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From: John_H on 26 Jun 2008 22:52
Noddy wrote:
>
>I remember some years ago there used to be one of those "infotainment"
>segments on late night telly where they advertised this "slick 50" type
>product (I can't remember what it was called and made the usual "stops wear,
>increases engine life, increases power, increases smoothness, increased fuel
>economy" claims. They also showed a few demonstrations.
<good yarn snipped>

Haven't seen it performed for quite a while, but there also used to be
a favourite snake oilers demo where they loaded up a revolving shaft
lubricated with straight engine oil using a weighted steel bar. When
things started to squeal and smoke they added the snake oil and
everything ran smoothly again.

Long ago, an uncle (who was a graduate engineer) told me how one his
mates asked if he could try out a sample of his own brew. Naturally
they couldn't refuse without making fools of themselves and, lo and
behold, it also worked.

I've never tried it, but according to the story his mate's brew was
neat Epsom salts (a popular laxative in days of yore).

The 'test' of course simulates conditions that never occur in a real
engine (so there's probably not much point in feeding one Epsom salts
either). :)

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John H
From: John_H on 27 Jun 2008 19:03
D&M JOHNSTON wrote:
>
>The original Formula that was used in Slick 50 from 1978 till 1983 is now
>called Xcelplus and is only available in Australia by a company in Melbourne
>and through a website.

Where do they get the Teflon� from?

AFAIK Dupont have long since refused to supply it to Slick 50, and
others, as they deemed it unsuitable for the purpose.

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John H
From: Dan--. on 27 Jun 2008 19:55
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:03:16 +1000, John_H PCM code reading says:

>
> Where do they get the Teflon® from?

From Bull bowels? ;-)




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Regards
Dan

From: Kwyjibo on 28 Jun 2008 01:07

"John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message
news:5rra645erku840umj6sq7rh0fg4a8oq6g0(a)4ax.com...
> D&M JOHNSTON wrote:
>>
>>The original Formula that was used in Slick 50 from 1978 till 1983 is now
>>called Xcelplus and is only available in Australia by a company in
>>Melbourne
>>and through a website.
>
> Where do they get the Teflon� from?

They can't use the word 'teflon' if dupont refused to let them, but they can
put PTFE in their product as Dupont's patent would have expired about 40 or
50 years ago

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Kwyj.


From: John_H on 28 Jun 2008 01:15
Kwyjibo wrote:
>"John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message
>news:5rra645erku840umj6sq7rh0fg4a8oq6g0(a)4ax.com...
>> D&M JOHNSTON wrote:
>>>
>>>The original Formula that was used in Slick 50 from 1978 till 1983 is now
>>>called Xcelplus and is only available in Australia by a company in
>>>Melbourne
>>>and through a website.
>>
>> Where do they get the Teflon� from?
>
>They can't use the word 'teflon' if dupont refused to let them, but they can
>put PTFE in their product as Dupont's patent would have expired about 40 or
>50 years ago

But Teflon _was_ the magic ingredient in the _original_ formula.

You can call a rose (or a turd) by any other name but you can't have
the original recipe without it! :)

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John H
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