at various speeds and temp with no oil in it after previously running it with the new oil with his additives in, that was the last in a series of test's starting with what we called the 4 bearing test where we would put a ball bearing in a sort of pillar drill and bear it down onto 3 other ball bearings in a coating of a new oil, a good oil would prevent them seizing or in some cases even wearing the bearings a bad oil would go solid in seconds.

 

The new oil was shelved as that's face it no one would ever need to change their oil again